Former North Carolina Rep. Wiley Nickel dropped his Senate campaign Tuesday, one day after former Gov. Roy Cooper, a fellow Democrat, launched his bid for the open seat. “Today, I’m suspending my campaign for Senate and proudly endorsing Roy Cooper,

A former congressman will no longer seek an open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina next year now that fellow Democrat Roy Cooper is running for the post.Tuesday's announcement by ex-U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel came the day after Cooper,

Former Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.) is ending his campaign for North Carolina’s Senate seat and endorsing former Gov. Roy Cooper (D), a day after Cooper launched his much-anticipated bid. Nickel said in a statement Tuesday on the social platform X that working alongside Cooper while he served in the state Senate and in Congress