U.S. Senate Race

Early voting for the March primaries is underway. We discuss some key races to watch for, how certain races could shift power in North Carolina and what to keep in mind as you head to the polls.

If U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham is heading to the top of the primary mountain in a climate-controlled gondola, then Erica Smith, his main...

RALEIGH — A newly formed political committee with Republican connections has started running television ads that praise a Democratic U.S. Senate…

RALEIGH — The leading fundraisers to date in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race have announced largely similar contribution numbers for the previous three…

Nearly 3 million ballots were cast – but it all came down to 46,539 votes. That was enough to make Thom Tillis North Carolina’s next U.S. senator. The…

When asked her top accomplishment in Washington, Senator Kay Hagan starts with the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.From the 1950s to ‘80s, Marines and…

On Thursday, WFAE will take a similar look at the Democratic incumbent, Senator Kay Hagan.The Republican challenger in the U.S. Senate race, Thom Tillis,…

Come Election Day, the candidate who’s listed first on the ballot has an advantage. At least that’s the conventional wisdom. But a new survey from Elon…

North Carolina Senate candidates met in Wilmington last night, for the final of three scheduled debates before the election. The candidates largely stuck…

After some $30 million spent attacking each other’s political records, Senator Kay Hagan and House Speaker Thom Tillis appeared together last night for…