North Carolina · U.S. Senate · 2026

North Carolina Senate race

General election in 50 days · Nov 3, 2026

The read · North Carolina Senate race

Roy Cooper has raised more than 2 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the North Carolina Senate race, 2026 report raising $26.9M between them. Roy Cooper reports $15.2M and Michael Whatley reports $6.7M, a gap of $8.5M. Of what Roy Cooper reports, 87% came from individuals and 5% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Roy Cooper

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 87% from individuals and 5% from PACs.

87% individuals5% PACs8% other

$15M

raised

Michael Whatley

R · challenger

Still has cash to spend. $3.5M on hand from $6.7M raised.

82% individuals13% PACs5% other

$6.7M

raised

Thom Tillis

RIncumbent

R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 36% from PACs and 63% from individuals.

63% individuals36% PACs1% other

$4.2M

raised

Wiley Nickel

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 91% from individuals and 7% from PACs.

91% individuals7% PACs2% other

$589K

raised

Don Brown

R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 94% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

94% individuals0% PACs6% other

$225K

raised

Brian McGinnis

G · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$68K

raised

Michael Dublin

G · challenger

13% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 87% from other sources.

13% individuals0% PACs87% other

$25K

raised

Michele Morrow

R · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$13K

raised

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Thomas Johnson

R · challenger

33% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 67% from other sources.

33% individuals0% PACs67% other

$7K

raised

Marcus Williams

D · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

$6K

raised

Richard Dansie

R · challenger

0% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 100% from other sources.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other

$2K

raised

Robert Nilsson

R · challenger

No receipts on file yet.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other

raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Small donors & unclassified$40K

Energy & Utilities$22K

Banking & Financial$21K

Ideological / Leadership$10K

Health & Pharma$5K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

THE PREMIER, INC. EMPLOYEES' CIVIC ACTION FUND · pac$10K
U.S. BANCORP FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC) · pac$8K
RYAN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RYANPAC) · pac$8K
PINE GATE RENEWABLES, LLC POWER PAC · pac$7K
SOLAR FOR AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINACE PAC · pac$7K
LPL FINANCIAL LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (LPL PAC) · pac$6K
NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE (FISHPAC) · pac$6K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

12%82%

12% PACs82% individuals6% other

The incumbent's record

Thom Tillis is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)

$7.2M

$3.4M+. down $1.7M since 2014.

Stock trades

None on file

No disclosed individual stock transactions.

Committees

Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Committee on Finance

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Small donors & unclassified$40K

Energy & Utilities$22K

Banking & Financial$21K

Ideological / Leadership$10K

Health & Pharma$5K

Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Roy Cooper D · challenger	vs	Michael Whatley R · challenger
$15M	Raised	$6.7M
$21M	Cash on hand	$3.5M
5%	From PACs	13%
87%	From individuals	82%
Too few to rank	Top donor sector	Too few to rank
No	Incumbent	No