Elections · U.S. Senate · North Carolina
North Carolina Senate race
Thom Tillis holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley are competing for it.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
Thom Tillis
Republican · Holds the seat now
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.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 827,755 votes
- Roy CooperWon92%761,345
- Justin Dues2.7%22,295
- Marcus Williams2.5%20,336
- Daryl Farrow1.2%9,727
- Orrick Quick0.9%7,275
1 more candidate on the full canvass.
The primary · 627,404 votes
- Michael WhatleyWon64.6%405,140
- Don Brown15.6%97,891
- Thomas Johnson5.7%35,534
- Michele Morrow5.6%35,065
- Elizabeth Temple3.8%23,892
2 more candidates on the full canvass.
Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $58M
- Outside money
- $5.9M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The 14 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
25 filed- Thom TillisRepublican$8.1M
- Don BrownRepublican$225K
- Michael Dublin Jr.Green$25K
- Wiley NickelDemocrat$3M
- Brooks AgnewRepublican-
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
R+1.8 in 2020
- Thom TillisWon48.7%
- Cal Cunningham46.9%
5,474,952 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.