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Candidates › North Carolina U.S. Senate race › 2025–2026
L Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate, North Carolina
Has not served in Congress
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Campaign committee · 2025–2026 · latest available filing · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00769554
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Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 35% to named individuals, 40% to organizations, 17% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 7.1% not itemized in the filings.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Organization · behind Winsenate | $13.3M |
| Person · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind SLF PAC and NO Going Back PAC Inc. | $9.6M |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind SLF PAC | $7.5M |
| Organization · behind Winsenate | $2.4M |
| Person · Physician, Adelson Drug Clinic · behind SLF PAC and NO Going Back PAC Inc. | $2.3M |
| Organization · behind Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. DBA CVA Action & DBA Libre Action | $1.6M |
| Organization · behind Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. DBA CVA Action & DBA Libre Action | $1.4M |
| Organization · behind NC First PAC and NO Going Back PAC Inc. | $1.4M |
| Person · Chairman & CEO, Blackstone · behind SLF PAC and NO Going Back PAC Inc. | $1.4M |
| Organization · behind Planned Parenthood Votes North Carolina and Workers Vote | $946.5K |
| Person · President, EMC · behind SLF PAC | $821K |
| Organization · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. | $808.6K |
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Lost · 55,750 votes (1.3%) · 3 of 4 · Full results ↗
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
Election November 3, 2026 · 41 polls of this matchup
Roy Cooper leads Michael Whatley by 10.9 points · average gap, 5 latest nonpartisan polls
Each dot is a poll. The line is the median of the 5 latest nonpartisan polls. How polls are read
Roy Cooper won by 19.6 points. The 7 final polls had a median of Roy Cooper +11, understating Roy Cooper's margin by 8.6 points.
| Poll | Roy Cooper | Michael Whatley | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtlasIntelended Nov 1 | 56.4% | 41.5% | Roy Cooper +14.9 | −4.7 |
| YouGovended Oct 29 | 55% | 44% | Roy Cooper +11 | −8.6 |
| East Carolina University Center for Survey Researchended Oct 29 | 54% | 44.9% | Roy Cooper +9.1 | −10.5 |
| Quantus Insightsended Oct 25 | 52.4% | 43.4% | Roy Cooper +9 | −10.6 |
| Harper Pollingended Oct 20 | 49.4% | 39.1% | Roy Cooper +10.3 | −9.3 |
| ActiVoteended Oct 20 | 56.9% | 43.1% | Roy Cooper +13.8 | −5.8 |
| High Point Universityended Oct 20 | 54% | 40% |
Pairings that are not the race on the ballot: candidates who lost a primary or withdrew, or a party's unnamed nominee. They are not charted.
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated November 10, 2026 · 11 polls paid for by a party or campaign are left out
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| Roy Cooper +14 |
| −5.6 |
| Median of the final polls | Roy Cooper +11 | −8.6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | 58.7% | 39.1% | Roy Cooper +19.6 |
November 3, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 95.02% reporting) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for