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|name=Dan Forest
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Alice Forest
|religion=[[Christian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/lieutenant governor
|state=North Carolina
|governor=[[Pat McCrory]] (2013 – 2017)<br>[[Roy Cooper]] (2017 – present)
|terms=January 7, 2013 – present
|preceded=Walter Dalton
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'''Dan Forest''' is an [[architect]] and the current strongly [[conservative]] lieutenant governor of [[North Carolina]], having been elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. He is currently running for governor in 2020 to unseat the incumbent [[left-wing]] officeholder of the position, [[Roy Cooper]].
==Early life and education==
Dan Forest was born in Harrisonburg, [[Virginia]] and raised in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. His mother was the [[conservative]] U.S. representative [[Sue Myrick]] who represented North Carolina's 9th district from 1995 to 2013. Forest graduated from the [[University of North Carolina]], obtaining a bachelor's and master's degree in [[architecture]]. He was later a senior partner in Charlotte at an architectural firm.
==Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina==
===2012 election===
Despite not having previously held any political office, Forest ran for lieutenant governor in 2012, and won the general election over [[Democrat]] Linda Coleman by less than half of one percent of the vote.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/results/states/north-carolina.html North Carolina Election 2012 Results]</ref> Concurrent with Forest's election was the gubernatorial election that year, where Republican [[Pat McCrory]] won by over 10% of the votes casted.<ref>[https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=37&year=2012&off=5 2012 Gubernatorial General Election Results]</ref> It is important to note that under [[North Carolina]] law, gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial elections are separate.
===2016 election===
Facing Linda Coleman again in his re-election efforts, Forest handily won the lieutenant gubernatorial election by a greater margin of 6.6% of the vote this time, although [[Pat McCrory]] lost to leftist then-[[attorney general]] [[Roy Cooper]] by a margin of less than 1%.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/north-carolina North Carolina Election Results]</ref>
===Tenure===
After Governor [[Pat McCrory]] had signed [[H.B.2]] into law to restrict public bathroom use to biological sex,<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/21380/56085/41567/requires-individuals-to-use-bathroom-of-biological-sex#56085 HB 2 - Requires Individuals to Use Bathroom of Biological Sex - North Carolina Key Vote]</ref> a nationwide left-wing outrage followed, with many liberal states such as [[California]] prohibiting state travel to [[North Carolina]] over the legislation.<ref>[https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article104533396.html California limits state travel to North Carolina over its ‘bathroom bill’]</ref> Lt. Gov. Forest firmly supported the measure,<ref>[https://keepmyncsafe.com/dan-forest-hb2-repeal/ NC Lt Gov Dan Forest Urges Lawmakers to Stand Firm on HB2]</ref> correctly pointing out that [[transgenderism]] is merely a feeling and not biological factuality.<ref>[https://indyweek.com/news/archives/transgenderism-feeling-explains-dan-forest-lieutenant-governor-north-carolina/ 'Transgenderism' Is a 'Feeling,' Explains Dan Forest, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina] '''(Warning: Article uses foul language)'''</ref>
==See also==
*[[Jenean Hampton]], former lieutenant governor of [[Kentucky]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://ltgov.nc.gov/ Official Website]
*[https://danforest.com/ Personal Website]
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Forest Dan Forest - Ballotpedia]
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[[Category:Architects]]
|name=Dan Forest
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Alice Forest
|religion=[[Christian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/lieutenant governor
|state=North Carolina
|governor=[[Pat McCrory]] (2013 – 2017)<br>[[Roy Cooper]] (2017 – present)
|terms=January 7, 2013 – present
|preceded=Walter Dalton
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''Dan Forest''' is an [[architect]] and the current strongly [[conservative]] lieutenant governor of [[North Carolina]], having been elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. He is currently running for governor in 2020 to unseat the incumbent [[left-wing]] officeholder of the position, [[Roy Cooper]].
==Early life and education==
Dan Forest was born in Harrisonburg, [[Virginia]] and raised in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. His mother was the [[conservative]] U.S. representative [[Sue Myrick]] who represented North Carolina's 9th district from 1995 to 2013. Forest graduated from the [[University of North Carolina]], obtaining a bachelor's and master's degree in [[architecture]]. He was later a senior partner in Charlotte at an architectural firm.
==Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina==
===2012 election===
Despite not having previously held any political office, Forest ran for lieutenant governor in 2012, and won the general election over [[Democrat]] Linda Coleman by less than half of one percent of the vote.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/results/states/north-carolina.html North Carolina Election 2012 Results]</ref> Concurrent with Forest's election was the gubernatorial election that year, where Republican [[Pat McCrory]] won by over 10% of the votes casted.<ref>[https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=37&year=2012&off=5 2012 Gubernatorial General Election Results]</ref> It is important to note that under [[North Carolina]] law, gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial elections are separate.
===2016 election===
Facing Linda Coleman again in his re-election efforts, Forest handily won the lieutenant gubernatorial election by a greater margin of 6.6% of the vote this time, although [[Pat McCrory]] lost to leftist then-[[attorney general]] [[Roy Cooper]] by a margin of less than 1%.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/north-carolina North Carolina Election Results]</ref>
===Tenure===
After Governor [[Pat McCrory]] had signed [[H.B.2]] into law to restrict public bathroom use to biological sex,<ref>[https://votesmart.org/bill/21380/56085/41567/requires-individuals-to-use-bathroom-of-biological-sex#56085 HB 2 - Requires Individuals to Use Bathroom of Biological Sex - North Carolina Key Vote]</ref> a nationwide left-wing outrage followed, with many liberal states such as [[California]] prohibiting state travel to [[North Carolina]] over the legislation.<ref>[https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article104533396.html California limits state travel to North Carolina over its ‘bathroom bill’]</ref> Lt. Gov. Forest firmly supported the measure,<ref>[https://keepmyncsafe.com/dan-forest-hb2-repeal/ NC Lt Gov Dan Forest Urges Lawmakers to Stand Firm on HB2]</ref> correctly pointing out that [[transgenderism]] is merely a feeling and not biological factuality.<ref>[https://indyweek.com/news/archives/transgenderism-feeling-explains-dan-forest-lieutenant-governor-north-carolina/ 'Transgenderism' Is a 'Feeling,' Explains Dan Forest, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina] '''(Warning: Article uses foul language)'''</ref>
==See also==
*[[Jenean Hampton]], former lieutenant governor of [[Kentucky]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://ltgov.nc.gov/ Official Website]
*[https://danforest.com/ Personal Website]
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Forest Dan Forest - Ballotpedia]
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