Despite uproar, N.C. governor rivals use private email

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C.

Republican incumbent Pat McCrory and his Democratic opponent in the undecided North Carolina governor’s race have together sent or received hundreds of messages from private email accounts – a sidestep around official communication channels that McCrory’s team blasted as “questionable” in a comparison to Hillary Clinton.

McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper – locked in a hotly contested race, with Cooper leading by just over 10,000 votes of more than 4.7 million cast and a state recount possible – each conducted state business via their private emails, The Associated Press learned from documents.