Former Governor Roy Cooper is still much-loved in North Carolina and is rising to meet our present crisis. His opponent is so deeply compromised that this seat is entirely flip-able. Support Roy directly!
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See an interview with Anderson Clayton, NC State Democratic Party Chair and nation-wide rising star. The interview was recorded two days after the NC hugely successful Primary on March 3, 2026.
A new interview of Roy Cooper by Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, about NC in MAGA's crosshairs for voter suppression and a state's open resistance.
A new poll in NC released March 31 shows Cooper with a double-digit lead over Whatley — major new data on former Governor Cooper's electability in this possible swing state and a potential US Senate pick-up for Democrats.
In other NC news, Democrats are showing they are resurgent state-wide. State legislators who crossed the aisle to help Republicans override Democratic Governor Josh Stein's vetoes were ousted in the primary — boding very well for flipping NC and Cooper helping flip the US Senate. See coverage here.
In a speech more than a year ago, Anderson Clayton said, "North Carolina is not a red state or a purple state, it is an unorganized state…". Well, not anymore! Democrats are running candidates in all 170 state legislative and 14 Congressional districts in North Carolina this year — a huge undertaking for the Party and its allies, and a successful one. Anderson says that any district without a Democrat on the ballot means each Democrat in that district has nowhere to go. Unacceptable. So she and they fixed it. Dig deeper here.
Politico calls Cooper and Brown linchpins of Democrats' increasingly realistic Senate flip prospects. Carolina Journal (May 5): Roy holds a 9-point edge but a massive GOP PAC is poised to enter. On April 13, Cook Political Report upgraded this race from Tossup to Lean D.
New interview (April 6) about the threat of election interference by the Trump administration. Watch Governor Cooper speak to his supporters in Durham, NC. Newsweek on recent polling in the NC race — the numbers favor Cooper.
The Opponent
Michael Watley is so ingrained as a Washington DC MAGA lobbyist that NC Republicans say they don't know him. American Bridge's research into Watley's record is astonishingly irrelevant to the interests of North Carolinians. See it here. The NC Democratic Party documents Whatley's financial compromises — he lobbied for Duke Energy and argued for rate increases on NC families.
Latest Updates
- Maryland Governor Wes Moore is stumping for Roy Cooper on voting rights.
- New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is also out stumping for Roy Cooper.
Endorsements & Support
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare PAC
- Giffords PAC — endorses Roy as a reliable ally on gun safety
- Campaign website
Local Organizing
- Indivisible Charlotte
- Indivisible Asheville
- North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDEMS)
- Volunteer with the campaign
Roy Cooper won the Democratic Primary for US Senator on March 3. Democrats turned out 200,000 more votes in their primary than Republicans did in theirs. A similar over performance occurred in Texas.
