From the South to the Great Lakes, contested primaries and open Senate seat battles will determine who's serving for President Trump's last two years.

News & Observer readers comment on an overturned state bill veto, the NC budget, Roy Cooper’s senate bid and Tillis, Budd ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper holds a six-point advantage over Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley in the 2026 U.S. Senate race, according to the first ...

Officials said a collision occurred on Friday, around 4:10 p.m., on Interstate 40 East between Lewisville-Clemmons Road and U.S. 421.

Last week, House Republicans (and one Democrat) overrode Gov. Josh Stein's veto of House Bill 805, a law introducing many ...

Expected to be the most expensive U.S. Senate race in history, polling released Friday gave former North Carolina Democratic ...

Democrats still in the dumps over last year’s elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov.

Roy Cooper led Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley by six points in the first major poll of the 2026 North Carolina Senate race. The Emerson College poll, obtained by Politico, ...

Sen. Elizabeth Dole, a Republican who represented North Carolina in Congress, also never ran for public office before being elected in 2002. Whatley served as her chief of staff for one of her six ...

Former two-term Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leading his much lesser-known likely Republican opponent by just ...

Former two-term Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leading his much lesser-known likely Republican opponent by just six points ...