Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper spoke during a high-profile state Democratic Party's "Unity Dinner" Saturday night, which is his first public appearance since news emerged that he plans to run for U.

Former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper appears to be running for Senate. The former governor addressed the elephant in the room at the NC Democrats Unity Dinner in Raleigh Saturday evening. Cooper did not plainly state that he would be running,

Former Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.), who launched his campaign for Senate in April, is now mulling whether to suspend his campaign and instead enter the race for an open district attorney position

Democrats need four seats to retake the Senate majority, but Republicans are looking at uncertainty in some states.