Democrats still in the dumps over last year’s elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov.

Roy Cooper led Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley by six points in the first major poll of the 2026 North Carolina Senate race. The Emerson College poll, obtained by Politico, ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley has formally kicked off his bid for the hotly-contested ...

Former two-term Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leading his much lesser-known likely Republican opponent by just ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has an early lead over Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley in the ...

Former two-term Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leading his much lesser-known likely Republican opponent by just ...

Chairman Michael Whatley officially announced his bid for North Carolina's U.S. Senate race, shaking up what is expected to ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democrats still in the dumps over last year's elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, ...

Roy Cooper should be an overwhelming favorite to be North Carolina’s next U.S. senator, but Michael Whatley is strong where ...

Strategists say Cooper’s entry makes North Carolina a more difficult seat for the GOP to hold, though a Democrat hasn’t won a ...