NC-SEN: Senate Dems are getting bullish about prized recruit Roy Cooper
Senior Democrats are increasingly convinced the party will land former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to run for Senate next year, a potential coup for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Why it matters: Both parties acknowledge their Senate success next year will largely rest upon their recruitment efforts this year.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), has been personally involved in the effort to recruit Cooper, whom she's called a "formidable candidate," sources tell Axios.
But Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has indicated she's passing on a Senate run, despite Schumer's direct appeals.
Zoom in: Cooper is unlikely to make a decision until June, a source familiar with his thinking tells Axios. Until then it's 50/50, the source said.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/north-carolina-senate-roy-cooper-schumer
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