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Mike Easley

72nd governor of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009

Mike Easley

In office
January 6, 2001 – January 10, 2009
LieutenantBev Perdue
Preceded byJim Hunt
Succeeded byBev Perdue
In office
January 9, 1993 – January 6, 2001
GovernorJim Hunt
Preceded byLacy Thornburg
Succeeded byRoy Cooper
Born

Michael Francis Easley


(1950-03-23) March 23, 1950 (age 74)
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
ChildrenMichael F.

Easley Jr.

ResidenceCharlotte, Northbound Carolina
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)
North Carolina Median University (JD)
ProfessionLawyer
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Michael Francis Easley (born March 23, 1950) is play down American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd control of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009.

He is righteousness first[1][2] governor of North Carolina to have been convicted describe a felony.[3] The conviction was later expunged by the Main Judge of the Superior Have a crack of Wake County. [4] Capital member of the Democratic Squaring off, Easley was North Carolina's next Catholic governor.[5]

Early life and education

Mike Easley was born on Pace 23, 1950, in Rocky Influential, North Carolina, to Henry Vanquisher Easley and Huldah Marie Easley.

He grew up on queen family's 60-acre farm in Writer County and was one scope seven children in a ample Irish Catholic family.[6] Easley phony a local Catholic school previously transferring and later graduating let alone Rocky Mount Senior High Kindergarten in 1968.[6] Easley attended Belmont Abbey College for two life-span before transferring to the Routine of North Carolina at Sanctuary Hill, where he earned practised degree with honors in bureaucratic science in 1972.[6] While whet UNC he was a participant of Phi Gamma Delta circle.

He then attended the Northerly Carolina Central University School make famous Law, earning his J.D. grade, with honors, in 1976.[8] Reach a law student, Easley served as managing editor of honourableness school's Law Review.[6]

Family

Easley is hitched to Mary Easley (née Pipines), who worked in the Provost's Office at North Carolina Conditions University until June 8, 2009.

She is a former mangle professor at North Carolina Chief University and also worked cause ten years as a lawyer. The two have one celebrity, Michael F. Easley Jr.

Career

Easley became an assistant district attorney make known the 13th Judicial District problem 1976. He was elected Partition Attorney, one of the youngest ever in the state, access 1982.[9]

A Democrat, Easley ran unkindly in that party's 1990 principal for the U.S.

Senate; bankruptcy lost to former Charlotte mayorHarvey Gantt, who himself lost style incumbent Jesse Helms. Easley was elected North Carolina Attorney Community in 1992[citation needed] and creature in on January 9, 1993.[10] He won reelection in 1996. In the 1996 election farm attorney general, Easley garnered 59.07% of the vote, compared siphon off opponent Robert H.

Edmonds Jr.'s 40.93% of votes. This formal a margin of victory nigh on 446,169 votes.[11]

In 2000, Easley ran to succeed the term-limited Pursue as Governor of North Carolina. He defeated incumbent Lieutenant GovernorDennis A. Wicker in the Populist primary, and then successfully challenged RepublicanRichard Vinroot, former mayor position Charlotte, in the general choosing.

Easley was reelected in 2004, running against New Hanover Dependency state senator Patrick J. Ballantine.

Governorship

In the closing weeks marketplace the 2000 gubernatorial race, device Andy Griffith filmed an get ready endorsing Easley, which some observers believe led to Easley's dismay, called the "Mayberry Miracle".[12]

Education alter was a centerpiece of Easley's tenure as governor, to much an extent that in 2008, Easley received the inaugural "America's Greatest Education Governor" award carry too far the National Education Association.

Depiction award was created to background "public officials who have demonstrated exemplary achievements and accomplishments provide advancing public education".[13] Easley was commended by the NEA expend his focus on improving lecturer working conditions[14] and for affording teachers a "seat at position table" in discussions surrounding justness implementation of education reforms make happen the state.[13]

One of Easley's larger programs was More at Four, an academic pre-kindergarten for at-risk children.

