Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Roy Cooper
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. Senate · North Carolina
- Filing address
- Raleigh, NC (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- COOPER, ROY
- Next election
- General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
North Carolina
FEC candidate ID S6NC00407 · Principal campaign committee: COOPER FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Total raised$49,585,341.29
Total spent$40,496,481.72
Cash on hand$9,088,859.57
Debts owed by the campaign$55,872.91
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$17,985,377.3336%
- PACs and other committees$931,506.822%
- Party committees$72,113.010%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$28,252,754.7457%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,343,589.395%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$8,931,371.5125%
- Contributions over $200$26,735,192.8675%
- Itemized from inside North Carolina$15,494,919.2652%
- Itemized from other states$14,369,913.5348%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $2,706,638.64 · New York $2,179,742.46 · Massachusetts $1,233,790.82 · Maryland $785,321.86 · Virginia $744,129.66. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.
FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.
Raised and spent over time
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
141 committees reported giving $937,668.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- DSCCParty committee$62,000.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$38,425.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$10,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DUKEPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- IMPACTLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- M-PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GREAT LAKES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HOOPS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NARRAGANSETT BAY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PEOPLE'S VOICE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FORWARD TOGETHER PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- VICTORY NOW PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND MOBILIZATION PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- OCEANS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MODERATE DEMOCRATS PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- KEYSTONE AMERICA PACPAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN MOBILIZATION PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BLUE WAVE PROJECTLeadership PAC$10,000.00
Show all 141 committees
- NUTMEG PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BLUE HEN FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MOTOR CITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- TURQUOISE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- COMMON GROUND PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PERIMETER PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HAWAII PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GRANITE VALUES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- I GOT YOUR BACK PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SMART SOLUTIONS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GIDDY UP PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- STAND UP FOR WORKERS PACPAC$10,000.00
- SD PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- REV UP PACPAC$10,000.00
- HEALTH JOBS JUSTICELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- DEFEND THE DREAMLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- LIFTOFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- EVERY VOTE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MITTEN PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- JUNTOS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PACConnected PAC$9,421.00
- BUILDING BLUEHybrid PAC$8,500.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ORANGE COUNTYParty committee$7,500.00
- IN OUR HANDSLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- ALSOPACConnected PAC$7,500.00
- REPLACEMENTS LTD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FLOWERS FOODS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PACPAC$5,000.00
- MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- OPERATIVE PLASTERERS' AND CEMENT MASONS' INTL ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PRAIRIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC/ INTN'L UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS (NEC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MIDWEST VALUES PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- A NEW DIRECTION PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COMMON SENSE COLORADOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PINEAPPLE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MAKE IT WORK PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- EDUCATE AND INNOVATE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- VELVET HAMMER PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- VPPHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BIG SKY VALUESPAC$5,000.00
- DIRT ROAD DEMOCRATS PACPAC$5,000.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- COYOTE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SPEAK UP PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,550.00
- WARREN FOR SENATE, INC.Candidate committee$4,000.00
- GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENWORTH PAC)PAC$3,500.00
- SWING LEFTHybrid PAC$3,500.00
- TRIED-AND-TRUE PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- PUTTING NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRSTLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- DEMS 2025Hybrid PAC$3,500.00
- RISING DEMSHybrid PAC$3,500.00
- MARGIN OF VICTORY EMPOWERMENT FUNDConnected PAC$3,499.00
- NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- PEPSICO, INC. CONCERNED CITIZENS FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC')Hybrid PAC$2,500.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JACOBS SOLUTIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (JACOBS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION CLEANPOWER PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NORTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION NC SOYPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- BLUE VISIONConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC PARTY - FEDERALParty committee$2,432.00
- IN THIS TOGETHER PACHybrid PAC$2,226.00
- JIM TURNER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WILEY NICKEL FOR NORTH CAROLINACandidate committee$2,000.00
- CHRIS HARJES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- NRDC ACTION FUND INC PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REMEDY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- UCA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- ANIMAL PROTECTION PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- FOOD SOLUTIONS ACTION PAC (FSA PAC)PAC$635.00
- CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- CLIMATE CABINET PACHybrid PAC$250.00
- SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS PACPAC$225.00
- DEMOCRATS FOR THE FUTUREPAC$5.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Roy Cooper$531,653.38
- Independent expenditures opposing Roy Cooper$2,360,935.69
FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONOpposing$1,766,543.00
- SLF PACOpposing$559,550.00
- WORKERS VOTESupporting$166,246.00
- CAROLINA FEDERATIONSupporting$59,722.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTSupporting$35,940.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES NORTH CAROLINASupporting$29,847.00
- FORWARD BLUESupporting$26,770.00
- CATHOLICVOTE.ORGOpposing$17,938.00
- FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Supporting$17,587.00
- MODSQUAD ACTIONSupporting$15,000.00
- ACTIVATE AMERICASupporting$9,433.00
- RED SENATEOpposing$9,400.00
The race
North Carolina U.S. Senate, 2026 · 30 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Cooper (D) | $49,585,341.29 | $9,088,859.57 | 2026-10-14 |
| Michael Whatley (R) | $13,668,467.53 | $902,238.05 | 2026-10-14 |
| Thom R Sen Tillis (R) | $4,707,959.82 | $3,579,202.56 | 2026-09-30 |
| Wiley Nickel (D) | $588,995.00 | $0.00 | 2026-03-20 |
| Don Brown (R) | $224,689.23 | $0.00 | 2026-04-13 |
| Brian McGinnis (G) | $72,695.16 | $45,613.80 | 2026-09-30 |
| Michael Louis Dublin Jr. (G) | $28,230.84 | $2,996.04 | 2026-10-14 |
| Michele Morrow (R) | $13,013.82 | −$186.62 | 2026-09-30 |
| Thomas Lee Johnson (R) | $6,720.07 | $0.00 | 2026-04-13 |
| Marcus W. Williams (D) | $5,656.28 | $0.00 | 2026-03-17 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
Polling average: Michael Whatley 41.1% · Roy Cooper 51.9% (Cooper +10.8%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, Decision Desk HQ, FiftyPlusOne, RealClearPolitics, Silver Bulletin.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActiVote | October 8–20, 2026 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Michael Whatley 43% · Roy Cooper 57% |
| SurveyUSA | October 7–11, 2026 | 643 (LV) | ± 5.0% | Michael Whatley 40% · Roy Cooper 54% |
| Trafalgar Group (R) | October 8–10, 2026 | 1,091 (LV) | ±2.9% | Michael Whatley 41% · Roy Cooper 49% |
| Change Research (D) | October 1–7, 2026 | 829 (LV) | ± 3.7% | Michael Whatley 40% · Roy Cooper 50% |
| Elon University/YouGov | September 29 – October 8, 2026 | 561 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Michael Whatley 39% · Roy Cooper 52% |
| East Carolina University | September 30 – October 3, 2026 | 810 (LV) | ± 4.0% | Michael Whatley 43% · Roy Cooper 50% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in North Carolina (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: COOPER FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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