After McCrory lost, to Beverly Perdue, Hawke returned to Civitas, as a senior fellow.

NEWYORKER: State for Sale

North Carolina Democrat Beverly Perdue, in the middle of her second elected term as the state's lieutenant governor, defeated Republican Pat McCrory.

CNN: Dems win two open governor races, make history in N.C.

"North Carolina has lost its favorite son, " Gov. Beverly Perdue said.

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Beverly Perdue, North Carolina's lieutenant-governor, and Pat McCrory, the Republican mayor of Charlotte, are squabbling over issues as broad as the economy and as local as public safety and whether North Carolina should take other states' rubbish.

ECONOMIST: Gubernatorial candidates are waging their own battles