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Senate · North Carolina Senate

Cooper vs Whatley

General election · primary Mar 3 · general Nov 3, 2026

Dem Roy Cooper (D)
Open seat
Raised $47.19M
VS
Rep Michael Whatley (R)
Open seat
Raised $13.42M

The money

$121.75M in all, FEC through the most recent reports
Raised by the candidates
Democrats
$50.17M
across the Democratic field
Republicans
$21.77M
across the Republican field
Whole field
$71.94M
8 candidates
Spent by outside groups
Total
$49.81M
first arrived Feb 18
Against Democrats
$14.20M
of that total
For Democrats
$5.45M
of that total
On other candidates
$30.16M
for or against

How the state votes

Most recent first
2024 president R+3
2020 resultCunningham vs Tilllis R+2

Polling

12 polls of the current matchup
Average of the last three non-partisan polls
Cooper 50.3 Whatley 39.3 D+11.0
PollsterDatesSample Cooper WhatleyMargin
SurveyUSA Oct 11 643 LV 54.0 40.0 D+14
Trafalgar Group (R)Partisan Oct 10 1,091 LV 49.0 41.0 D+8
Change Research (D)Partisan Oct 7 829 LV 50.0 40.0 D+10
East Carolina University Oct 3 810 LV 50.0 43.0 D+7
Big Data Poll Sep 29 642 LV 47.0 35.0 D+12
Quantus Insights (R)Partisan Sep 22 686 LV 48.0 43.0 D+5
Opinion Diagnostics Sep 20 857 LV 51.0 41.0 D+10
Fabrizio Ward (R)/ Impact Research (D)Partisan Sep 20 1,806 LV 53.0 42.0 D+11
YouGov Sep 18 3,864 RV 52.0 41.0 D+11
InsiderAdvantage (R)Partisan Sep 17 1,200 LV 48.0 43.0 D+5
High Point University Sep 16 813 RV 49.0 39.0 D+10
Catawba College / YouGov Sep 15 885 LV 47.0 35.0 D+12
Partisan polls are sponsored by a campaign, party or aligned group and are marked. They are shown because they are part of the record, not because they carry the same weight.