Roy Cooper made official what has been speculated since his second term in the Executive Mansion ended: He’s running for U.S. Senate. Senator from North Carolina,” Cooper said in a Monday morning post on X with an accompanying video. “There is no one who loves North Carolina more than Roy Cooper,” North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton said in a statement. Roy Cooper will be getting in the #ncsen race. Cooper a friend, and grateful for the lifetime of service he’s already given to North Carolina,” Stein said.