Cook Political Report moved North Carolina's US Senate Race into the Democratic column after labelling it a toss-up prior.
A new Catawba College–YouGov poll finds that North Carolina residents broadly oppose raising taxes to fund public schools, with no partisan group, including Democrats, reaching majority support. The survey also shows strong opposition to federal control of elections and a sharp partisan divide over ICE activity in the state.
North Carolina voters broadly oppose ground troops in Iran and are split on whether the US was right to launch military action there, according to a new poll from Catawba College. Meanwhile, former Gov. Roy Cooper holds a 14-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the early US Senate race.
Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper holds a commanding lead over GOP challenger Michael Whatley. That margin is considerably wider than two other recent surveys of the race.
Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper leads former GOP chair Michael Whatley by 8 points in the first post-primary poll of the NC's US Senate race. The survey also found broad voter pessimism about the country's direction, majority disapproval of President Trump among likely NC voters, and majority approval for Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.
At its meeting on Wednesday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) certified the results of the 2026 primary election for all contests, including the District 26 race between Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page) across the state, excluding the US Senate and US House of Representatives in CD-1, CD-3, and CD-6. CD-10, CD-11, and CD-13.
The sample recount showed no change in vote totals, leaving Page ahead of Berger by 23 votes as election protests move toward hearings.
Buckhout’s selection to NRCC program highlights NC-1’s growing competitiveness following redistricting and closely matched fundraising.
The NCSBE has received over 15,000 comments on the adoption of permanent rules for noncitizen list maintenance since the request for comment was made at a December meeting.
Former North Carolina lieutenant governor Mark Robinson broke his silence in a new interview, acknowledging for the first time that a CNN report alleging he made sexually and racially charged posts on an adult website had some basis in truth, while describing the months after his 2024 election loss to Josh Stein as the darkest period of his life.
The Modernization of Election Data Systems (MEDS) Commission gave an update on Wednesday about progress made on updating campaign finance software.
