Cooper maintains 7-point lead over Whatley in NC Senate race: Poll

Filed by Deacon Rift

Democrat Roy Cooper has a healthy lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the North Carolina Senate race, according to a new poll. Half of the 915 respondents to the Carolina Forward survey, conducted by left-leaning Change Research, backed Cooper with less than three months before the general election.  That gave the former two-term North Carolina…