Elections · U.S. Senate · North Carolina
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Raised for this seat
$11M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$3.5M
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Whatley faces Roy Cooper, 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
- 16%$1.8M
- Large donors
- 32%$3.7M
- PACs
- 8%$874K
- Party
- <1%$62K
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- 43%$4.9M
Other includes $4.6M transferred in from committees this candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC.
Separately, $29.5M 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 Cooper$35M
- Michael Dublin$25K
- Michael Whatleythis page$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
$6.2M- Americans for Prosperity Action$4.4MKoch network, free-market conservativeKoch network, free-market conservative
- No Going Back PAC$1.1M
- SLF PAC$658KRepublican Senate leadershipRepublican Senate leadership
- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Political Action Committee$46K
- NRA Victory Fund$2K
The top 5 committees of the $6.2M filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$23.3M- WinSenate$22MDemocratic Senate leadershipDemocratic Senate leadership
- LCV Victory Fund$500K
- EDF Action Votes$500K
- NRDC Action Votes$500K
- Progress North Carolina Action$215K
The top 5 committees of the $23.3M 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
Whatley 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 michaelwhatley.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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