Roy Cooper
NC-Sen
Supported stronger oversight of data-center development
It's part of my policy proposals is that they must pay for their own energy. Other consumers should not have to bear any cost from data centers.Video, July 17, 2026
Make sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and prevent costs from being passed on to consumers.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
You can go to roycooper.com. It talks about rolling back tariffs. It talks about restoring these cuts to healthcare. It talks about childcare tax credits. It talks about making sure that data centers pay for all of their own energy to to reduce and to to create their own energy sources.Video, July 27, 2026
That’s why my plan ensures that we: Make sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and prevent costs from being passed on to consumers.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
North Carolina families are being squeezed by energy costs that climb higher and higher each year. Electricity bills in North Carolina have risen 22% since 2020 with further increases on the horizon. We can’t let things go on like this. That’s why my plan ensures that we: Make sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and prevent costs from being passed on to consumers.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Well, first we have to make sure that the data centers pay for their own energy and that no North Carolina family has to bear at the take any of that expense.Video, October 27, 2026
- Roy will work to lower utility bills by ensuring that corporations – not you – pay for energy used, including making sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and preventing that cost from being passed on to families.Campaign website, October 13, 2026
Roy Cooper believes that data centers should pay the full cost of the energy they use, and prevent those costs from being passed on to locals. He also believes that local communities should be fully involved in any decision made about potential data centers in their neighborhoods.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
The companies that build these data centers must pull their own weight, pay for the power they use and completely remove this burden from North Carolina families and small businesses.Campaign email, July 23, 2026
Developer responsibility for infrastructure and utility costs
It's part of my policy proposals is that they must pay for their own energy. Other consumers should not have to bear any cost from data centers.Video, July 17, 2026
Make sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and prevent costs from being passed on to consumers.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
You can go to roycooper.com. It talks about rolling back tariffs. It talks about restoring these cuts to healthcare. It talks about childcare tax credits. It talks about making sure that data centers pay for all of their own energy to to reduce and to to create their own energy sources.Video, July 27, 2026
That’s why my plan ensures that we: Make sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and prevent costs from being passed on to consumers.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
North Carolina families are being squeezed by energy costs that climb higher and higher each year. Electricity bills in North Carolina have risen 22% since 2020 with further increases on the horizon. We can’t let things go on like this. That’s why my plan ensures that we: Make sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and prevent costs from being passed on to consumers.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Well, first we have to make sure that the data centers pay for their own energy and that no North Carolina family has to bear at the take any of that expense.Video, October 27, 2026
- Roy will work to lower utility bills by ensuring that corporations – not you – pay for energy used, including making sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and preventing that cost from being passed on to families.Campaign website, October 13, 2026
The companies that build these data centers must pull their own weight, pay for the power they use and completely remove this burden from North Carolina families and small businesses.Campaign email, July 23, 2026
Enforceable water, energy, and community protections
It's part of my policy proposals is that they must pay for their own energy. Other consumers should not have to bear any cost from data centers.Video, July 17, 2026
- Roy will work to lower utility bills by ensuring that corporations – not you – pay for energy used, including making sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and preventing that cost from being passed on to families.Campaign website, October 13, 2026
Roy Cooper believes that data centers should pay the full cost of the energy they use, and prevent those costs from being passed on to locals. He also believes that local communities should be fully involved in any decision made about potential data centers in their neighborhoods.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Supported reining in or regulating Big Tech and AI companies
I think it’s gonna be important for us to get independent, knowledgeable people together and to put guardrails in place to protect people.News story, October 14, 2026
Called for big structural changes that expand public coverage or Medicare benefits: Medicare for All, a public option, a Medicare buy-in, lowering the Medicare age such as Medicare at 55, or dental, vision, and/or hearing in Medicare
I’ll use that same problem solving in Washington to work against federal cutbacks to Medicare; work to expand Medicare benefits to include dental, vision and hearing coverage; and require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable.Candidate questionnaire, September 1, 2026
Called to reverse the cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, or ACA coverage
Reinstate the ACA tax credits and reverse Medicaid cuts.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Reinstate the ACA tax credits and reverse Medicaid cuts. This will help lower costs for everyone’s premiums, including people who get their health insurance through an employer.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Reinstating the ACA tax credits and reversing Medicaid cuts will help lower the costs for everyone’s premiums, including people who get their health insurance through an employer.Campaign email, June 10, 2026
We talked about how we need to roll back tariffs, restore health care cuts and critically think through policies that will help working class familiesCampaign email, July 10, 2026
Called for lowering prescription-drug prices
