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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Trump has justified tariffs on goods from Canada, the top U.S. export market, by accusing it of failing to stop the ...

Democrats, again, could learn from this: It’s not enough to talk about social issues. Medicaid just got cut in the federal ...

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley has launched his campaign for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat. Whatley made his formal announcement on Thursday. He already has President ...

A North Carolina native, Whatley led the state's GOP before he was selected by President Trump to lead the RNC in 2024.