CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper holds a six-point advantage over Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley in the 2026 U.S. Senate race, according to the first ...

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Favorability ratings are 51% for Cooper and 17% for Whatley, the Emerson poll says. In context, Whatley only had 16% ...

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Former Governor Roy Cooper enters race for U.S. Senate in NC; NC lawmakers approve a mini-budget, including teacher pay raises. Panelists: Rep. Brandon Lofton (D-District 104), Rep. Erin Paré ...

Democrats still in the dumps over last year’s elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper jumped into the race for that state’s newly open ...

President Donald Trump has officially given his endorsement to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley for ...

Democrats, again, could learn from this: It’s not enough to talk about social issues. Medicaid just got cut in the federal spending bill, and hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians will likely ...

Sen. Elizabeth Dole, a Republican who represented North Carolina in Congress, also never ran for public office before being elected in 2002. Whatley served as her chief of staff for one of her six ...