Governor Pat Mccrory announced in a video put out by his campaign earlier this week that he is running for reelection next year.
McCrory, 59, announced that he has more work to do in improving the economy and life for North Carolinians. He also cites school, transportation and tax reform as areas he wants to tackle during his next four years should he be reelected.
The video features candid shots of him and his wife Ann, with McCrory's voiceover telling the listener about how he understands the struggles of average North Carolinians.
"One of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my life is come home after my job had been eliminated," he says somberly. "And tell Ann that I didn't have a job anymore. So when I put my hand on the family bible three years ago… I knew what too many families in our state were going through."
After more shots of him in classrooms with smiling children, touring factories, and driving through rural towns in blue jeans, he continues to cite his accomplishments of lower income taxes and a slowing unemployment rate.
He ends with "I'm running for governor because our comeback story isn't over. There's still more to do and with your support we'll finish the job."
Despite hovering only at around 35% in approval ratings according to Public Policy Polling, the governor faces little competition. Thus far no Republican has emerged to challenge him in the primaries and the establishment seem to have been waiting ever since he was elected for him to run again.
He faces only two opponents on the Democratic side. Durham lawyer Ken Spaulding and North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced their candidacies over the summer.
The latest poll on the state of the race show a tight race between McCrory and Cooper should they become their respective party's nominee. The North Carolina gubernatorial race will be held on November 8, 2016.
McCrory previously served as Mayor of Charlotte and was a City Councilman before that. He is the first Charlotte Mayor to attain the office of Governor and the first GOP Governor of the state since 1988.
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