I’ll use that same problem solving in Washington to work against federal cutbacks to Medicare; work to expand Medicare benefits to include dental, vision and hearing coverage; and require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable.Candidate questionnaire, September 1, 2026
Require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Cap annual prescription drug out-of-pocket costs for consumers.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Cap annual prescription drug out-of-pocket costs for consumers.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Prescription-drug price limits
Cap annual prescription drug out-of-pocket costs for consumers.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Called for restoring ACA subsidies
We need to pass legislation that restores funding for health care subsidies, that provides for child tax credit, that tries to end this war in Iran and rolls back the tariffsVideo, October 14, 2026
we want to find a way to end this war in Iran. We want to try to restore health care subsidies. We think child care tax credits are important.Video, October 8, 2026
We've got to restore these subsidies that people had cuz so many hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their insuranceVideo, October 27, 2026
We've got to expand health access to health care. When I get to Washington, I'm going to roll up my sleeves. I'm going to do the best I can to fix it. We've got to restore. We've got to restore these subsidies that people had cuz so many hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their insurance.Video, October 28, 2026
I've got a plan for child care tax credit to help people. We need to restore the federal tax credit for health care.Video, May 4, 2026
Reinstate the ACA tax credits and reverse Medicaid cuts.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
We need to restore the healthcare subsidies. So many people had health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and they could afford it. Now they can’tNews story, October 14, 2026
Reinstate the ACA tax credits and reverse Medicaid cuts. This will help lower costs for everyone’s premiums, including people who get their health insurance through an employer.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Reinstating the ACA tax credits and reversing Medicaid cuts will help lower the costs for everyone’s premiums, including people who get their health insurance through an employer.Campaign email, June 10, 2026
We need to restore the healthcare subsidies. So many people had health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and they could afford it.News story, October 14, 2026
Government price negotiation
I’ll use that same problem solving in Washington to work against federal cutbacks to Medicare; work to expand Medicare benefits to include dental, vision and hearing coverage; and require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable.Candidate questionnaire, September 1, 2026
Require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Adding dental, vision, and/or hearing to Medicare
I’ll use that same problem solving in Washington to work against federal cutbacks to Medicare; work to expand Medicare benefits to include dental, vision and hearing coverage; and require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable.Candidate questionnaire, September 1, 2026
Called for higher taxes on billionaires and the wealthy
what I want is to cut back the tax breaks that the very wealthiest and the corporations are getting and invest in the people who are really making this country go.Video, March 1, 2026
I want to go in and change it and make sure that we have a Washington, D.C. that is more responsive to the people, not tax breaks for the corporations and the billionaires, but instead making the wealthy pay their fair share and investing in health care for North Carolinians and people across the country.Video, October 27, 2026
not the big corporations, not the billionaires who are continuing to try and get their own tax breaks while cutting help for everybody else. That is wrong, and I'm going to work to put a stop to it.Video, March 1, 2026
are ready to stop these tax breaks for the very wealthiest and the billionaires and the corporations and to end this war in Iran that's costing billions of dollarsVideo, October 22, 2026
We've got to pass a fair tax system uh because right now uh the the tax system favors the corporations and the billionaires among us and we need to invest in education.Video, October 21, 2026
Called for corporations to pay more in taxes
what I want is to cut back the tax breaks that the very wealthiest and the corporations are getting and invest in the people who are really making this country go.Video, March 1, 2026
I want to go in and change it and make sure that we have a Washington, D.C. that is more responsive to the people, not tax breaks for the corporations and the billionaires, but instead making the wealthy pay their fair share and investing in health care for North Carolinians and people across the country.Video, October 27, 2026
are ready to stop these tax breaks for the very wealthiest and the billionaires and the corporations and to end this war in Iran that's costing billions of dollarsVideo, October 22, 2026
We've got to pass a fair tax system uh because right now uh the the tax system favors the corporations and the billionaires among us and we need to invest in education.Video, October 21, 2026
Called for stronger competition and limits on monopoly power
I’ll work to hold them accountable by blocking anti-competitive mergers and strengthening antitrust enforcement across grocery retail and food processing. We have to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign email, September 22, 2026
The corporations that own these grocery stores have too much power to begin with. And when they merge, it reduces competition in the markets and jacks up prices even further for the consumers. We have to crack down on these unfair mergers, and it will help us drive costs down.Video, March 4, 2026
We need to: Support our farmers and stop chaotic tariffs. Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices. Ban algorithms on grocery pricing to make it illegal for companies to raise the price of groceries based on a specific customer. Stop companies from using algorithms to coordinate prices and supply information to drive up the cost.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Block Anti-Competitive Mergers: Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Ban Algorithm-Driven Rent Setting. ... Stop companies from using revenue-maximization software that allows landlords to raise the rent on tenants in coordination.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Make it illegal for food producers to reduce competition to increase prices using digital tools to collude: Stop companies from using algorithms to coordinate prices and supply information to drive up the cost.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
