U.S. Senate

Former North Carolina state Sen. Erica Smith is running for the open U.S. Senate seat in 2022. She said she is the most progressive Democrat in the race but has raised far less money than former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and state Sen. Jeff Jackson of Mecklenburg County.

North Carolina Rep. Ted Budd has announced his bid to become the state's next U.S. Senator. He's looking to fill an open seat being left by GOP Sen. Richard Burr.

Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley announced her campaign on Tuesday. She joins four other Democrats vying for the party nomination for the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Richard Burr.

Robinson made his announcement late Monday, days after he said in a video he was taking a “serious look” at a bid to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Burr.

North Carolina Democratic senate candidate Jeff Jackson raised nearly $1.3 million since entering the race in January.

Sen. Thomas Tillis says he's got prostate cancer and will undergo surgery next week in North Carolina to treat it.

Kimrey Rhinehardt of Pittsboro, a former Capitol Hill staffer, says she’s aiming to run for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat in 2022 as an independent.

Former President Donald Trump is on trial for a second time in the Senate. This time, the House has impeached Trump for inciting the Jan. 6…

Sen. Richard Burr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has told him it will not prosecute him over stock sales made during the coronavirus pandemic,…

Updated at 2:40 a.m. on 11/4/2020It was too soon to call North Carolina's U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Thom Tillis and Democratic…