# 2026 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina — what pundits predicted

Senate · Election Day 2026-11-03 · no result loaded yet.

## The ballot

- Michael Dublin (Green)
- Michael Whatley (Republican)
- Roy Cooper (Democratic)
- Shannon Bray (Libertarian)

## What the field called

- Roy Cooper: 10 picks

## Every claim about this race (10)

- **G. Elliott Morris** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) — “likely” (Race Winners, Oct 3, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/32d429d8-12f2-4bef-90ef-1086c72ed48e)
- **G. Elliott Morris** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) — “likely” (Race Winners, Oct 3, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a2415d7d-35c1-4f7c-bf26-5021074efb1a)
- **G. Elliott Morris** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) — “look likely, according to our model” (Race Winners, Oct 3, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4fb9c693-3630-4875-abcf-cef085b78c5c)
- **Justin Robert Young** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) (Race Winners, Oct 2, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/504ec08d-c061-4467-8c5d-4fb859f67b18)
- **G. Elliott Morris** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) — “likely to flip from Republican to Democrat” (Race Winners, Oct 1, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/53b7cd8a-574f-4e51-bc4c-5cdf53dd04de)
- **Erick-Woods Erickson** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) (Race Winners, Sep 30, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c915841c-31d3-450c-a8e0-6213c8580366)
- **Tom Bevan** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) (Race Winners, Sep 28, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/9295c870-99f8-4c42-a485-af513e90dec0)
- **Erick-Woods Erickson** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) (Race Winners, Sep 28, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ecf57ef5-df9a-40aa-810f-2b7d8568938d)
- **Erick-Woods Erickson** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) (Race Winners, Sep 23, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ce9bfe3d-370f-458b-adb6-5cc98a444427)
- **Buck Sexton** — Roy Cooper wins NC Senate (2026) (Race Winners, Sep 17, 2026) · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/428b122f-ae08-4670-8631-984de54c5a4c)