Now that Congress has finally passed its budget, a lot of eyes are turning toward next year’s massive US Senate race in North ...

An already active start to the 2026 cycle has kicked into overdrive in recent weeks with a major retirement announcement, the passage of a key GOP priority and moves by candidates that could ...

All eyes are on Lara Trump in North Carolina, while potential candidates in other Senate battlegrounds are looking to make ...

Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider’s Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics ...

Attorney General Jeff Jackson spoke exclusively with WRAL about his and Roy Cooper's plans for the 2026 US Senate race.

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, a Rockingham Republican, raised more than $1.7 million during the first six months of 2025, a campaign document shows.

We look at what Senator Thom Tillis' decision to not run for re-election means for North Carolina politics, and for Democratic dreams to capture that seat in 2026.

“People forget that North Carolina Senate races are always close,” said Republican strategist Doug Heye, who’s worked on Senate races in the state. “There hasn’t been a double-digit ...

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his daughter-in-law Lara Trump would be his “first choice” for the GOP nominee in next year’s U.S. Senate race in North Carolina.

Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley said the "entire Republican universe" would back Lara Trump for North ...

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