For those of us not familiar with your state officials who is who?
Governor McCrory is the Republican sitting Governor - he has done a good job in our state - along with our Republican controlled legislature - reduced taxes, got our state out of debt, and was bringing jobs back into the state.
Roy Cooper is the Democrat - sitting Attorney General in the mold of several previous Democrat governors who had taken NC into the dustbin of economic upheavals and debt.
The big issue in the race was House Bill 2 - which came about because the Charlotte City Council passed an ordinance which required entities to allow transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice - that aligned with their “gender”. The Legislature intervened with House Bill 2 (HB2) which forbids such special treatment of transgender people with respect to bathroom privileges.
More here: http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/April-2016/HB2-How-North-Carolina-Got-Here/