Elections · U.S. Senate · North Carolina
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Raised for this seat
$35M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$21M
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Cooper faces Michael Whatley for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 14%$4.7M
- Large donors
- 24%$8.4M
- PACs
- 2%$750K
- Party
- <1%$71K
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- 60%$21M
Separately, $1.7M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in North Carolina
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
Register 25 days before, or same-day during the early-voting period in person.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.
- Don Brown$225K
- Roy Cooperthis page$35M
- Wiley Nickel$3.0M
- Michael Whatley$11M
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 4 of 5 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.
Spending to support them
$69K- Forward Blue$27K
- Modsquad Action$15K
- Field Team 6$13K
- Activate America$9K
- DMFI PAC$2K
The top 5 committees of the $69K filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$1.6M- Americans for Prosperity Action$1.1MKoch network, free-market conservativeKoch network, free-market conservative
- SLF PAC$560KRepublican Senate leadershipRepublican Senate leadership
- Red Senate$9K
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
Record in office
Cooper has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.
That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.
What the campaign says, on roycooper.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Wikimedia Commons, see Commons. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.