Roy Cooper on his North Carolina Senate bid
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With former Gov. Roy Cooper widely viewed as Democrats’ best bet of flipping outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis's (R-NC) seat, former Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel declined to mount a primary challenge against him.
WASHINGTON — Democrats are dropping their bids to run for the open Senate seat in North Carolina, clearing the way for former Gov. Roy Cooper in what the party views as its best chance to flip a seat in the upper chamber next November.
A record heat wave hit the state over the weekend; six people were killed in traffic crash on I-485; a trooper was injured in a high
Since Sen. Thom Tillis said he wouldn’t seek a third term, eyes have been on the former North Carolina governor to run in the Democratic primary.
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