Who is likely to be the Democratic Nominee for the 2026 NC US Senate Election to face Thom Tillis-R?

NC is a US Senate seat that the Democrats need to win in order to retain or regain control of the US Senate in 2026.

former NC Governor Roy Cooper-D?
NC-1CD US Representative Donald Davis-D?
NC-13CD US Representative Wiley Nickel-D?
NC-14CD US Representative Jeff Jackson-D?

In 2024- Democrats will lose WV(Manchin-D loses to Justice-R). Democrats will narrowly hold onto MT(Tester-D) and OH(Brown-D). Democratic held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2024 that the Democrats will win by a high single digit margin.
AZ(Gallego-D)
MI(Slotkin-D)
NV(Rosen-D)
PA(Casey-D)
WI(Baldwin-D)
The only Republican held US Senate seat up for re-election in 2024 that the Democrats are likely to win is TX(Cruz-R vs Allred-D).

In 2026- Democratic held US Senate seats that the Democrats will win by a single digit margin.
GA(Ossoff-D)
MI(Peters-D)
MN(Smith-D)
NH(OPEN Shaheen-D)NH-1CD US Representative Pappas-D is going to be the Democratic nominee.
NM(Lujan-D)
VA(Warner-D) if Youngkin-R,Sears-R,or Miyares-R runs.


The other Republican held US Senate seat up for re-election in 2026 that the Democrats will win is ME(if Collins-R retires and Golden-D runs).