Jim Hunt

North Carolina · born or raised1937–2025

69th and 71st governor of North Carolina (1937–2025)

Born in Greensboro
Died in Lucama
Studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Studied at North Carolina State University

Quotations with a citation

My family were sort of these rural progressives that thought rural people ought to have a good education, ought to have electrical power, ought to have telephones, ought to have paved roads.

My mother was the very highly educated, liberal minded person with regard to equality with high, high standards about education and a sweetness and a caring and a love for human beings.

The governor goes to the local community, not to release the test scores, but to talk about them and to ask people what can we do to improve this situation to help our children learn more.