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Roy Cooper Projected to Win North Carolina Senate Race
Confirmed
In Short: Projections for winners are coming in for some of the key races in the high-stakes midterm elections, with Roy Cooper, the former North Carolina governor, projected to win the state's open U.S. Senate seat.
Cooper's victory marks North Carolina's first Democratic senator-elect since 2008 and just the fourth in the last 50 years.
Cooper's campaign strategy fit his long-established reputation in North Carolina, and it tracked how he was elected governor in 2016 and 2020 in the same elections that Donald Trump carried the state.
Cooper thanked President Trump for his leadership, saying, 'I want you to know something else too, it's been an honor, an honor and a privilege to serve under the leadership of the best president in my lifetime. That is President Donald J. Trump.'
Republican incumbent Thom Tillis conceded the race, writing on social media, 'Congratulations to our next Senator Roy Cooper.'
Cooper promised to be a strong, independent senator for North Carolina, stating, 'I am honored that we are going to have the greatest president of our lifetime, Donald J. Trump, here.'
Cooper's victory boosts Democrats' hopes of winning the Senate majority in the midterm elections.
The race was considered an important pick-up opportunity for Senate Democrats, with a loss potentially ending Cooper's political career with his first statewide defeat.
Cooper's win is part of a larger trend as Democrats aim to recapture the Senate majority in the midterm elections.
What's confirmed
- At a polling station in the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, home of far-right firebrand Itamar Ben Gvir in the southern West Bank, voter Lishay Cooper said the country needed a tougher leader than famously hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
What's still developing
- Projections for winners are coming in for some of the key races in the high-stakes midterm elections.
- Ned Lamont is projected to defeat Republican challenger Ryan Fazio.
- "I saw this administration take root, and I'd see two or three things happening almost every single day that reached a new level of chaos, any one of which we could talk about for hours," Cooper, 69, told voters in the campaign's closing stretch.
- WRAL is offering live updates here throughout the day — from possible polling problems to results of key races.
- At one point, Stevens told the CNN anchor, “It sounds like you’re upset with me” Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens, a Democrat, stunned party officials on Sunday, Nov. 1, when she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in a closely watched race critical to control of the Senate — and CNN’s Anderson Cooper grilled her about the move in an awkward interview.
- On Thursday, the head of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), Admiral Brad Cooper, briefed US President Donald Trump on options for renewed attacks on Iran, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
- Congresswoman Beatty and Counsel Applaud Judge Cooper’s Ruling Blocking Kennedy Center Demolition WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Judge Christopher R.