Endorsements didn't help in 2000.
The last time that there was an open race for governor, Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker squared off against Attorney General Mike Easley in the Democratic primary.
In that race, Wicker was endorsed by the N.C. Association of Educators and the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers as well as major black political groups: the Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association, the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People and the Simkins PAC in Greensboro.
(The Sierra Club endorsed both Easley and Wicker.)
According to a May 24, 2000, article in the News & Record, Easley won over many black voters with an intensive campaign that included poll workers in T-shirts that promised cheaper prescriptions and smaller schools and radio ads and mailers featuring Harvey Gantt.
Easley's campaign manager was Jay Reiff, who is now working for Richard Moore.
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