{
  "id": 512728,
  "title": "Cooper maintains 7-point lead over Whatley in NC Senate race: Poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/cooper-maintains-7-point-lead-over-whatley-in-nc-senate-race-poll",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T22:11:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6021249-cooper-leads-nc-senate-poll/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Democrat Roy Cooper has a healthy lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the North Carolina Senate race, according to a new poll. Half of the 915 respondents to the Carolina Forward survey, conducted by left-leaning Change Research, backed Cooper with less than three months before the general election. That gave the former two-term North Carolina...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}