Michael Whatley is stepping down as chairman of the Republican National Committee to focus on a U.S. Senate run in North Carolina. Meanwhile, former Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, will announce “in the ...

Former Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.), who launched his campaign for Senate in April, is now mulling whether to suspend his ...

The former congressman will drop out of the US Senate race and endorse fellow Democrat Roy Cooper, sources told ABC11.

The source told CBS17 Nickel intends to make the announcement next week, and is now considering a run for Wake County ...

The former U.S. congressman, who was the first Democrat to announce plans to seek his party's nomination for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat, is expected to run for Wake County District ...

Reports indicate that Democrat Roy Cooper, the former governor of North Carolina, will enter the race for the North Carolina U.

Republicans are starting to zero in on candidates for pivotal 2026 Senate races in Michigan, North Carolina, and Georgia.

A race between Roy Cooper and Gastonia resident Michael Whatley could prove to be “as close to a toss-up as exists in American politics." ...

North Carolina’s 2026 Senate race is coming into focus as former Gov. Roy Cooper prepares to run and Republican National ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The race for North Carolina's pivotal US Senate seat, which will become vacant in 2026, is heating up. Senator Thom Tillis holds the seat currently, but announced at the end of ...

President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, announced she’s not running for U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis’s open seat. Both ...

Several sources tell CBS News that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley is preparing to run for Senate in ...