Cooper’s win flips a key North Carolina Senate seat to the Democrats, marking the first such shift in a decade and altering the balance of power in the US Senate.
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State’s ex-governor bests Michael Whatley, ex-chair of Republican National Committee, by focusing on lower costsUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesRoy Cooper, North Carolina’s former governor, will be the first Democrat to represent the state in the Senate in 10 years, after defeating Michael Whatley, a former chair of the Republican National Committee. Cooper will succeed the outgoing Republican Thom Tillis and his win marked the first Senate seat to turn blue in this year’s midterms. Continue reading...
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