From the South to the Great Lakes, contested primaries and open Senate seat battles will determine who's serving for President Trump's last two years.

As members of Congress prepare to head home for summer recess, both parties are reckoning with their respective weaknesses and monitoring key changes to the emerging 2026 landscape ...

This week, North Carolina’s top Senate candidates kicked off their campaigns without neck ties. It wasn’t accidental.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper holds a six-point advantage over Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley in the 2026 U.S. Senate race, according to the first ...

Officials said a collision occurred on Friday, around 4:10 p.m., on Interstate 40 East between Lewisville-Clemmons Road and U.S. 421.

Young Americans, Especially Men, Fuel GOP GainsJonathan DraegerEach year, Pew Research conducts a party affiliation poll to determine where the country is moving politically.

Favorability ratings are 51% for Cooper and 17% for Whatley, the Emerson poll says. In context, Whatley only had 16% ...

The Trump-backed Senate hopeful was all about congressional oversight—when it meant stopping Obama's green power plans.

President Donald Trump has officially given his endorsement to Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley for ...

Democrats still in the dumps over last year's elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov.

Sen. Elizabeth Dole, a Republican who represented North Carolina in Congress, also never ran for public office before being elected in 2002. Whatley served as her chief of staff for one of her six ...