2026 Election

Political science experts say it's a sign Republicans are concerned about how key races will play out, including in the decades-long GOP stronghold of Texas. They expect the convention's effects to be negligible in polls, but its impact at the ballot box is less certain.

Live election results: Get the latest on South Carolina's U.S. Senate, U.S. House and gubernatorial primary races.

Heading toward the midterm election, the North Carolina General Assembly moves to make changes affecting voting access. In a Senate vote along party lines, legislation passed to cut early voting, increase post-election audits, and reduce transparency in campaign financing. Plus, we discuss campaign press access and more.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley campaigned in Gastonia Thursday, and in 25 minutes of prepared remarks, he mentioned President Trump only twice.

Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, said she plans to run for South Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat with President Donald Trump’s blessing.

GOP candidate Michael Whatley has received a $5,000 campaign contribution from Chemours' political action committee.

New rules approved Thursday by the North Carolina State Board of Elections could make it easier for elections officials to reject ballots during the 2026 midterm elections and beyond.

President Trump’s approval ratings have hit new lows. But Democrat Roy Cooper isn’t going there.Cooper, North Carolina’s U.S. Senate candidate, pretends Trump doesn’t exist. He criticizes “the federal government” or “the administration,” and he blasts by name his Republican opponent, Michael Whatley, Trump’s hand-picked candidate.

More than a month after the primary, the biggest spender opposing Senate leader Phil Berger finally filed a disclosure report listing its donors. But the report leaves more questions than answers about who funded the Guilford-Rockingham Alliance’s $453,000 campaign to help Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.

Most of South Carolina’s Republican candidates for governor met Wednesday night in Newberry for their first debate of the campaign, focusing heavily on affordability in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states.