ELON, North Carolina — Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is on the cusp of flipping the open Senate seat in the Tar Heel State next month.

Cooper has led wire-to-wire over Republican opponent Michael Whatley, maintaining wide polling and fundraising leads and forcing key GOP super PACs to pause spending in the race to focus elsewhere.

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