RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Candidate filing for the 2026 elections is open in North Carolina ahead of the March 3 primaries.

"I'm excited this morning to file for the United States Senate because I want to restore the opportunity that many people feel like they've lost to achieve the American dream. We know that so many families right now are struggling with paying higher rent, utility bills, child care, health care costs. I want to go to Washington to help lower prices for them, try to push back on these tariffs that everyday people are paying," said former Gov. Roy Cooper , a Democrat who submitted his paperwork Wednesday morning.

Cooper started his political career in 1987, serving in the State House and State Senate, before serving four terms as attorney general and two terms as go

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