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

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Roy Cooper, North Carolina’s former governor, will be the first Democrat to represent the state in the Senate in 10 years, after defeating Michael Whatley, a former chair of the Republican National Committee.

Cooper will succeed the outgoing Republican Thom Tillis and his win marked the first Senate seat to turn blue in this year’s midterms.