North Carolina treasurer running for governor in 2024

Winston-Salem native and State Treasurer Dale Folwell to run for North Carolina governor

He comes into this race with experience in the North Carolina legislature and as a state treasurer, but Folwell admits he comes into this race as an underdog.

North Carolina treasurer Dale Folwell running for governor in 2024

North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell says he'll run for governor in 2024.

North Carolina Treasurer Folwell makes it official: He is running for governor

A native of Winston-Salem and a graduate of UNC-Greensboro, he had been mulling a bid for some time. He is the first Republican to announce formally.

North Carolina treasurer running for governor in 2024

Dale Folwell said he would bring competence to operating government in a fiscally sound manner and look out for working people if elected.

North Carolina treasurer Dale Folwell running for governor in 2024

Folwell, a former legislator, school board member and state unemployment office chief who was first elected treasurer in 2016, said he would bring competence to operating government in a fiscally sound manner and look out for working people if elected.

North Carolina treasurer running for governor in 2024

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced on Saturday he will run for governor in 2024, a bid that will likely require him besting Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson to earn the Republican nomination. While Republicans have controlled the Legislature since 2011 and won a majority on the state Supreme Court last November, they have struggled to enter the Executive Mansion. The GOP has won just one gubernatorial general electi…