Senate 2026 · North Carolina

Race coverage

The cycle's most likely flip — the open seat left by Thom Tillis's retirement. Below: press releases from parties, campaigns and government offices from the North Carolina press that name a candidate in this race, since collection began in May 2026. A name anywhere in the text counts, so a piece need not be about the race. Pages that are not articles are left out.

North Carolina

Data sources

All sources 140News & opinion 109Press releases 29Letters to the editor 2

Candidates

Both candidatesRoy Cooper23Michael Whatley27

Policy topics

All topics12 Law and Crime15 Banking, finance and commerce7 Environment8 Energy6 Education1 MacroeconomicsOther policy topicsGovernment operationsNo policy content

Group tags are dictionary matches over each headline and the opening of the article — the same term families as the social-group set. Articles naming no group carry none.

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