The present and former Republican labor commissioners in North Carolina are backing competing candidates in subsequent yr’s GOP major for the job.
Cherie Berry, who was commissioner for 20 years by way of early 2021, endorsed Raleigh lawyer Luke Farley this week for the Republican nomination.
The announcement got here lower than every week after present Commissioner Josh Dobson’s help of state Rep. Jon Hardister of Guilford County to be the following commissioner was made public.
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The present and former North Carolina labor commissioners have backed rival Republican candidates for the job.
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Dobson succeeded Berry, who’s the longest-serving commissioner in state historical past. Dobson mentioned late final yr he would not search a second four-year time period to go the Division of Labor.
“Luke has the abilities, background and fervour to guide the Division and defend the greater than 5 million staff in North Carolina,” Berry is quoted as saying in a Farley information launch. Berry added that Farley’s expertise as a lawyer on development and occupational security regulation issues makes him “probably the most certified candidate within the race.”
Different introduced candidates for the commissioner’s submit embrace Republican Travis Wilson of Union County and Democrat Braxton Winston, a Charlotte metropolis council member. Primaries shall be held in March.
