Sen. Elizabeth Dole, a Republican who represented North Carolina in Congress, also never ran for public office before being elected in 2002. Whatley served as her chief of staff for one of her six ...

Roy Cooper should be an overwhelming favorite to be North Carolina’s next U.S. senator, but Michael Whatley is strong where ...

This week, North Carolina’s top Senate candidates kicked off their campaigns without neck ties. It wasn’t accidental.

Democrats still in the dumps over last year's elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper jumped into the race ...

The North Carolina Zoo announced the death of its male ocelot named Diego, saying he "passed peacefully, surrounded by those ...