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Democrat Roy Cooper flips North Carolina Senate seat
Roy Cooper wins North Carolina's Senate race, defeating Republican Michael Whatley and becoming the state's first Democratic senator since 2008.
In brief
Roy Cooper wins North Carolina's Senate race, defeating Republican Michael Whatley and becoming the state's first Democratic senator since 2008. Democrat Roy Cooper won North Carolina's Senate race on November fourth, twenty twenty-six, flipping the seat from Republican control for the first time since two thousand…
Cooper defeats Whatley in North Carolina
Democrat Roy Cooper is projected to win North Carolina's Senate race, beating Republican Michael Whatley, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
First Democratic senator since 2008
It is the first time North Carolina will have elected a Democratic senator since two thousand eight, a major win for Democrats campaigning to control Congress.
Cooper's message to supporters
Cooper told supporters in Raleigh that the middle class felt like a distant dream while the richest Americans gained unimaginable wealth. He vowed to take that message to Washington.
“For too many people in North Carolina, the middle class was feeling like a distant dream.”
Tillis retired after Trump conflict
Outgoing Senator Thom Tillis announced his retirement last year after falling out with President Donald Trump over voting against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The short version
Democrat Roy Cooper won North Carolina's Senate race on November fourth, twenty twenty-six, flipping the seat from Republican control for the first time since two thousand eight.
