Top GOP Groups Cut North Carolina Spending as Cooper Leads Whatley by Double Digits
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 2
Top GOP Groups Cut North Carolina Spending as Cooper Leads Whatley by Double Digits
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 2
Summary
Top Republican groups are scaling back in North Carolina after months of spending failed to lift Michael Whatley against better-known Democrat Roy Cooper.
Double-digit public polling leads for Cooper and private surveys that “hardly budged” despite the ad influx drove the pullback, according to a person working on the race.
Senate Leadership Fund’s retreat startled some Republicans, though others had already warned donors the state would be tough; John Thune joined a planned Whatley event virtually instead of appearing in person.
Democrats are still pressing in the purple state, betting the race could remain competitive even as Republicans increasingly signal North Carolina may be slipping away.