US Democrats Break Republicans' 18-Year Winning Streak in North Carolina, Win Key Senate Seat

November 4: According to US media reports cited by CCTV International News, on November 3 local time, former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, defeated Republican candidate Michael Whatley — who was backed by US President Trump — in the federal Senate election, winning a key Senate seat for the Democratic Party. Cooper's victory breaks the Republican Party's 18-year winning streak in North Carolina's federal Senate elections, making him the first Democrat in 18 years to win a federal Senate election in the state.

Earlier reports indicated that sentiment in the US midterm elections was tilting toward the Democrats.