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A conversation with North Carolina Governor James Hunt
with James Hunt on Apr 10, 2000
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with James Hunt on Apr 10, 2000
Jim Hunt was a four-term Democratic governor of North Carolina.
Hunt is a graduate of North Carolina State University, with a B.S. in agricultural education and a M.S. in agricultural economics. He also served as Student Body President. In 1964, he received a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Hunt is the only Governor of North Carolina to have been elected to four terms. He was first elected Governor in 1976 over Republican David Flaherty and was re-elected in 1980, defeating I. Beverly Lake. He previously served a term as Lieutenant Governor (1973-1977) under Republican Governor James Holshouser. Hunt supported a constitutional change during his first term that allowed him to be the first North Carolina governor to run for a second consecutive term.
In 1984 he lost a bitterly contested race for the U.S. Senate seat held by Jesse Helms, and left elective politics for several years. He returned in 1992 and defeated Republican Lt. Governor and Hardees executive Jim Gardner to win the Governorship, and was re-elected by a large margin over future US Congressman Robin Hayes in 1996. He left office in January 2001, and was replaced by fellow Democrat, Attorney General Mike Easley.
Governor Hunt chairs the Board of Directors of two institutes which he founded in the University of North Carolina The James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy at UNC in Chapel Hill, NC and The Institute for Emerging Issues at N.C. State University in Raleigh. He also serves on the North Carolina Advisory Board of DonorsChoose.
Governor Hunt currently is a member in the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, in its Raleigh office.
