Roy Cooper is a favorite to take on Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of NC. But if Cooper bows out should Democratic North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson step up?

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson stands and claps during Gov. Josh Stein’s State of the State address in the House chamber on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline) ...

Roy Cooper is obviously national Democrats’ top choice to take on Sen. Thom Tillis. But will Cooper give way to state AG Jeff Jackson?

Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced Tuesday that his office had reached a deal with Atlanta-based private-equity Cortland, which manages over 5,000 units across dozens of apartment communities ...

Thom Tillis announced his retirement from the North Carolina Senate seat as he gave a warning about Medicaid reforms, breaking with President Donald Trump.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis announced that he would no longer seek reelection to the seat that he has held since 2014. In so ...

North Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis made an unexpected decision not to seek a third term. Here’s what the ...

Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) surprise retirement, announced just hours after he broke with President Donald Trump over his sweeping tax and spending cut plan, has upended North Carolina’s 2026 ...

The state’s former governor tops his party’s wish list, following Thom Tillis’ decision not to run for another Senate term.

Not only that, but North Carolina has quietly been moving away from Republicans over the past few decades. The state was 3.5 percentage points more Republican than the country as a whole in 2008.