Dan Forest

Dan Forest


34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
Incumbent
Assumed office January 7, 2013
Governor	Pat McCrory
Preceded by	Walter Dalton
Personal details
Born	(1967-10-15) October 15, 1967 Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Alice Forest
Alma mater	University of North Carolina, Charlotte (BArch, MArch)

Dan Forest (born October 15, 1967) is the 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. A Republican, Forest is an architect by trade. Prior to his run for lieutenant governor, he was the senior partner and office president of North Carolina’s largest architectural firm, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting. He is also the son of former U.S. Representative and former Charlotte Mayor Sue Myrick. Forest lives in Raleigh with his wife, Alice, and his four children.^[1]

Early life and education

He holds a degree in architecture from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and formerly served on the UNC Charlotte College of Architecture Advisory Board. He is the former chair of Wake Forest Pregnancy Support Services and former chair of The Triangle Leadership Forum in Raleigh.

Career

Campaign video of Dan Forest, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, explaining why he believes the 2012 election is important.

In 2012, in his first run for office, Forest placed first (with a 67,000 vote margin of victory) in a crowded May primary election, which included Speaker Pro Tempore of the North Carolina House of Representatives Dale Folwell, Representative Gray Mills, and Wake County Commissioner Tony Gurley. Forest went on to defeat Gurley in a July 17 runoff election, winning 96 of 100 counties, to become the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor.^[2] His candidacy was heavily backed by both the Republican Party and the Tea party movement.

In November, Forest defeated former State Representative Linda Coleman in the general election for lieutenant governor. After a provisional ballot recount, Forest's margin of victory was only about 7,000 votes, or .16%.^[3] Upon his swearing-in on January 7, 2013,^[4]^[5] Forest became the first Republican lieutenant governor since James Carson Gardner left office in 1993, and only the second Republican elected to the office since 1897.

Lieutenant Governor Forest presides over the North Carolina Senate as President of the Senate. He is a member of the North Carolina State Board of Education, the NC State Board of Community Colleges, the NC Board of Economic Development, and the Military Affairs Commission. He is also the chair of the E-Learning Commission and chairman of the Energy Policy Council. His office is located at the Hawkins-Hartness House in downtown Raleigh.^[6]

Forest was re-elected lieutenant governor on November 8, 2016. His second term will begin in January 2017.

Electoral history

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Dan Forest	253,656	32.98
Republican	Tony Gurley	190,980	24.83
Republican	Dale Folwell	186,564	24.25
Republican	Grey Mills	112,824	14.67
Republican	Arthur Jason Rich	25,206	3.28

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Runoff Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Dan Forest	101,961	67.87
Republican	Tony Gurley	48,278	32.13

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Dan Forest	2,187,728	50.08
Democratic	Linda Coleman	2,180,870	49.92

References

↑ "About". danforest.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
↑ NC State Board of Elections: 2nd Primary results
↑ NC State Board of Elections: General election results
↑ WWAY-TV
↑ WRAL: Forest sworn in as NC lt. governor
↑ http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/raleigh/haw.htm

External links

Political offices
Preceded by Walter Dalton	Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina 2013–present	Incumbent

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of North Carolina

Governors	Caswell Nash Burke A. Martin Caswell Johnston A. Martin Spaight Ashe Davie Williams Turner Alexander Williams Stone Smith Hawkins Miller Branch Franklin Holmes Burton Iredell Owen Stokes Swain Spaight Jr. Dudley Morehead Graham Manly Reid Winslow Bragg Ellis Clark Vance Holden Worth Holden Caldwell Brogden Vance Jarvis Scales Fowle Holt Carr Russell Aycock Glenn Kitchin Craig Bickett Morrison McLean Gardner Ehringhaus Hoey Broughton Cherry W. K. Scott Umstead Hodges Sanford Moore R. W. Scott Holshouser Hunt J. Martin Hunt Easley Perdue McCrory

Lieutenant Governors	Caldwell Brogden Jarvis Robinson Stedman Holt Doughton Reynolds Turner Winston Newland Daughtridge O. Gardner Cooper Long Fountain Graham Horton Harris Ballentine Taylor, Sr. Hodges Barnhardt Philpott Scott Taylor Jr. Hunt Green Jordan J. Gardner Wicker Perdue Dalton Forest

Current statewide political officials of North Carolina

U.S. Senators	Richard Burr Thom Tillis

State government	Pat McCrory, Governor Dan Forest, Lieutenant Governor Elaine Marshall, Secretary of State Roy Cooper, Attorney General Steve Troxler, Agriculture Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, Insurance Commissioner Cherie Berry, Labor Commissioner June Atkinson, Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Cowell, Treasurer Beth Wood, Auditor

Senate	Phil Berger, President Pro Tempore Harry Brown, Majority Leader Dan Blue, Minority Leader

House	Tim Moore, Speaker Mike Hager, Majority Leader Larry Hall, Minority Leader

Supreme Court (elected)	Mark Martin, Chief Justice Robert Edmunds Paul Martin Newby Robin Hudson Barbara Jackson Cheri Beasley Jimmy Ervin

Current lieutenant governors in the United States

Vice President of the United States: Joe Biden (D) Vice President-elect: Mike Pence (R)

AL Kay Ivey (R) AK Byron Mallott (D) AZ Michele Reagan (R)¹ AR Tim Griffin (R) CA Gavin Newsom (D) CO Donna Lynne (D) CT Nancy Wyman (D) DE Jeffrey Bullock (D)¹ FL Carlos López-Cantera (R) GA Casey Cagle (R) HI Shan Tsutsui (D) ID Brad Little (R) IL Evelyn Sanguinetti (R) IN Eric Holcomb (R) IA Kim Reynolds (R) KS Jeff Colyer (R) KY Jenean Hampton (R) LA Billy Nungesser (R) ME Michael Thibodeau (R)² MD Boyd Rutherford (R) MA Karyn Polito (R) MI Brian Calley (R) MN Tina Smith (D) MS Tate Reeves (R) MO Peter Kinder (R) MT Mike Cooney (D) NE Mike Foley (R) NV Mark Hutchison (R) NH Chuck Morse (R)² NJ Kim Guadagno (R) NM John Sanchez (R) NY Kathy Hochul (D) NC Dan Forest (R) ND Drew Wrigley (R) OH Mary Taylor (R) OK Todd Lamb (R) OR Ted Wheeler (D)⁴ PA Michael Stack (D) RI Daniel McKee (D) SC Henry McMaster (R) SD Matt Michels (R) TN Ron Ramsey (R)² TX Dan Patrick (R) UT Spencer Cox (R) VT Phil Scott (R) VA Ralph Northam (D) WA Brad Owen (D) WV Bill Cole (R)² WI Rebecca Kleefisch (R) WY Ed Murray (R)¹ DC Phil Mendelson (D)³ Territories: AS Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D) GU Ray Tenorio (R) MP Victor Hocog (R) PR Víctor Suárez Meléndez (D)¹ VI Osbert Potter (I)

Next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors: 1. Secretary of State 2. Senate President 3. Council Chair 4. Treasurer Political party affiliation: Republican: 38 Democratic: 17 Independent: 1

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