Michael Whatley, president of the National Republican Committee, intends to appear in the Senate in North Carolina, said a familiar source with the NBC News affair.
Whats’s expected race expected after Senator Thom Tillis, RN.C. unexpectedly announced At the end of last month, he would not ask for re-election, catapulting the seat at one of the most notable races to monitor in the mid-term elections of 2026.
The decision of the President of the RNC was reported for the first time by politico.
NBC News previously reported This former Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, also plans to launch a Senate campaign. Whatley and Cooper should be the best contenders for the high stake race in the state of the battlefield.
President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump also considered a race, and she told NBC News last week that she hoped to make a decision by Thanksgiving.