Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider’s Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics ...

A popular former Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, is expected to announce a bid this summer. The Republicans are banking on ...

We look at what Senator Thom Tillis' decision to not run for re-election means for North Carolina politics, and for Democratic dreams to capture that seat in 2026.

Republicans are eager to see Lara Trump enter the North Carolina Senate race, with many seeing her as their best opportunity to keep the seat after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced he wouldn’t seek ...

Tillis’ withdrawal from the 2026 race came as he made clear his opposition to Trump’s flagship bill, the “One Big, Beautiful ...

There’s also the discouraging history of Democrats and Senate races. The last Democrat to win was Kay Hagan in 2008. And ...

Attorney General Jeff Jackson spoke exclusively with WRAL about his and Roy Cooper's plans for the 2026 US Senate race.

The North Carolina Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd has flown under the radar for most of the 2022 cycle, compared to 2020 ...

The North Carolina Senate contest between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd could end up being critical to deciding the balance of power in Washington for the next two years. And it ...

Open North Carolina Senate seat poised to be a 2026 blockbuster race. Potential candidates could include Lara Trump and former Gov. Roy Cooper.

It's relatively sleepy, if we're being totally honest about it, compared to 2014 and 2020, when North Carolina had at the time, the most expensive U.S. Senate races in the history of the country ...

North Carolina Democrats are pleading for outside groups to funnel more money into the state’s hotly contested Senate race, believing that it may offer the party one of its best shots at ...