Usually money is green, but a lot of Roy Cooper’s campaign cash has turned to Carolina blue.
After the Democratic governor won election in 2016, his campaign continued spending big bucks throughout 2017 – including more than $15,000 on tickets to events at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Cooper, who went to UNC for both undergrad and law school, is not shy in his Tar Heel fandom. Legendary point guard Phil Ford even campaigned on his behalf in 2016.
So is he using his donors’ support to buy basketball season tickets?
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