Given you're in NC, what are your thoughts on Cooper vs. Nickel? Or what are the dynamics there? Would Wiley Nickel be a strong nominee if Cooper passes on the race?
Given you're in NC, what are your thoughts on Cooper vs. Nickel? Or what are the dynamics there? Would Wiley Nickel be a strong nominee if Cooper passes on the race?
Nickel has said that if Cooper were to enter the race, he would throw his support behind him.
Cooper, were he to run against Tillis, would garner support from partisan Dems, independents, and some squishy R voters. He's never lost a statewide race since winning AG and then governor's seat.
Nickel would benefit from a D-favorable midterm but he has not run a statewide election before. Nickel v. Tillis would be much narrower.
He was never SoS. He served four terms as AG. It should be noted that he barely won the 2016 governor race (by 0.2%) against the controversial incumbent McCrory.
Given you're in NC, what are your thoughts on Cooper vs. Nickel? Or what are the dynamics there? Would Wiley Nickel be a strong nominee if Cooper passes on the race?
Nickel has said that if Cooper were to enter the race, he would throw his support behind him.
Cooper, were he to run against Tillis, would garner support from partisan Dems, independents, and some squishy R voters. He's never lost a statewide race since winning AG and then governor's seat.
Nickel would benefit from a D-favorable midterm but he has not run a statewide election before. Nickel v. Tillis would be much narrower.
When did Cooper run for SOS? It has been held by Marshall for almost 30 years.
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Whoops, I totally forgot about Elaine Marshall being SOS. Edited my earlier post.
He was never SoS. He served four terms as AG. It should be noted that he barely won the 2016 governor race (by 0.2%) against the controversial incumbent McCrory.
To be fair, in 2016 Cooper had to deal with Trump winning at the top of the ticket by four points.
If he can beat Tillis even by that .2% margin in 2026, IтАЩll take it.