Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper jumped into the state’s open Senate race Monday, boosting Democrats’ hopes of flipping the seat.

In an election year of astronomically high stakes, in the absolutely crucial Senate race in North Carolina, Democrats got ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper led Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley by 6 percentage points in the first major poll of the 2026 North Carolina Senate race. The Emerson ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper launched his campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday, setting up a high-stakes battle in one of the nation’s most competitive states and giving Democrats a marquee ...

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley is running for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat, entering what’s ...

Strategists say Cooper’s entry makes North Carolina a more difficult seat for the GOP to hold, though a Democrat hasn’t won a Senate race in the traditionally competitive state since 2008.

Outgoing Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, warned that the battle for his seat will be a "knife fight in a telephone booth" as former Democratic North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper ...

A plurality of North Carolina voters plan to cast their ballots for Cooper in the battleground race, according to a new poll.

Democrats are expected to get their top Senate recruit next week as former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper plans to enter the ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has an early lead over Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley in the North Carolina Senate race as the candidates appear poised for a general … ...

A new survey from Emerson College Polling shows former governor Roy Cooper (D) leading early in the North Carolina U.S. Senate race. The new poll previews the projected 2026 race featuring Cooper and ...