Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the Carolina Journal Poll’s first assessment of North Carolina’s 2026 US Senate race between Democrat Roy Cooper and Republican Michael Whatley. King offered these comments during the Aug. 15, 2025, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
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