Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 74%
- Score coverage
- 50%
- Recommendation
- No endorsement
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-25
Official ballot record · Published research
Roy Cooper
Democratic candidate for US SENATE.
Former governor Roy Cooper is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. His campaign focuses on affordability, healthcare access, and good-paying jobs.
Campaign finance
OpenFEC reports $34.98 million in receipts, $14.26 million in disbursements, and $20.72 million cash on hand through June 30, 2026. Receipts include $19.82 million transferred from another authorized committee.
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Evidence-gated scorecard
How this candidate measures up
Worker-policy alignment
Cooper supports affordable healthcare and good-paying jobs, and his campaign reports enacted Medicaid expansion and medical-debt relief. The reviewed record does not establish a broad worker-power agenda. Rubric: Publishes material healthcare and jobs commitments plus a cited governing accomplishment, but no broad worker-power agenda.
Evidence confidence: 75%Record reliability
A complete promise-versus-record comparison has not passed validation.
Evidence confidence: 0%Funding independence
Comparable official finance classifications are incomplete.
Evidence confidence: 0%Democracy and ethics
No sufficiently specific, validated democracy or judicial-rights position is published.
Evidence confidence: 0%Transparency
The reviewed profile publishes 3 source-linked evidence items and labels candidate statements separately from official records.
Evidence confidence: 74%insufficient evidence
Promises: Published candidate commitments are shown as statements.
Record: A complete office-appropriate comparison of official actions is not yet published.
The missing comparison is a risk and prevents unsupported conclusions.
0/10 answered
Questionnaire participation is not treated as positive or negative evidence during the launch period.
Established campaign
Reported receipts exceed $1 million. This measures campaign scale, not political merit.
Risks and uncertainty
What remains uncertain
Governing record not fully compared
An official governing or judicial record exists, but a complete issue-by-issue comparison is not yet available. This blocks endorsement unless other validated evidence is unusually strong.
Evidence record
What the sources establish
Stated position
Wages and economic security
Cooper says his Senate campaign will focus on good-paying jobs, affordable and accessible healthcare, and lowering household costs.
“supporting more good paying jobs, making health care more affordable and accessible, and lowering costs”
Official FEC record
Campaign finance
OpenFEC reports $34.98 million in receipts, $14.26 million in disbursements, and $20.72 million cash on hand through June 30, 2026.
“Coverage through June 30, 2026; receipts $34,975,789.18; disbursements $14,258,221.92; cash on hand $20,717,567.26.”
Candidate campaign statement
Healthcare and material security
Governor Cooper worked to create thousands of new jobs and worked with members of both parties to enact hundreds of bipartisan bills. He succeeded in getting a bipartisan agreement to expand Medicaid, which in early 2025 has already brought health care to more than 650,000 North Carolinians. He enacted a plan to incentivize hospitals to relieve more than $4 billion of existing medical debt for 2 million eligible North Carolinians and prevent new debt. He also focused on boosting public education, tackling the opioid crisis, revitalizing rural communities and making sure North Carolinians have the training to fill the better-paying jobs that require new skills.
“Governor Cooper worked to create thousands of new jobs and worked with members of both parties to enact hundreds of bipartisan bills. He succeeded in getting a bipartisan agreement to expand Medicaid, which in early 2025 has already brought health care to more than 650,000 North Carolinians. He enacted a plan to incentivize hospitals to relieve more than $4 billion of existing medical debt for 2 million eligible North Carolinians and prevent new debt. He also focused on boosting public education, tackling the opioid crisis, revitalizing rural communities and making sure North Carolinians have the training to fill the better-paying jobs that require new skills.”