‘Wow. Just… wow’: Political scientist Chris Cooper on North Carolina’s historic 2026 midterms
Western Carolina University political science professor Chris Cooper
Tectonic. Generational. A Blue-nami. A bloodbath. Just a few of the terms out there today as people in North Carolina, around the country — and around the world — try to make sense of what just happened in American politics.
North Carolina had arguably one of the biggest shifts in the country — our U.S. House delegation went from 4 Democrats and 10 Republicans to potentially 10 Democrats and 4 Republicans, depending on the fate of longtime Republican congresswoman Virginia Foxx, who is currently 99 votes behind her…
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