Records reveal ties between NC Senate hopeful Roy Cooper and dark-money group
Records indicate that Roy Cooper, a Democratic Senate candidate in North Carolina, has connections to a dark-money group called Moving NC Forward. During his tenure as governor, he appointed individuals linked to this group to various state positions. Cooper is currently running against Republican Michael Whatley in a competitive Senate race.
- ▪Roy Cooper previously appointed individuals associated with the dark-money group Moving NC Forward to key state positions.
- ▪Tom Hendrickson, a board member of Moving NC Forward, has donated at least $15,000 to Cooper since 2000 and received multiple appointments during Cooper's governorship.
- ▪Cooper is currently the Democratic nominee for the North Carolina Senate seat, facing Republican Michael Whatley.
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Politics Records reveal ties between NC Senate hopeful Roy Cooper and dark-money group By Ryan King Published May 29, 2026, 4:50 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — Dem ex-North Carolina Gov. and current Senate candidate Roy Cooper previously doled out plum state positions to a dark-money-group honcho, his kin and staffers, records show. Moving NC Forward — which formed in 2017 as a nonprofit that can advocate on issues but doesn’t have to provide donor information — repeatedly boasted in invites to fund-raising events about how either Cooper or his gubernatorial staff would be in attendance. 3 Dem former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper handed out some plum posts to people with ties to a dark-money group while governor.
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