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    Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue vetoes the GOP-written budget at a press conference Sunday, June 12, 2011, despite Republican legislative leaders' confidence that they have enough override votes.
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    North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue during a press conference following a veto in 2011.
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    Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, left, N.C. Governor Beverly Perdue, center, and Sen Kay Hagan go on a helicopter tour of eastern North Carolina to view damage caused by Hurricane Irene on Aug. 30, 2011.
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    Craven County commissioner and Harlowe volunteer firefighter Theron McCabe shows Gov. Beverly Perdue where homes were flooded and damaged on a map of Harlowe Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Harlowe Volunteer Fire Department. Hurricane Irene, a category 1 storm, caused extensive flooding in costal areas of the state.
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    Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue celebrates as she walks onto the stage at the the Raleigh Marriott City Center Tuesday evening November 4, 2008.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue during a February 2011 interview at The News & Observer.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue shows off a honeycomb frame from a beehive on the grounds of the Executive Mansion in Raleigh in 2010.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue and U.S. Sen. Richard Burr were among dignitaries on hand for the press conference in 2010 at Cree in Durham.
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    At 7-foot-1, Duke's Brian Zoubek towers above Gov. Bev Perdue and his coach, Mike Krzyzewski, after the team was honored at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh in 2010.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue looks at reporters after ending her news conference July 7, 2010. Perdue had been asked whether she influenced the appointment of her friend Randy Glover in 1995.
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    Gov. Beverly Perdue grabs some Smurf ears as she poses for a photo with students Yullnet Chavez (left) and Jacorey Brockington along with Durham Mayor Bill Bell at the end of the No Kids Hungry program at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, N.C. Tuesday Sept.13, 2011.
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    President Barack Obama is greted by Gov. Bev Perdue and Durham Mayor Bill Bell as he lands at RDU in 2011.
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    President Barack Obama listens as WestStar Precision Facility employee Barry Blackman (left) holds up a food tray used in commercial aircrafts during his tour of the WestStar Precision Facility, Apex, NC, Wednesday, Sept., 14, 2011.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue speaks at the 2011 funeral for Ralph Campbell.
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    Second Hand Smoking: NC Governor Beverly Perdue, seated between Rep. Hugh Holliman and Sen. Bill Purcell, signs into law a bill that prohibits smoking in bars and restaurants, at the Old House Chamber in the State Capitol on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
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    BALL2.NE.010908.TEL: Governor-elect Beverly Perdue joins her husband Bob Eaves for the first dance Friday evening Jan. 9, 2008, during the Inaugural Ball at the Raleigh Convention Center.
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    Newly-elected Gov. Beverly Perdue sits in her office in the Capitol Jan. 12, 2009 Raleigh, N.C. Perdue started her new job on Monday by signing a series of executive orders and watching the swearing-in of her 10-member Cabinet.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue works the crowd at the opening ceremony of Novartis' new facility in Holly Springs Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.
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    North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is congratulated by chief justice Sarah Parker as her son, Emmett, and husband, Bob Eaves, look on after she took the oath of office in Raleigh, North Carolina, Saturday, January 10, 2009.
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    INAUG2.NE.011009: Governor Beverly Perdue stands with her husband Bob Eaves prior to taking the oath of office Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 during an inaugural ceremony in Raleigh.
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    Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarah Parker administers the oath of office to Governor Bev Perdue on Saturday morning January 10, 2009.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue and her husband, Bob Eaves, right, gather for a photo with team members and coaching staff from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill field hockey team at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh in 2010.
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    North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is congratulated by chief justice Sarah Parker as her son, Emmett, and husband, Bob Eaves, look on after she took the oath of office in Raleigh, North Carolina, Saturday, January 10, 2009.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue acknowledges 12-year-old Boy Scout James Flynn of Troop 118 from Charlotte during a bill-signing ceremony in the House chamber of the Capitol in 2010.
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    In a 2008 photo Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue, left, and Senate President Pro Tempore Marc Basnight, right, chat after their opening day session. Perdue recently won the Democratic ticket for Governor in the state primary.
