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Beverly Eaves Perdue is the current Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina and President of the North Carolina State Senate . Born in Grundy, Virginia , Perdue earned a bachelor's degree from the University Of Kentucky ; she then earned a master's degree in education and a doctoral degree in administration from the University Of Florida . She worked in the fields of education and health care before entering politics. Perdue, a Democrat , served in the North Carolina House Of Representatives from 1986 to 1990 , and the North Carolina Senate from 1990 to 2000 . In 2000 , she defeated Republican Betsy Cochrane for the lieutenant governor's seat, becoming North Carolina's first female lieutenant governor; she was re-elected to a second term in 2004 and is widely viewed as a potential gubernatorial or U.S. Senate candidate for 2008. Perdue makes her home in New Bern, North Carolina . EXTERNAL LINK |
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