This week, North Carolina’s top Senate candidates kicked off their campaigns without neck ties. It wasn’t accidental.

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 ...

Young Americans, Especially Men, Fuel GOP GainsJonathan DraegerEach year, Pew Research conducts a party affiliation poll to determine where the country is moving politically.

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

The Trump-backed Senate hopeful was all about congressional oversight—when it meant stopping Obama's green power plans.

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