Roy Cooper on his North Carolina Senate bid
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Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared his candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat in the state, giving Democrats their top recruit in one of the marquee Senate races of the 2026 midterm elections.
A record heat wave hit the state over the weekend; six people were killed in traffic crash on I-485; a trooper was injured in a high
Since Sen. Thom Tillis said he wouldn’t seek a third term, eyes have been on the former North Carolina governor to run in the Democratic primary.
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