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Vance to campaign in Kinston for Whatley Senate bid

WFAE | By Woody Cain
Published October 27, 2026 at 7:10 AM EDT

Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to return to North Carolina on Wednesday for a campaign event in support of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley.

Vance is set to speak at a 2 p.m. event in Kinston.

The visit comes as Whatley seeks to gain ground on Democrat Roy Cooper in the race for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat.
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Woody Cain
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.
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