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North Carolina voters elect Roy Cooper, state’s first Democratic senator in 10 years

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State’s ex-governor bests Michael Whatley, ex-chair of Republican National Committee, by focusing on lower costs

Roy Cooper, North Carolina’s former governor, was elected to represent the state in the US Senate, marking the first time in 10 years the state’s voters sent a Democrat to the US Congress’s upper chamber.

Cooper defeated Michael Whatley, the former Republican National Committee chair, to succeed Thom Tillis, the outgoing US senator.

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