Former Gov. Roy Cooper, 68, is the favorite of many Democrats and has not yet declared an intention or declined. The Republican field is wide open.

If it were easy, everyone would do it.” Former Gov. Roy Cooper, 68, is the favorite of many Democratic supporters and leaders and has not yet declared an intention or declined.

“And, although Cooper is not, by any stretch 'too old,' especially in U.S. Senate terms, he would be 69 when elected and 75 at the end of his first term were he to be successful.

Democrats beyond North Carolina – Cooper was a possibiilty as vice president or cabinet member and the last speaker before Kamala Harris at last year's national party convention – see ...

Democrats are waiting on a decision from former two-term Gov. Roy Cooper, who is seen as a formidable candidate by both parties in a state Trump carried by just 3.2 percentage points last year.

The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches Republicans are encountering early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party's ...

As Senate Appropriations Committee chair, she is also trying to shepherd government funding through Congress amid accusations from Democrats that Republicans are poisoning the well with the bill ...

Democrats are waiting on a decision from former two-term Gov. Roy Cooper, seen as a formidable candidate by both parties in a state Trump carried by just 3.2 percentage points last year.

In 2019, when Republicans had a majority but not a supermajority, the House overrode then-Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the state budget, a dramatic vote taken when most Democrats were absent. Rep.