GREENVILLE - An East Carolina University poll released Thursday shows Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley 50% to 43% among likely North Carolina voters, while the undecided share fell to 6%.
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday temporarily paused a Fourth Circuit order requiring the FCC to rule by Friday on a political ad-rate challenge that includes North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper.
GREENVILLE - Sabato's Crystal Ball moved North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District from Safe Republican to Likely Republican, citing outside support for Democrat Raymond Smith and a district made less Republican by the state's latest congressional map.
RALEIGH - An AARP survey found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley statewide while voters age 50 and older favored Whatley, highlighting a sharp age split in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race.
SALISBURY - A new Catawba College-YouGov survey found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 12 percentage points among likely North Carolina voters in the 2026 U.S. Senate race.
WASHINGTON - Retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is urging party leaders to reassess where they spend campaign money as North Carolina's open Senate race enters its final five weeks.
WASHINGTON - Federal election records show outside groups disclosed $551,425 in independent expenditures tied to North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District in a group of filings highlighted Thursday, adding to national attention on the race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis and Republican challenger Laurie Buckhout.
RALEIGH - North Carolina Supreme Court candidates Anita Earls and Sarah Stevens are presenting sharply different views of precedent, legislative power and judicial recusals ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
ASHEVILLE - The Cook Political Report moved North Carolina's 11th Congressional District from Lean Republican to Toss Up in its Sept. 25 House ratings update, a change that places the open western North Carolina seat among the country's most competitive races.
GREENVILLE - A super PAC reported $131,107.63 in independent expenditures supporting Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy in North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District. Reuters described it as the first outside spending on his behalf in the 2026 race.
RALEIGH - FactCheck.org says a Republican super PAC ad in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race gives a misleading account of a backlog of untested sexual-assault evidence kits during Roy Cooper's time as attorney general.
RALEIGH - A new Opinion Diagnostics poll commissioned by Common Cause North Carolina shows Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 10 percentage points in the state's U.S. Senate race.