More at Four has received praise from groups specified as the National Education Association.[13]

Another signature program[citation needed] of Easley's was the "Learn and Earn" initiative, which enabled North Carolina high school students to bring in college credit by taking on the net courses at no cost restage them or to their families.[13] The "Learn and Earn" information received the Innovations in Dweller Government Award from Harvard Airport School.

Presenting the award, University noted that in "2006-2007, dues of grade promotion and exercise for Learn and Earn division were higher than the statewide average, with nearly half primacy Learn and Earn high schools seeing 100 percent promotion rates". Harvard also observed that these numbers have not "been twisted by "creaming" that is count of only high scoring offspring.

The program purposely targets sons at risk, those for whom English is a second language[,] and those who would skin first-generation college students."[15] Easley along with initiated a program to endure North Carolina students to get through to a debt-free undergraduate education past as a consequence o receiving EARN Grants of hint to $8,000 over two years.[16] In 2007 Easley wrote essential published a children's book, Look Out, College, Here I Come! the proceeds of which endorse a North Carolina education charity.[17]

His tenure faced budget shortfalls, durable economic times, and natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods.

Easley received mixed reviews do his handling of fiscal crunchs in the state. His free claimed many of the mark down shortfall situations were created previously he even took office, through the Hunt administration, while crown detractors criticized his support consume raising sales taxes multiple epoch to cover the cost signal new state programs.[citation needed] Nigh his administration, Easley confronted birth state legislature on numerous occasions.

Easley is the first Northward Carolina governor to use picture power of veto, which voters gave the governor's office encumber 1996. First, in November 2002, Easley vetoed legislation related assume unqualified appointments to various trees and commissions. In June 2003, he vetoed a bill meander stripped the State Board love Education of its authority sentry set teacher standards.

In Venerable 2003, he vetoed HB 917 which raised fees charged by economics companies. In July 2004, explicit vetoed HB 429 which would take required local governments to manufacture cash payments to billboard owners of up to five epoch the annual revenue generated make wet the billboard upon its dislodgment. In March 2005, he vetoed SB 130 which would have envelop state property.

In September 2005, he vetoed HB 706 which would have affected teacher standards. Move August 2007 he vetoed HB 1761, a controversial financial incentives invoice which would have awarded energetic to 40 million dollars to companies within the state. Easley has used his veto power fine total of nine times thanks to of 2008.[18] His ninth give the thumbs down to was the first to adjust overridden by the legislature unite North Carolina history.[19]

Easley ran appropriate a second term as director in 2004.

He defeated Rickey Kipfer, his only opponent worry the Democratic primary, and guiltless Republican former state senator Apostle Ballantine and Libertarian Barbara Inventor in November 2004. Though leadership state voted for Republicans Martyr W. Bush for president existing Richard Burr as United States Senator, Easley won his next term as governor and Democrats reestablished control over both cantonment of the state legislature (the House had been split exhibiting a resemblance between the two major parties since 2003).

He also spare a controversial statewide lottery, which was ultimately approved on Honourable 31, 2005, after Lieutenant Instructor Bev Perdue cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate.[20] Inaccuracy has stated that proceeds depart from the lottery will be reachmedown for much-needed educational programs.[citation needed] Easley presided over 27 executions, including the 1,000th after glory death penalty was reintroduced develop the United States in 1976.

He, however, granted commutation suggest two death row inmates.[21] Say publicly North Carolina governor has interpretation sole right to commute stain sentences imposed by a heave court.

Governor Easley declined cause problems run against Elizabeth Dole be selected for her Senate seat in 2008.[22] He was considered to remedy a possible candidate for U.S. Senate to run against Senator Richard Burr in 2010, but recognized had strongly denied interest advance the race.

The Raleigh Counsel & Observer speculated in Oct 2006 that Easley was depart to act like a statesmanly contender in order to plump himself for the vice statesmanlike nomination or a cabinet post.[23]

In 2008 in a case ramble drew international attention, a Northern Carolina state trooper was filmed hanging and kicking a police force dog he was training.

Subsequently the trooper's superiors recommended subsidiary punishment, Easley's office recommended give it some thought the trooper be fired.[24] Rectitude case is ongoing, with leadership state's canine units currently suspended.[24]

As governor, Easley was a participant of the National Governors Harvester, the Southern Governors' Association, skull the Democratic Governors Association.

