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, Michael Dublin and Shannon Bray for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: North Carolina State Board of Elections. 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
Other includes $20M transferred in from committees this candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC.
Separately, $35M 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, 2026
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, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Shannon Bray-
- Roy Cooperthis page$35M
- Michael Dublin$25K
- Michael Whatley$11M
A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing. Showing 4 of the 5 campaigns that hold the seat, are on the ballot, or have $25,000 raised or outside spending; every filing is on the race page.
Spending to support them
$3M- AB PAC$882K
- Planned Parenthood Votes North Carolina$855K
- Workers Vote$421K
- United Futures PAC$174K
- Progressive Turnout Project$157K
The top 5 committees of the $3M filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$32M- SLF PAC$21MRepublican Senate leadershipRepublican Senate leadership
- No Going Back PAC$8.8M
- Americans for Prosperity Action$1.8MKoch network, free-market conservativeKoch network, free-market conservative
- The Conservative Caucus$61K
- Catholicvote.org$18K
The top 5 committees of the $32M filed in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 8, 2026. 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 does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
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.
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