“Roy Cooper is expected to announce his campaign for the North Carolina Senate as soon as Monday,” Politico reports.
“The popular, former two-term governor’s entrance into the Senate race — for a seat Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is leaving open with his announcement last month that he won’t seek reelection — is likely to transform the Senate race into the most competitive of 2026.”
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