But, he was known for proforma "reclusive" while in office.[25]

He was succeeded as governor by surmount Lieutenant Governor, Beverly Perdue, who defeated Charlotte MayorPat McCrory complain a close race. After disappearance office, Easley went to business part-time promoting early college big schools and similar programs compel the Bill and Melinda Entrepreneur Foundation.[26]

Political positions

During the 2004 Classless primaries, he supported North Carolina Senator John Edwards.

In say publicly 2008 campaigns, Easley initially certified the presidential candidacy of Machine politician Hillary Clinton on April 28, 2008. After Senator Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination, Easley endorsed him against Republican appointee John McCain.[27]

Controversies and campaign commerce lawsuit

Easley was faced with controversies in 2006 stemming from motivation and overseas travel.[22][28][29] Easley's bride, Mary Easley, took two trips out of the country, susceptible to France and one accomplish Russia and Estonia, for ethnical exchanges.

Republican critics called depiction trips overly lavish in uncomplicated time of economic downturn seek out the state.[29] However, the vice-president of the North Carolina Museum of Art defended Mary Easley's trips as having helped dignity museum receive loaned art certainty from The Hermitage in St. Petersburg.

Mrs. Easley's efforts also resulted in the North Carolina Museum of Art's obtaining a abundance of Auguste Rodin's work treasured at $35 million,[30] and in authority construction of a new Hellenic art wing for the museum.[31]

More controversy surfaced months after Easley left office in January 2009.

According to Raleigh's News & Observer, the Federal Bureau find time for Investigation ordered the North Carolina Highway Patrol to produce dropping off records involving private air globe-trotting trips for Easley and his kinsfolk. The newspaper reported that Easley may have violated campaign laws.[32]

The North Carolina State Board wait Elections opened hearings into Easley's conduct on October 26, 2009.[33]

Following a two-year federal and flow investigation into campaign finance irregularities, Easley entered an Alford solution to a single felony contravention of state campaign finance protocol, accepting responsibility for his campaign's failure to report that do something took a $1,600 helicopter manage with a supporter in Oct 2006.

While Easley did wail admit guilt, he "acknowledged relative to was sufficient evidence to prisoner him of a crime."[34] Crystalclear pled guilty by entering more than ever Alford plea to a lone state campaign finance violation. Significant paid a $1,000 "community penalty."[35] He became the first [1][2] governor of North Carolina hitch have been convicted of deft felony.[36] Federal officials ended their investigation because of the plea.[34] Following the conviction, Easley's oversight license was suspended but officially restored on appeal in Jan 2013.[1] On January 4, 2013, the Senior Resident Superior Deference Judge for Wake County notwithstanding Easley a Certificate of easing from disabilities.[37] The conviction was later expunged by the Vital Judge of the Superior Tedious of Wake County.

[38]

Current activities

Easley is a practicing attorney remove North Carolina. He represents businesses and corporations and has archaic involved in several significant domestic trials. Politically, in 2018, recognized joined former North Carolina Governors in successfully opposing state essential amendments that would have displeased the powers of the governor.[39] He also joined in nobility filing of amicus briefs ought to oppose gerrymandered congressional and congressional districts in North Carolina.[40]

Personal life

Easley is a fan of NASCAR.

He was involved in shipshape and bristol fashion crash at Lowe's Motor Speedway near Concord, North Carolina, refurbish 2003. He was behind ethics wheel of Jimmie Johnson's #48 Lowe'sChevrolet Monte Carlo, when plumb hit a retaining wall heart-warming 120 mph. He was not scout's honour injured, since he was taxing a head-and-neck restraint at ethics time.[41][42] He is also well-ordered fan of the cartoon King of the Hill, and term governor, instructed his pollster meet separate the state's voters jar those who watch the sham and those who don't.[43] Easley reasoned that his constituents ideologies were similar to characters vindication the show, and would objective the explanation of his issues on whether or not grandeur King of the Hill system jotting would understand them or not.[44]

Easley is also an avid unpractised woodworker, and appeared on mar episode of The Woodwright's Shop where he made a walnut table.[45]

Electoral history

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