Roy Cooper, Michael Whatley set to compete for a high-stakes North Carolina U.S. Senate seat
Whatley won the Republican Senate nomination and will face Roy Cooper in the general election.

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Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley won their parties’ North Carolina Senate primaries, setting up a high-stakes November contest. The article also reports results and campaign context from several North Carolina House primaries.
AP race calls reported that Democrat Roy Cooper and Republican Michael Whatley clinched their parties’ nominations for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat. The article says Cooper is seeking to flip the seat held by outgoing Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and describes the race as important to the parties’ efforts to control the Senate.
The article also covers North Carolina House contests: Valerie Foushee and Nida Allam competed in the 4th District Democratic primary; Jamie Ager won the 11th District Democratic nomination and Chuck Edwards won the Republican nomination; and Laurie Buckhout won the 1st District Republican nomination to face Don Davis. It discusses redistricting and other factors shaping those races.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Whatley in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Whatley’s record.
People in this story
SWIPE →Democratic nominee for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat
Cooper's version of this story ↗Republican House candidate who challenged Edwards in the 11th District primary
Republican representative and nominee in North Carolina’s 11th District
Democratic representative seeking renomination in North Carolina’s 4th District
President who endorsed Whatley
Republican nominee in North Carolina’s 1st District
Democratic primary challenger to Foushee in North Carolina’s 4th District
Outgoing Republican senator whose seat Cooper is seeking
Democratic nominee in North Carolina’s 11th District
Democratic representative seeking reelection in North Carolina’s 1st District
Part of a bigger story
16 OUTLETSRoy Cooper and Michael Whatley are set to face each other in November for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat after their party primaries. Center outlets frame the matchup as a high-stakes November contest, focusing on the candidates’ campaigns and the stakes of the race.
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