Star Dem Candidate Leading By Only Single Digits In Key Senate Race, Poll Says

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

Former two-term Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leading his much lesser-known likely Republican opponent by just six points in the state’s 2026 Senate race, according to an early Emerson College poll…

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