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Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper defeated Republican Michael Whatley for the state’s open Senate seat, succeeding outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and flipping a must-win seat in Democrats’ push to flip the upper chamber.
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Cooper → defeat → chamber
The Senate race was called for Cooper at 8:23 p.m. by the Associated Press.
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race → call → Press
Cooper garnered 66.8% against Whatley’s 31.6%, with 56% of the vote counted.
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% → garner → vote
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The North Carolina Senate seat was one of the most important battleground races that Republicans were hoping to block Democrats from winning.
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Republicans → hop → Democrats
But as the campaign went on, Cooper took a polling and fundraising lead over Whatley that never let up.
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that → go → Whatley
By the fall, the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), had cut back its investment in the race.
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Fund → affiliate → race
The Senate Majority PAC, a super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), also stopped advertising in the state as Democrats became more confident that Cooper would win.
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Cooper → align → state
Other Republican groups, including Americans for Prosperity Action, also quietly stopped spending money in the race or advertising for Whatley.
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groups → include → Whatley
In the lead-up to Election Day, Tillis warned in an interview that Whatley’s background as a Trump loyalist likely hurt him in an election that is widely viewed as a rebuke of President Donald Trump.
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that → warn → Trump
“I think Michael’s problem is he’s got a patently partisan resume, right?” the senator told Politico.
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senator → think → Politico
“I mean, he was a lobbyist, but then he was the state party chair, did a fairly good job there, and then the RNC chair.
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he → mean → job
You know, in a cycle where we knew we were going to have headwinds for the Republican Party, putting somebody forth like that just creates a deeper, a steeper hill for them to climb.
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them → know → hill
Part of Cooper’s appeal came from his tenure as a popular two-term governor who never lost a statewide race.
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who → come → race
Yet, Republicans also tried to use that background against Cooper by arguing his tenure as chief executive coincided with a rise in crime across North Carolina.
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tenure → try → Carolina
Trump recruited Whatley to run.
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Trump → recruit → Whatley
The GOP candidate stuck close to the president on most issues, even as polls showed voters upset at the high cost of living and the Iran war.
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polls → stick → living
The final Elon University poll before the election showed Cooper leading Whatley by double digits, 52%-39%.
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Cooper → show → digits
The RealClearPolitics polling average showed Cooper at a nearly 10-point advantage over Whatley with less than two weeks before Election Day.
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average → show → Day
Trump carried North Carolina in all three of his presidential campaigns by single digits.
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Trump → carry → digits
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