Roy Cooper

Rule Changes

Won Senate seat

Democrats won the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms and will take control on Jan. 3. They hold at least 54 Senate seats, with Alaska and Mississippi still uncalled, and passed the 218-seat House threshold. Hakeem Jeffries is set to become the first Black speaker; Chuck Schumer will run the Senate floor.

Updated 2 days ago

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Won Senate seat in 2026

Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterms, taking at least 228 House seats and 54 Senate seats. Republicans now hold 139 House seats and 44 Senate seats, with 34 House races still uncalled.

Updated 3 days ago

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Won North Carolina's 2026 Senate race

Jon Ossoff won a second Senate term in Georgia on November 3, 2026, beating Republican Representative Mike Collins by 18 percentage points in a state President Donald Trump carried by two points in 2024. The Associated Press called the race for Ossoff, 39, the Senate's youngest member and one of two Democratic senators who sought reelection in states Trump won.

Updated 5 days ago

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Won the seat; Whatley acknowledged the result

Roy Cooper, a former two-term North Carolina governor, beat Republican Michael Whatley on Tuesday and took a Senate seat his party had not won since 2008. Republicans entered the night with a 53-47 majority. Cooper's win trims it to 52-48.

Updated Nov 3

Built World

As of May 2026: Left office January 2025; attended groundbreaking ceremony

Vietnam has never had its own automaker until VinFast. In July 2023, the six-year-old company broke ground on a 1,800-acre EV factory in rural North Carolina, pledging $4 billion and 7,500 jobs—the largest economic development in state history and the state's first automotive facility.

Updated May 27