Deciding to run for this U.S. Senate seat wasn’t easy.
I had planned on serving North Carolina from here at home. That’s why I was so humbled when North Carolinians twice elected me to be their Governor.
But this Senate race is too consequential to sit out. The stakes are simply too high.
I entered this race to fight for people like you, who’ve put your trust in me — and I have full faith that together, we can win. But tonight, we’re facing the biggest test yet of our grassroots movement’s strength: With time running out to reach our ambitious $1.5 million goal, I’m personally asking you to help out by pitching in a $5 donation split between our campaign and Wes Moore, right now.
I’m running because our nation cannot afford two more years of unchecked Republican power in Washington. The attacks on health care, on democratic values and even on Americans — they have to stop.
Our leaders should be focusing on strengthening our communities by investing in public schools, securing health care access and prioritizing hardworking folks over the wealthiest few. That’s what I strove to do in North Carolina – and by the end of my time in office, we added thousands of jobs by expanding the clean energy economy, gave public school teachers statewide a much-needed raise, expanded Medicaid and more.
This is the work I’m ready to continue as the next Senator from North Carolina. But that means we have to flip this seat from red to blue for the first time in a generation and take back the Senate for the people who elect us, which is easier said than done.
I’ve never lost a race, but this one will be the most competitive of my career. It’s the best pick-up opportunity for Democrats this cycle, and our ability to flip the Senate hinges on us succeeding.
A recent poll shows our lead narrowing to just four points — and as GOP dark money floods our race, we can expect that margin to grow even tighter.
That’s why far-right groups are already spending nearly $100 million so far to attack me — and experts expect this to be the most expensive Senate race ever, so they will spare no expense to help President Trump’s hand-picked candidate buy his way to victory.
So if they see us missing goals like the one we set for tonight, they will use this as an opportunity to strike. They will flood the airwaves with millions more in attack ads to smear me, knowing that their investments are working as intended, because we will not have enough funds to fight back.
If you made it this far, thank you so much for reading — and for all you do to help me flip this battleground seat blue.
Roy Cooper
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