Just 10 months before the general election, two candidates for the U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina are giving a clearer ...

Roy Cooper pulled in $3.4 million within the first 24 hours of launching his Senate bid, a record haul for the former North Carolina governor and an early show of strength in one of the nation's most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. The road to a U.S. Senate majority in 2027 and 2028 runs through ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Editor’s note: With the 2026 U.S. Senate race in North Carolina taking shape, The News & Observer spoke with longtime supporters and ...

The fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train has put a spotlight on former Gov. Roy Cooper’s record on criminal justice in the high-stakes North Carolina Senate race. Cooper, a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republicans in North Carolina and beyond are making a concerted effort to turn the stabbing death of a Ukrainian woman on a Charlotte commuter train into a political liability for ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Editor’s note: We asked North Carolina’s U.S. Senate candidates, Democrat Roy Cooper ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Thom Tillis. Cooper visited VFW post 6018 in Fayetteville, NC, to speak with veterans about his ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper filed Dec. 3 to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who announced in June that he would not seek a third term in office.