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Voting is underway: What’s on NC’s 2026 ballot
North Carolinians will choose candidates for Congress, the General Assembly and statewide courts, along with three constitutional amendments.
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CJ poll: Cooper leads Whatley by 15 as Republican voters drift to undecided
Voters see both US Senate candidates as tied to their party's national wing: 74% said Whatley would likely support the Trump administration's priorities if elected, and 60% said Cooper would likely support the priorities of the Democratic Socialists of America.
September 2026 — Roy Cooper’s lead grows to 15 points in NC Senate race
RALEIGH — With just a month and a half left until Election Day, Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper has grown his lead in the US Senate race to 15.1 points over former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley. A plurality of 49.2% of likely North Carolina voters intend to vote for Cooper, according to the...
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Cooper, other Democrats lead in High Point University poll
Cooper and other Democrats are polling well according to a new poll from High Point University.
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Stein vetoes bill allowing chief justice to suspend judges
Gov. Josh Stein vetoed House Bill 377 2026 Court Changes on Monday, saying the bill “would have a chilling effect on judicial independence by giving the Chief Justice authority to suspend trial judges without pay, a power no other Chief Justice in the country has.”
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CJ poll: Cooper stretches lead over Whatley in US Senate race
Roy Cooper has stretched his lead over Michael Whatley to 13 points, 52% to 39%, in the latest Carolina Journal poll of likely NC voters.
August 2026 — Cooper’s lead over Whatley grows to 12.5 points
RALEIGH — Democrat Roy Cooper now holds a 12.5-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the race for North Carolina’s open US Senate seat, according to the latest Carolina Journal Poll of 600 likely general election voters. Support for Cooper, a former two-term governor, now stands at 51.5%, according to the poll conducted Aug. 9-10...
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NC House to vote on bill empowering chief justice to suspend judges
The Judicial Standards Commission would first have to recommend the suspension and find that allowing the judge to remain on the bench could cause immediate and irreparable harm to the public or the administration of justice.
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Election 2026: Elizabeth Warren stumps for Roy Cooper
Massachusetts’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren, supporter of the Zohran Mamdani socialist view for their party, campaigned alongside US Senate candidate Roy Cooper on Saturday night at the annual convention of the North Carolina Democrats.
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Case from ’80s offers clues for voters in NC Supreme Court race
The two candidates in North Carolina's Supreme Court race took very different approaches to the court's ruling in the State v. Carter rape case.
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Rep. Kiger sworn into NC House after delay, veto dispute
Dan Kiger fills Sarah Stevens’ former NC House seat after a delayed appointment that House sources tied to Stein veto negotiations.
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Poll: Cooper holds 14-point lead over Whatley as Trump stays underwater
A new Catawba College–YouGov poll shows Roy Cooper leading Michael Whatley by 14 points in North Carolina's open US Senate race, with Trump underwater at 43% and Democrats ahead on nearly every ballot test.
