Dems projected to nominate dream candidate for North Carolina Senate race

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North Carolina Democrats were projected Tuesday to nominate Roy Cooper as their nominee for U.S. Senate, according to reports, giving the national party one of their best chances to pick up a seat in 2026 on a map that is otherwise highly challenging.The race was called by The Associated Press and CNN.Cooper served two terms as a relatively popular governor, first being elected in 2016 as President Donald Trump carried the state at the top of the ballot. The governor frequently clashed with heavily gerrymandered Republican majorities in the state legislature.He will face off against Michael Whatley, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, who briefly served in that role with Trump's blessing.This Senate seat in North Carolina has been represented by Sen. Thom Tillis since 2015. However, he announced he would be retiring from Congress last year, and since then has grown more and more outspoken against the Trump administration.Democrats hope Cooper can break a losing streak in federal statewide races in North Carolina that has lasted since 2008. Their narrow path to retaking a Senate majority is effectively impossible without a victory in this race.Current polls broadly place Cooper as the favorite in the race for the time being.

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'Demon in human skin!' Fox News host loses it as Dem threatens to upend Texas Senate race

A Fox News host uncorked a bizarre on-air tirade against Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, calling him a "demon in human skin."Emily Compagno appeared to lose her composure on Friday's edition of "Outnumbered" while discussing Talarico, a 37-year-old state representative now in a statistical tie with embattled Republican nominee Ken Paxton. Compagno was reacting to a conservative PAC attack ad featuring Talarico calling the American flag a "complicated" symbol for many Americans."Every single voter [in Texas] needs to understand exactly who they would vote into office, which is an anti-business, anti-commerce, anti-capitalist, anti-Texas Texan," Compagno railed.She then escalated sharply."This person is a demon in human skin, and they need to make sure he does not go anywhere — to the nation's capital, where he can actually do some real damage other than his horrible words that he keeps spewing," she said.A Talarico spokesman responded that the campaign could confirm the candidate is "in fact a human, and not a demon in human skin."The outburst lands as the race tightens into a genuine toss-up. A New York Times/Siena survey released Monday found Paxton and Talarico deadlocked at 47 percent among likely voters, with Talarico leading 58-31 among independents and 61-29 among Hispanic voters.Paxton defeated four-term Sen. John Cornyn in a May 26 primary runoff after President Donald Trump threw his backing to the state's scandal-plagued attorney general. Paxton was impeached by the Texas House in 2023 before being acquitted by the state Senate, and he has faced years of criminal securities fraud allegations and accusations of abusing his office.Trump himself has appeared unsettled by Talarico's rise. In a Truth Social post after the runoff, the president refused to use the Democrat's name, instead branding him "Alfred E. Neuman" and "the worst TEXAS candidate I have ever seen."On "Outnumbered," Compagno added that Talarico's past remarks were "patently disqualifying for any American senator."Compagno on Talarico: This person is a demon in human skin pic.twitter.com/BM5nohCvxT— Acyn (@Acyn) July 3, 2026

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