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Cooper, Whatley favorites in North Carolina Senate primaries

North Carolina 2026 primary election: Votes are in, next steps ahead

Reaction was swift from various Democratic voices after former Gov. Roy Cooper easily won the primary in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat.

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North Carolina Primary Election Results

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North Carolina Primary Live Election Results: Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley Win Senate Nominations

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Laurie Buckhout wins GOP primary, setting a rematch with US Rep. Don Davis in North Carolina

Laurie Buckhout, a 2024 congressional candidate who fell just short of unseating North Carolina Democratic Rep. Don Davis, will get another chance this year after winning Tuesday’s Republican primary ...

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Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley will advance to a marquee North Carolina matchup for US Senate

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Cooper, Whatley set November match-up in North Carolina Senate race

Roy Cooper, Michael Whatley set to compete for a high-stakes North Carolina U.S. Senate seat

Former Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will face former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley in the state's toss-up U.S. Senate race.

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Roy Cooper's chances of flipping North Carolina's Republican Senate seat: Polls

Cooper is set to face off against Michael Whatley in one of the most competitive races of the 2026 midterms.

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In divided North Carolina, Whatley and Cooper emerge for Senate battle that could tip Washington

Michael Whatley and Roy Cooper win North Carolina Senate primaries, setting up fall battle for Thom Tillis' seat that could determine Senate control.

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Whatley, Cooper projected to win North Carolina primaries, teeing up key Senate contest

Former Gov. Roy Cooper and former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley are set to face off in November in what's expected to be among the most competitive Senate races of the cycle.

North Carolina: Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley win primaries to set up Senate contest

Former Democratic governor Cooper to take on Trump-backed Whatley for seat held by retiring Thom Tillis

Cooper secures democratic nomination for North Carolina US Senate race

RALEIGH, N.C. — NEW: Roy Cooper secures democratic nomination for U.S. Senate race in North Carolina.

North Carolina primaries launch battle to replace retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis

Democrats believe they can flip Tillis' seat; they have former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper in the battle, who has won every election he's ever run since 1986 and was elected statewide as governor in 2016 and 2020 -- both years that Donald Trump won North Carolina.