Former Governor Roy Cooper's commanding lead in recent North Carolina Senate polls has driven trader consensus to price Democrats at 82% to win the open seat, following incumbent Thom Tillis's June 2025 retirement announcement. Polls from April 2026, including High Point University (Cooper +8) and Opinion Diagnostics (Cooper +9), alongside earlier surveys like YouGov (Cooper +14), reflect Cooper's strong name recognition and popularity after two terms as governor in this battleground state. Republican nominee Michael Whatley, RNC chair who won the March primary, trails amid generic ballot tests favoring Democrats. With the November 3 general election approaching, shifts could arise from turnout in swing suburbs or national midterm dynamics, but current wisdom-of-crowds pricing underscores Cooper's path to flipping the seat.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated$57,442 Vol.
$57,442 Vol.

Democrat
82%

Republican
17%
$57,442 Vol.
$57,442 Vol.

Democrat
82%

Republican
17%
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Market Opened: Oct 13, 2025, 5:04 PM ET
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0x2F5e3684c...A candidate shall be considered to represent a party in the event that he or she is the nominee of the party in question. Candidates other than the Democratic or Republican nominee (e.g., Greens, Libertarian, independent) may be added at a later date.
Candidates who run as independents will not be encompassed by the “Democrat” or “Republican” options regardless of any affiliation they may have with the party.
The resolution source for this market is the Associated Press, Fox News, and NBC. This market will resolve once all three sources call the race for the same candidate. If all three sources haven’t called the race in this state for the same candidate, this market will resolve based on the official certification.
Resolver
0x2F5e3684c...Former Governor Roy Cooper's commanding lead in recent North Carolina Senate polls has driven trader consensus to price Democrats at 82% to win the open seat, following incumbent Thom Tillis's June 2025 retirement announcement. Polls from April 2026, including High Point University (Cooper +8) and Opinion Diagnostics (Cooper +9), alongside earlier surveys like YouGov (Cooper +14), reflect Cooper's strong name recognition and popularity after two terms as governor in this battleground state. Republican nominee Michael Whatley, RNC chair who won the March primary, trails amid generic ballot tests favoring Democrats. With the November 3 general election approaching, shifts could arise from turnout in swing suburbs or national midterm dynamics, but current wisdom-of-crowds pricing underscores Cooper's path to flipping the seat.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated



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