U.S. Senate Campaign Coverage

DAMON CIRCOSTA: Keeping the trust so voting is accessible, secure and fair

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 -- As we enter our season of democracy, I am asking you for help. As we go to vote this fall, I am asking for your patience, your grace, and your assistance to ensure that voting in elections remains the cornerstone of our democracy.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Big outside money dwarfs N.C. voters

Monday, May 23, 2022 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

Lara Trump considering Senate run in NC

WASHINGTON -- Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law who emerged during the 2020 presidential campaign as a defender of President Donald Trump's basest political instincts, is now eyeing a political future of her own in her home state of North Carolina.

Annie Karni, New York Times

Tillis, Cunningham clash in final U.S. Senate debate

WRAL's Kathryn Brown has more on the final U.S. Senate debate on Thursday between Sen. Thom Tillis and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: 'Tis the season, Sen. Tillis

Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

Democratic group mostly right about Tillis vote to redirect military money

Democrats say President Trump's border wall has raided North Carolina of $80 million for military projects with the support of the state's Republican senator Thom Tillis.

Julianna Rennie

Sources, records show Cambridge Analytica employees in NC

"If anything improper was done by the vendor Cambridge Analytica during the course of the election, it was done without the campaign's knowledge or consent," Tillis campaign says.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Bolton's super-PAC, Cambridge Analytica teamed up on pro-Tillis ads in 2014

New National Security Adviser John Bolton's super-PAC worked with British data mining firm Cambridge Analytica on targeted ads supporting Republican Thom Tillis in his 2014 U.S. Senate campaign.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Tillis campaign: Non-Americans worked for state party, not campaign

A new report from NBC claims foreign nationals employed by Cambridge Analytica worked on the ground in North Carolina for the 2014 U.S. Senate campaign of Thom Tillis. The Tillis campaign says the report is untrue.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

We told you the political future was hazy

From presidential primaries to a bond referenda, North Carolina politics were interesting this year, if not always predictable.

Mark Binker

Burr re-elected to US Senate

With 89 percent of precincts reporting, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr had garnered 52 percent of the vote, compared with 45 percent of the vote for Democrat Deborah Ross.

Ross donor criticized for racially charged remarks at fundraiser

Benjamin Barber, a retired professor who lives in New York, compares African-American voters who support Republicans to Jews who aided the Nazis in a hidden camera recording made during a fundraiser for Deborah Ross' U.S. Senate campaign.

Mark Binker

WRAL poll: Burr opens up lead on Ross

Two-term Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr has widened his lead over Democratic challenger Deborah Ross, according to a WRAL News poll released Tuesday.

Matthew Burns

Final pitches for Burr, Ross are hardballs

Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and his Democratic challenger, Deborah Ross, both want you to know they're up to representing the state, but they'll settle for convincing you their opponent is unqualified.

Mark Binker

US Senate debate

Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and Democratic challenger Deborah Ross engage in their only debate in a forum sponsored by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Educational Foundation.

Presidential race looms over Senate debate

Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and Democratic challenger Deborah Ross talked as much about the presidential candidates as themselves Thursday night during their only debate before the Nov. 8 election.

Matthew Burns

Burr, Ross bring clash on records to their only US Senate debate

Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and former Democratic state Rep. Deborah Ross are battling over their records but are swimming through political tides outside their control.

Mark Binker

WRAL poll: Ross keeping pace with Burr

Two-term Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr is facing a stiff challenge from Democrat Deborah Ross, according to a WRAL News poll released Tuesday.

Matthew Burns

Nonprofits , super PACs focus on NC elections

Over the past two weeks, a variety of union groups, nonprofits and national political organizations have focused on North Carolina's campaigns for governor and U.S. Senate.

Mark Binker

Burr, Ross agree to October Senate debate

Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and his Democratic opponent, Deborah Ross, have agreed to take part in an Oct. 13 debate.

NBC poll: Clinton, Ross, Cooper lead in NC

A NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll conducted by the Marist Institute finds Democrats leading statewide races, including the race for president, in North Carolina.

Mark Binker

Primary numbers show boost from candidate visits

Although primaries are contests within political parties, it's sometimes telling to look at overall candidate results.

Laura Leslie

Ross to take on Burr in US Senate race

Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr cruised to an easy win in the Republican primary Tuesday night. He will face Democrat Deborah Ross, who emerged victorious from her party's four-way primary.

Mark Binker

Three challenge Burr in Senate primary

Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr faces a four-man primary next Tuesday in his bid for a third six-year term on Capitol Hill.

David Crabtree

WRAL News poll results: 2016 primary