The former North Carolina governor may not be the future of the Democratic party, but he might just help Democrats flip a ...

Release five years ago of an estimated 9,000 prisoners – known to include 3,500 as part of settling litigation led by the ...

Favorability over unfavorability is greater for the Republican majorities General Assembly and the Republican majority state ...

His chief rival, Republican Michael Whatley, closed at $3.7 million, according to the Federal Elections Commission. Saturday ...

Gov. Roy Cooper is candidate Roy Cooper again, running for re-election after a four-year term marked by power struggles with the General Assembly's Republican majority. Early in his term, the state ...

Just more than four weeks until each is expected to prevail in large volume primaries for a U.S. Senate seat representing ...

Years before Iryna Zarutska’s fatal stabbing on a Blue Line train in Charlotte, the man charged with her murder was released ...

In the fight for control of the US Senate, the majority may come down to which factor carries more weight: the map or the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Roy Cooper and Lt. Gov. Dan Forest were projected to easily win their respective primaries, setting up the expected gubernatorial showdown in November. In the Democratic primary, ...

Democrat Roy Cooper expanded his lead over Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Friday as counties statewide counted absentee and provisional ballots from last week's elections. Cooper had a lead of about 5 ...