|name birth_place party profession office birth_date spouse article_title state
dan besse hickory , north carolina democratic party attorney candidate for north carolina lieutenant governor in 2008 28 december 1954 kay house dan besse
 north carolina
dan besse

daniel vaughn -lrb- dan -rrb- besse -lrb- born december 28 , 1954 -rrb- is a graduate of unc-chapel hill school of law -lrb- 1980 -rrb- , an attorney , and , since 2001 , a city councilman in winston-salem , north carolina .
he was one of four democratic candidates in the 2008 lt. governor election for the seat vacated by beverly perdue , but came in last in the primary , which was won by walter dalton .
in the 2008 campaign , besse received the endorsement of the progressive democrats of north carolina and the conservation council of north carolina .
