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

Now that Congress has finally passed its budget, a lot of eyes are turning toward next year’s massive US Senate race in North ...

An already active start to the 2026 cycle has kicked into overdrive in recent weeks with a major retirement announcement, the passage of a key GOP priority and moves by candidates that could ...

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 ...

All eyes are on Lara Trump in North Carolina, while potential candidates in other Senate battlegrounds are looking to make ...

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, a Rockingham Republican, raised more than $1.7 million during the first six months of 2025, a campaign document shows.

Tillis made the surprise announcement one day after he opposed a massive bill for Trump's agenda in the Senate.

Open North Carolina Senate seat poised to be a 2026 blockbuster race Potential candidates could include Lara Trump and former Gov. Roy Cooper.

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

Attorney General Jeff Jackson spoke exclusively with WRAL about his and Roy Cooper's plans for the 2026 US Senate race.