Roy Cooper, the Democratic Party candidate, won the US Senate elections in the state of North Carolina when he defeated his Republican opponent, Michael Whatley, and entered the Senate. Cooper's victory would shift an important seat from the Republicans to the Democrats and help the party's bid to regain the majority in the Senate.

Roy Cooper, the Democratic Party candidate, won the US Senate elections in the state of North Carolina when he defeated his Republican opponent, Michael Whatley, and entered the Senate. Cooper's victory would shift an important seat from the Republicans to the Democrats and help the party's bid to regain the majority in the Senate.