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George Chidi and Jimmy Ryals in Chocowinity, North Carolina

North Carolina: Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley win primaries to set up Senate contest

a man smiles at a woman while standing behind a lectern with a placard that reads 'Roy Cooper for North Carolina'
Roy Cooper, the North Carolina Democratic US Senate candidate, with his wife, Kristin Cooper, at a primary election night watch party on 3 March in Raleigh, North Carolina. Photograph: Matt Ramey/AP

North Carolina’s competitive Senate race came into shape on Tuesday, with former Democratic governor Roy Cooper and former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley winning their respective primaries.

Cooper, a former two-term governor, is widely seen among North Carolina’s Democrats as their best chance at flipping a Republican-controlled seat, held by retiring US senator Thom Tillis, a conservative who has turned hard against the Trump administration on its handling of healthcare, defense and the Epstein file disclosures.

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