Roy Cooper
Democratic · NC
Roy Cooper is the 2026 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. He served as Governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025 and previously as North Carolina Attorney General for four terms.
Campaign Finance Information — United States Senator
Campaign Finance Information · United States Senator · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 24, 2026
- Raised
- $34,975,789
- Spent
- $14,258,222
- Cash on hand
- $20,717,567
- Debts
- $0
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- NOT EMPLOYED$8,251,484
- RETIRED$2,594,276
- ATTORNEY$2,529,534
- CEO$557,523
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- PHYSICIAN$556,515
Source: FEC · 2026 cycle · fec.gov
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 2 records
Cooper signed bipartisan legislation requiring a 70 percent reduction in power-sector carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050.
October 13, 2021For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper issued Executive Order 80, which created the North Carolina Clean Energy Plan.
October 29, 2018For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Reduce Wealth Gap
· 3 records
Cooper's Senate campaign says the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations have accumulated excessive wealth at the expense of the middle class.
July 13, 2026For
Source: roycooper.com · researched July 13, 2026
Average North Carolina teacher pay rose by more than 19 percent during Cooper's governorship.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper launched the Longleaf Commitment program to help low- and middle-income high-school graduates cover community-college tuition and fees.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Government Efficiency
· 1 record
Cooper directed agencies to close firearm background-check reporting gaps and launched NC S.A.F.E. to promote secure firearm storage.
June 5, 2023For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 5 records
As a state legislator, Cooper wrote North Carolina's first children's health-insurance initiative.
July 13, 2026For
Source: roycooper.com · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper's administration created a program projected to relieve $4 billion in medical debt for nearly two million low- and middle-income North Carolinians.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper's administration launched Healthy Opportunities Pilots for Medicaid recipients needing housing, food, transportation, and other nonmedical support.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper's administration secured an $835 million investment in mental and behavioral health services and workforce capacity.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
As Governor of North Carolina, signed Medicaid expansion (House Bill 76, Access to Healthcare Options) into law, making North Carolina the 40th state to expand Medicaid and extending health coverage to an estimated 600,000+ residents.
March 27, 2023For
Source: governor.nc.gov · researched July 6, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 6 records
As a state legislator, Cooper wrote North Carolina's first children's health-insurance initiative.
July 13, 2026For
Source: roycooper.com · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper established the Governor's Working Group on Veterans Affairs to coordinate employment, health, legal, financial, and benefit support for veterans.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper's administration launched Healthy Opportunities Pilots for Medicaid recipients needing housing, food, transportation, and other nonmedical support.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper launched the Longleaf Commitment program to help low- and middle-income high-school graduates cover community-college tuition and fees.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper's administration directed $1.1 billion in stabilization grants to child-care programs in 99 North Carolina counties.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper's administration secured an $835 million investment in mental and behavioral health services and workforce capacity.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Gun Control
· 2 records
Cooper directed agencies to close firearm background-check reporting gaps and launched NC S.A.F.E. to promote secure firearm storage.
June 5, 2023For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper created a statewide Office of Violence Prevention in the Department of Public Safety.
March 14, 2023For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Women's Reproductive Rights
· 1 record
Cooper vetoed an abortion ban as governor and supports protecting reproductive freedom in the U.S. Senate.
June 24, 2026For
Source: roycooper.com · researched July 13, 2026
National Defense
· 1 record
Cooper established the Governor's Working Group on Veterans Affairs to coordinate employment, health, legal, financial, and benefit support for veterans.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Civil Rights
· 3 records
Cooper created the DRIVE Task Force to develop recommendations for a more racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse educator workforce.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper issued Executive Order 303 directing statewide coordination to improve rehabilitation and reentry for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people.
January 29, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper created the Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice to recommend ways to reduce inequity, bias, and racism.
June 9, 2020For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 3 records
Cooper's Senate campaign says the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations have accumulated excessive wealth at the expense of the middle class.
July 13, 2026For
Source: roycooper.com · researched July 13, 2026
As attorney general, Cooper pursued scammers, predatory lenders, drug companies, and banks and recovered billions of dollars for North Carolinians.
July 13, 2026For
Source: roycooper.com · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper's administration created a program projected to relieve $4 billion in medical debt for nearly two million low- and middle-income North Carolinians.
December 18, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 3 records
Cooper led a North Carolina delegation seeking $25.57 billion in federal aid for Hurricane Helene recovery.
November 1, 2024For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
After Hurricane Florence, Cooper established the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency to coordinate rebuilding and resilience work.
December 31, 2018For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Cooper issued Executive Order 80, which created the North Carolina Clean Energy Plan.
October 29, 2018For
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
General
· 1 record
North Carolina added more than 640,000 jobs during Cooper's governorship.
December 18, 2024
Source: govroycooper.org · researched July 13, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 1 record
As attorney general, Cooper pursued scammers, predatory lenders, drug companies, and banks and recovered billions of dollars for North Carolinians.
July 13, 2026
Source: roycooper.com · researched July 13, 2026
Elections
- United States Senator · November 3, 2026 · North Carolina
Profile last researched July 13, 2026.