Polls show Cooper with strong lead over Whatley for NC Senate seat
The survey, released last week, found that nearly half of 600 likely voters in North Carolina said they would either “definitely” or “probably” back Cooper, the former two-term governor of the state, if the election were held that day. Less than 39 percent of respondents, meanwhile, said they would “definitely” or “probably” support Whatley, who spent nearly a year and a half as chair of the Republican National Committee before leaving last August to run for Senate. Less than 4 percent of respondents said they would vote for someone else, and 7.8 percent said they were unsure.
- ▪The survey, released last week, found that nearly half of 600 likely voters in North Carolina said they would either “definitely” or “probably” back Cooper, the former two-term governor of the state, if the election were held that day.
- ▪Less than 39 percent of respondents, meanwhile, said they would “definitely” or “probably” support Whatley, who spent nearly a year and a half as chair of the Republican National Committee before leaving last August to run for Senate.
- ▪Less than 4 percent of respondents said they would vote for someone else, and 7.8 percent said they were unsure.
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State Watch Polls show Cooper with strong lead over Whatley for NC Senate seat Comments: by Max Rego - 05/18/26 10:07 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Max Rego - 05/18/26 10:07 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Democrat Roy Cooper has an 11-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the Senate race in North Carolina, according to a new poll from the Carolina Journal/Harper Polling. The survey, released last week, found that nearly half of 600 likely voters in North Carolina said they would either “definitely” or “probably” back Cooper, the former two-term governor of the state, if the election were held that day.
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