North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper is officially the most popular Democrat in North Carolina. Cooper picked up 2.5 million votes, or 61% of the electorate in the Nov. 4 election, more than any other candidate.
In April 2007, it was Cooper who officially ended the case against the three Duke Lacrosse players falsely accused of rape. As Naureen Khan reported in The Chronicle, Cooper ran an ad based on his role in the case. In the ad, Cooper emphasizes his use of DNA testing to prove whether people are guilty of the crimes they are being charged with committing. See the ad below:
