HIGH POINT - A High Point University and YouGov poll released Oct. 28 found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley 54% to 40% among likely voters in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.
RALEIGH - A Quantus Insights poll released Oct. 26 found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley 51.4% to 42.8% among likely voters in North Carolina's open U.S. Senate race.
RALEIGH - A super PAC-backed poll released Oct. 25 found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 6.3 points in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race.
RALEIGH - A Carolina Journal poll released Oct. 22 found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley 49.4% to 39.1% among 600 likely North Carolina voters, a narrower margin than in September.
RALEIGH - An Elon University Poll released Oct. 20 found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley 52% to 39% among likely voters in North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate race.
RALEIGH - An ActiVote poll released Oct. 20 found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley 56.9% to 43.1% among 400 likely midterm voters in North Carolina's open U.S. Senate race.
WASHINGTON - New Federal Election Commission data show Roy Cooper's principal Senate committee had $12.48 million in cash entering October, while Michael Whatley's committee reported $916,101.50.
RALEIGH - A Trafalgar Group poll released Monday shows Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 7.9 percentage points in North Carolina's 2026 U.S. Senate race.
RALEIGH - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley’s campaign has temporarily pulled its television advertisements while changing whom it is targeting during the final weeks of North Carolina’s open-seat race.
RALEIGH - The Cook Political Report moved North Carolina's open U.S. Senate race from Lean Democrat to Likely Democrat on Tuesday, strengthening its assessment of Democrat Roy Cooper's position against Republican Michael Whatley.
RALEIGH - Inside Elections moved North Carolina's open U.S. Senate race from Tilt Democratic to Lean Democratic, while The Cook Political Report also rates it Lean Democratic.
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.
