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 Senate ...

Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced Sunday that he will not seek reelection next year after President Donald Trump threatened to support a primary challenger over the two-term Republican’s ...

A popular former Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, is expected to announce a bid this summer. The Republicans are banking on ...

With Thom Tillis’s abrupt retirement announcement, the Tar Heel State could either be Trump’s best chance to tighten his grip ...

We look at what Senator Thom Tillis' decision to not run for re-election means for North Carolina politics, and for Democratic dreams to capture that seat in 2026.

The North Carolina Senate contest between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd could end up being critical to deciding the balance of power in Washington for the next two years. And it ...

North Carolina Senate Republicans have advanced a two-year budget for the ninth-largest state that spends less than what the new Democratic governor requested and doubles down on already enacted ...

Cheri Beasley, a former North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice, would be her state’s first Black senator. State Sen. Jeff Jackson, meanwhile, is trying to re-create Beto O’Rourke’s 2018 ...