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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 $34.98M
VS
Rep Michael Whatley (R)
Open seat
Raised $11.27M

The money

FEC, through the most recent reports
Raised, whole field
$57.58M
8 candidates
Outside spending
$19.68M
first arrived Feb 18
Against Democrats
$13.52M
of that total
For Democrats
$6.16M
of that total

Polling

12 polls of the current matchup
Average of the last three non-partisan polls
Cooper 50.3 Whatley 42.0 D+8.3
PollsterDatesSample Cooper WhatleyMargin
High Point University / YouGov Aug 12 800 RV 48.0 41.0 D+7
Harper Polling (R)Partisan Aug 10 600 LV 52.0 39.0 D+13
Change Research (D)Partisan Aug 6 915 LV 50.0 43.0 D+7
Change Research (D)Partisan Aug 1 967 V 50.0 41.0 D+9
Elon University / YouGov Jul 31 466 LV 53.0 42.0 D+11
Beacon Research (D)/ Shaw & Co. Research (R)Partisan Jul 27 1,005 RV 53.0 44.0 D+9
Public Policy Polling (D)Partisan Jul 11 759 LV 48.0 44.0 D+4
New York Times / Siena University Jun 27 601 LV 50.0 43.0 D+7
Catawba College / YouGov Jun 10 905 LV 48.0 34.0 D+14
Harper Polling (R)Partisan May 11 600 LV 50.0 39.0 D+11
Change Research (D)Partisan May 8 957 LV 49.0 42.0 D+7
Opinion Diagnostics (R)Partisan Apr 24 830 V 50.0 41.0 D+9
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.

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