U.S. Senate

The two major-party candidates seeking to succeed retiring North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr are meeting for what is likely their only televised debate.

In competitive races across the U.S., Republican candidates are distancing themselves from their party's most controversial policies and people — namely,…

Neither of North Carolina's U.S. senators support confirming Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to the bench. Republican Richard Burr announced…

A national coalition of Christian leaders led by North Carolina's Dr. Rev. William Barber II is calling on Washington to end the filibuster. The group…

Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday announced he'll run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, shaking up the calculus in the expanding field…

The race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Richard Burr is getting more crowded, with Democrats hoping in two years to flip what has…

Cal Cunningham, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate for North Carolina, admitted to sending sexual text messages to a California strategist who is…

Sen. Tom Tillis won the Republican primary to retain his Senate seat, defeating several GOP challengers. But he still has to get past Democrat Cal…

North Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Walker may challenge GOP Sen. Thom Tillis for the party's Senate nomination next year or might run against either of…

Candidates around the state made their initial pitches to voters as filing began for the 2020 races. Democrat Cal Cunningham appeared in Lexington to…