After one term in the legislature, Sen. Mansfield ran for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in the 2012 election.
[2] After the 2012 election, Mansfield announced that he would run for chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party.
[3][4] Eric Mansfield was born in Louisiana and grew up in Columbus, Georgia.
He served as a medical officer in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Bragg.
[5] After his military service, Mansfield stayed in Fayetteville and established his own office: Cape Fear Otolaryngology, an ear, nose and throat practice.