Context: The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government. The current Lieutenant Governor is Dan Forest, a Republican., Roy Asberry Cooper III (born June 13, 1957) is an American politician who is the 75th and current Governor of North Carolina, since January 2017. Cooper had served as the Attorney General of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017 and was previously a member of the North Carolina State Senate. Cooper is a member of the North Carolina Democratic Party, and ran for Governor of North Carolina in the 2016 election against Republican incumbent Pat McCrory. On December 5, McCrory conceded the election, making Cooper the first challenger to defeat a sitting governor in North Carolina since 1850. Cooper took office as the 75th governor of North Carolina on January 1, 2017. A ceremonial inauguration was scheduled for January 7, 2017 but was postponed due to winter weather., A U.S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America. There are 50 states, which are bound together in a union with each other. Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory, and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders (e.g., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody)., Robert Byrd `` Bob '' Jordan , III ( born October 11 , 1932 ) was an American politician who served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina for one term ( 1985 -- 1989 ) under Governor James G. Martin and who unsuccessfully ran for Governor of North Carolina in 1988 . Jordan , a native of Mount Gilead , North Carolina , graduated from North Carolina State University in 1954 with honors in forestry . Prior to being elected lieutenant governor , Jordan ran his family 's lumber company and served in the North Carolina Senate as a Democrat from 1976 to 1984 . In 1984 , he defeated state House Speaker Carl J. Stewart , Jr. in a hard - fought Democratic primary , then defeated Republican John H. Carrington in the general election to become North Carolina 's 29th lieutenant governor . He easily won the 1988 gubernatorial nomination but lost the general election to incumbent James G. Martin . An advocate of education , Jordan has served on the North Carolina Board of Education , the state Board of Community Colleges , and the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors . On May 20 , 2009 , Jordan was elected chairman of the Trustees of North Carolina State University to serve the remaining term of McQueen Campbell , who resigned in conjunction with the investigation of Mike Easley ., The Governor of North Carolina is the head of the executive branch of North Carolina's state government and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The current governor is Roy Cooper who took office on January 1, 2017, with a ceremonial inauguration held on January 7, 2017., Subject: robert b. jordan, Relation: member_of_political_party, Options: (A) democratic party (B) military (C) north carolina democratic party (D) union
Output: democratic party