# Democrat Roy Cooper flips North Carolina’s US Senate seat

https://mins.news/en/item/128139

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-04 01:36 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/4/democrat-roy-cooper-flips-north-carolina-us-senate-seat?traffic_source=rss

> Roy Cooper defeated Republican Michael Whatley to win North Carolina’s US Senate race, a significant gain for Democrats as they seek to regain control of the chamber. It is the party’s first win of one of the state’s two Senate seats since 2008.

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