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    Beverly Perdue photographed Sunday, June 12, 2011.
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    Gov. Beverly Perdue speaks with third graders at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, N.C. Tuesday Sept.13, 2011.
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    SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, left, greets Gov. Bev Perdue as she arrives for the jobs announcement in 2010.
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    Governor Beverly Perdue opened an Education Cabinet Meeting at Wake Tech's Northern Wake Campus on Monday, March 16, 2009, by discussing the state budget, to be released tomorrow, that will bring some cuts in education spending. In attendance are Executive Director of the Education Cabinet Howard Lee, back left, Chairman of the NC State Board of Education William Harrison, left, President of the University of North Carolina Erskine Bowles, center, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Lanier Cansler, right. Staff photo by Ted Richardson/The News & Observer
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    North Carolina Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue speaks with reporters during an interview in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009.
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    Democratic nominee for Governor Bev Perdue, left, gladly receives the endorsement of current Gov. Mike Easley, right, during a press conference held at Democratic Party Headquarters in downtown Raleigh Wednesday May 7, 2008.
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    Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue laughs as a supporter tells her she is prettier in person during her visit to a voting precinct in Durham, N.C, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.
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    Twenty members of Girl Scout Troop 433 recently toured the Executive Mansion and had lemonade and cookies with Gov. Bev Perdue in 2010.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue celebrates with Shaw University's football team and administrators during a reception Tuesday at the Executive Mansion. Three Shaw teams - football, men's basketball and women's basketball - were honored after winning Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships in 2011.
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    Governor Beverly Perdue takes the oath of office before chief justice Sarah Parker as her son Emmett Perdue and husband Bob Eaves look on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 during an inaugural ceremony in Raleigh.
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    The late Kathy Taft, a member of the State Board of Education, was remembered at a ceremony in 2010 during a board meeting in Raleigh. Afterward, Gov. Beverly Perdue, above, talks to Taft's daughters Jessica Gorall, left, and Paige Fuqua.
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    Governor Bev Perdue walks with her grand-children at the conclusion of the parade in her honor on Saturday January 10, 2009 on the steps of the State Archives.
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    Perdue at her 2009 Inaugural Ball.
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    Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue laughs at Marc Oglesby's answer when she asks him to vote for her. "Wish I can today, but I'm a registered Republican," he said. "Though I do usually cross party lines if it's the right person." Perdue is running against State Treasurer Richard Moore in the Democratic race for governor.
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    North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue listen to victim testify before the Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation task force compensation hearing in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, June 22, 2011.
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    In a 1996 photo, Sen. Marc Basnight (left) confers with Senators Roy Cooper and Beverly Perdue just before Perdue removed the bill on animal waste from the calendar.
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    Beverly Perdue looks towards her husband Robert W. Eaves,Jr. and is all smiles after being sworn in as Lt. Governor by former N.C. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Burley Mitchell in 2001.
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    Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue confers with Senate President Pro-Tem Marc Basnight during the 2005 session, where the lottery bill was approved. Perdue broke a 24-24 tie with her vote, sending the bill for Gov. Easley for his signature.
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    Sen. Beverly Perdue, D-Craven, center, and North Carolina State University Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, right, share a laugh as Perdue gets a hands on look at the school's new Pfiesteria laboratory after dedication ceremonies in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Aug. 7, 1998.
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    North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue speaking at Elizabeth Traditional Elementary School during a rally of educators, teachers and other concerned citizens in 2009 in Charlotte.
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    North Carolina Governor-elect Beverly Perdue, D-N.C., gives the thumbs-up after winning the election during the North Carolina Democratic Party's 2008 Election Night Victory Celebration in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.
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    North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue wears a Freightliner hat as she smiles during a news conference at a Freightliner plant in Cleveland, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.
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    NC Governor Beverly Perdue applauds Fernando Aguirre, Chairman and CEO of Chiquita Brands International, Inc., at a Nov. 2011 press conference.
