Roy's the magic man..... He (Like Stein and Jackson) have enough of a boring bland attitude to appeal to centrists but also have some rural populist attitudes that make them appeal to progressives. Plus with Wiley's career would be OVER, bonus

Tillis will probably retire, he has prostate cancer.

I think it's going to be outgoing Congressman Wiley Nickel

Cooper does not guarantee a win by any stretch. He beat a polarizing Republican Governor in 2016 by appx. 10,000 votes and beat the Lieutenant Governor in 2020 by 4.5%. Respectable performance but after 4 years as Governor with the name recognition, not an earth shattering performance. Would he be a strong recruit - absolutely. Does Tillis have flaws to exploit - again, absolutely. But guaranteed winner? Absolutely not.

Cooper would be a guaranteed winner lol. Trust me.

Cooper winning by 4.5% is a godsend in NC where most of the races are decided by 1 point or less. Cooper could actually put the DNC money to use unlike Cal

Good news is that I think Cooper is running here. And I'm pretty sure he's going to pull it off, not only because of his bipartisan appeal (which to be fair would be reduced because it's a senate election) but also because it's a Trump year in a state that elected all Democrats statewide with the exception of the presidential race this year.

Trump should arrest Cooper before he can run that would troll the left so hard

Prediction: If Tillis is the nominee, he wins by a slight margin. Predication negated if Roy Cooper is the Dem nominee. If Tillis gets primaried out/retires, Dem pickup.

The midterm elections is always a cold shower for the president's party, usually results in them losing control of one or both chambers of Congress along with many seats. I don't think Cooper wants to run for the U.S Senate, he enjoyed a decades long career in state politics and just wants to focus on the next chapter of his life.

Prediction: If Tillis is the nominee, he wins by a slight margin. Predication negated if Roy Cooper is the Dem nominee. If Tillis gets primaried out/retires, Dem pickup. I second this... Tillis will win by less than 1%.