Each week, join Dawn Vaughan for The News & Observer and NC Insider’s Under the Dome podcast, an in-depth analysis of topics ...

We look at what Senator Thom Tillis' decision to not run for re-election means for North Carolina politics, and for Democratic dreams to capture that seat in 2026.

Republicans are eager to see Lara Trump enter the North Carolina Senate race, with many seeing her as their best opportunity to keep the seat after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced he ...

There’s also the discouraging history of Democrats and Senate races. The last Democrat to win was Kay Hagan in 2008. And ...

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis' surprise retirement could benefit Democrats in the race for his North Carolina Senate seat.

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Former Gov. Roy Cooper, 68, is the favorite of many Democrats and has not yet declared an intention or declined. The ...

Typical for a purple state, North Carolina’s two major political parties are neck-and-neck for the No. 2 spot in voter ...

OpenSecrets.org coverage of the North Carolina Congressional races being held in 2022 ...

Democrats face an exceedingly difficult Senate map — and how the next 16 months play out will be determined by these ...