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    Fernando Aguirre, Chairman and CEO of Chiquita Brands International, Inc., high fives NC Governor Beverly Perdue at a 2011 press conference in Charlotte.
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    Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, Republican gubernatorial candidate, left, gestures as Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, Democratic gubernatorial candidate listens during a candidate's forum at SAS Institute in Cary, N.C., Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.
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    Governor elect Bev Perdue speaks at the Charlotte Chamber's annual meeting at the Time Warner Cable Arena on Thursday, November 6, 2008.
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    Governor Beverly Perdue opened an Education Cabinet Meeting at Wake Tech's Northern Wake Campus on Monday, March 16, 2009, by discussing the state budget.
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    North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue announces the creation of 1,014 new jobs at the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of Amerca, a nationwide nonprofit. NACA plans to invest $4.5 million in Charlotte as part of an expansion in 2009.
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    Democratic candidate Bev Perdue gets a hug from her husband, Bob Eaves following the debate in Charlotte, N.C. Wednesday, October 15, 2008.
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    Gov. Perdue talks with the media following a tour of storm damaged portions of NC in 2011.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue tours a heavily damaged neighborhood in Colerain, N.C., Monday, April 18, 2011 after a tornado ripped through the area.
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    Anthony Foxx, Charlotte mayor, Roy Stansbury , managing director of Capgemini Financial Services USA, and Bev Perdue, North Carolina governor at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Charlotte in 2011.
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    Perdue speaks to students in the gymnasium at Mount Holly Middle School during National Educational Week in 2010.
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    Gov. Bev Perdue, in high heels, gets into a race car in a nod to NASCAR.
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    North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue spoke to Time Warner Cable employees in 2011.
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    North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue was distracted by a number of major legislative decisions while attending a meeting of the Southern Regional Education Board, of which Perdue is Chair, at The Carolina Hotel at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C., on Monday, June 27, 2011, according to Perdue's press secretary Chris Mackey. Perdue rests during the meeting while sitting next to Howard Lee, right.
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    North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue, right, talks on the phone with her legislative staff, with her press secretary Chris Mackey, left, nearby, while at The Carolina Hotel at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C., on Monday, June 27, 2011. Mackey said that Perdue was dealing with major legislative decisions while attending a meeting of the Southern Regional Education Board, of which Perdue is Chair.
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    Governor Bev Perdue Dec. 12, 2011
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    Governor Bev Perdue during a visit to the Charlotte Observer in 2011.
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    Facebook director of site operations Tom Furlong (left) explains the server system to Governor Bev Purdue and Lt. Governor Dalton during a tour of a Facebook facility in Forest City in 2011
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    Mike Wanner with Medicago, second from right, escorts Gov. Bev Perdue for a ribbon cutting ceremony. Medicago, a Canadian biotech company, unveiled its new vaccine facility in RTP Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Senator Richard Burr, right, and Congressman David Price, third from right, attended the ceremony.
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    Governor Bev Perdue greets Anthony Foxx ,Charlotte Mayor elect at a ceremony in 2009 before Purdue announced today a plan to speed completion of the I-485 Outer Loop around Charlotte by five years.
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    Gov. Perdue following a press conference January 9, 2012.
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    Governor of North Carolina Beverly Perdue addresses a luncheon of Emily's List at the Hilton Washington Hotel January 18, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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    Mark Pringle, Charlotte plant manager, Siemens Energy, Gov. Bev Perdue and Dr. Michael Suess, CEO of the Fossil Power Generation Division of the Siemens Energy Sector enjoy time together at a 2010 event where Siemens announced that it will build a new 60-Hz gas turbine production plant at it's existing facility in Charlotte, NC.
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    Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, Democratic nominee for governor, gets ready to eat her ham biscuit from Wilber's Barbecue in her husband's Honda Odyssey while traveling from Goldsboro to Snow Hill while campaigning Saturday morning November 1, 2008.
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    Elisabeth ("Liz") Hair, one of the Governor's Conference 2011 Hall of Fame Inductees, receives her award from Governor Beverly Perdue at NC Governor's Conference for Women.
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