GOP takes aim at Roy Cooper, Democrats’ ideal recruit for North Carolina Senate seat

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Senate Republicans are entering what is shaping up to be a messy battleground Senate race in North Carolina after Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-NC) surprise retirement.

The Senate GOP’s campaign arm made its first jab on Monday at the Democrats’ possible top candidate, Roy Cooper, underscoring the threat the former two-term Democratic governor poses to flipping the seat and Republicans’ desire to negatively brand him early.

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