Former North Carolina governor Roy Cooper is seen as one of the best chances for Democrats to flip a Senate seat. Despite a lead in the polls, he warns his supporters not to be complacent or assume he's a shoo-in to win: "It's very difficult for a Democrat" to win a Senate seat in North Carolina.
Roy Cooper’s Senate campaign is trying to convince North Carolinians that he is conservative. His first ad begins with his father and mother — “a teacher” and “small-town lawyer and farmer” — then moves through images of church and high school football. The message echoes the “faith, family, and community” language he used as governor. […]
Roy Cooper, a Democrat running for Senate who has won four statewide races in North Carolina over a nearly four-decade career, finds himself in an enviable position — at least on paper.
One year after Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was murdered on a Charlotte light rail train, her family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging severe security failures by the city and a private security firm. NEWSMAX Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera has more on “Wake Up America.”
The lawsuit condemns the lack of security, fare enforcement and physical barriers around Charlotte’s light rail the day that Zarutska was killed, which were all highlighted in last week's report by North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek.