This year's election year battle for control of the U.S. Senate is intensifying, as Republicans prepare to push through President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee in the closing weeks of a campaign dominated by the coronavirus pandemic.

It was home to the most expensive Senate race in American history in 1984, and then again in 2014. Now, North Carolina is on a trajectory for another record — the first billion-dollar Senate race ever. It’s a staggering sum that would amount to roughly ...

North Carolina's Cooper touted $14.5 million in contributions in what is expected to be among the most competitive midterms races.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. North Carolina’s last few U.S. Senate races have all felt pretty similar. Democrats think it’s going to be different — and for a moment ...