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Beverly Perdue makes bid for governor official, stresses support for health care and education.
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Sun Journal (New Bern, NC)
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October 2, 2007
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Byline: Charlie Hall
Oct. 2--Beverly Perdue remembers that when she first ran for the state House 20 years ago, detractors laughed and scoffed at the notion of a woman from rural eastern North Carolina being elected to such a high office.
On Monday night, with about 600 cheering, sign-waving supporters packed shoulder-to-shoulder in the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, she made her bid for governor official.
Perdue is the state's lieutenant governor, the first woman to hold that office.
During a two-hour barbecue to kick off her 2008 gubernatorial bid, she spoke to the crowd for about 15 minutes. She stressed issues such as health care and education, ...