I’ll fight to ban algorithmic pricing in grocery sales and make it illegal for companies to raise the price of groceries for a specific consumer.Campaign email, September 22, 2026
Stop companies from using algorithms to coordinate prices and supply information to drive up the cost.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Ban algorithms on grocery pricing to make it illegal for companies to raise the price of groceries based on a specific customer.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
We have to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign email, September 22, 2026
Ban algorithms on grocery pricing to make it illegal for companies to raise the price of groceries based on a specific customer.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
We also need to deal with the corporations that own our grocery stores and hold too much power over what we pay.Campaign email, September 22, 2026
In Washington, I will work to hold these corporations accountable and protect North Carolina families the same way I did when I was Attorney General and as Governor. consumers need more protections when it comes to these mergers.Video, March 4, 2026
Strengthening antitrust enforcement
I’ll work to hold them accountable by blocking anti-competitive mergers and strengthening antitrust enforcement across grocery retail and food processing. We have to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign email, September 22, 2026
We need to: Support our farmers and stop chaotic tariffs. Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices. Ban algorithms on grocery pricing to make it illegal for companies to raise the price of groceries based on a specific customer. Stop companies from using algorithms to coordinate prices and supply information to drive up the cost.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Block Anti-Competitive Mergers: Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
In Washington, I will work to hold these corporations accountable and protect North Carolina families the same way I did when I was Attorney General and as Governor. consumers need more protections when it comes to these mergers.Video, March 4, 2026
Blocking anticompetitive mergers
I’ll work to hold them accountable by blocking anti-competitive mergers and strengthening antitrust enforcement across grocery retail and food processing. We have to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign email, September 22, 2026
The corporations that own these grocery stores have too much power to begin with. And when they merge, it reduces competition in the markets and jacks up prices even further for the consumers. We have to crack down on these unfair mergers, and it will help us drive costs down.Video, March 4, 2026
We need to: Support our farmers and stop chaotic tariffs. Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices. Ban algorithms on grocery pricing to make it illegal for companies to raise the price of groceries based on a specific customer. Stop companies from using algorithms to coordinate prices and supply information to drive up the cost.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Block Anti-Competitive Mergers: Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
We have to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.Campaign email, September 22, 2026
Called for campaign-finance reform to reduce big money's influence
The swamp is deeper than it ever was. I'm going to be for anti-corruption efforts. We need to overturn Citizens United.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
And look, I’m going to be first in line to try and overturn Citizens United. We have to do that.Campaign email, October 6, 2026
We need to overturn Citizens United. We need to get rid of extreme partisan gerrymandering.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
I'm going to be first in line when I get to Washington to find a way to overturn Citizens United.Video, October 28, 2026
I will be first in line when I get to Washington to overturn Citizens United.Video, October 25, 2026
I will be first in line to make sure we overturn Citizens United.Video, October 8, 2026
I'll be first in line to find a way to overturn Citizens United, but until then, we cannot unilaterally disarm.Video, July 17, 2026
We need to overturn Citizens United.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
Citizens United, extreme partisan gerrymandering, I think those two uh evils are are are wrong for our republic, wrong for our democracy, and we need to fix them in some way. I'm first in line to find a way to to eliminate those two problemsVideo, July 27, 2026
I'm going to be first in line to try to find a way to overturn Citizens United and extreme partisan gerrymandering.Video, October 14, 2026
I'm going to be for anti-corruption efforts. I mean, we need to overturn Citizens United. We need to get rid of extreme partisan gerrymandering.Video, August 4, 2026
We have to find a way to stop this madness. It's too much money in politics. I'll be first in line to find a way to overturn Citizens United, but until then, we cannot unilaterally disarm.Video, July 17, 2026
And look, I’m going to be first in line to try and overturn Citizens United.Campaign email, October 6, 2026
Called to overturn Citizens United
The swamp is deeper than it ever was. I'm going to be for anti-corruption efforts. We need to overturn Citizens United.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
And look, I’m going to be first in line to try and overturn Citizens United. We have to do that.Campaign email, October 6, 2026
We need to overturn Citizens United. We need to get rid of extreme partisan gerrymandering.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
I'm going to be first in line when I get to Washington to find a way to overturn Citizens United.Video, October 28, 2026
I will be first in line when I get to Washington to overturn Citizens United.Video, October 25, 2026
I will be first in line to make sure we overturn Citizens United.Video, October 8, 2026
I'll be first in line to find a way to overturn Citizens United, but until then, we cannot unilaterally disarm.Video, July 17, 2026
We need to overturn Citizens United.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
Citizens United, extreme partisan gerrymandering, I think those two uh evils are are are wrong for our republic, wrong for our democracy, and we need to fix them in some way. I'm first in line to find a way to to eliminate those two problemsVideo, July 27, 2026
I'm going to be first in line to try to find a way to overturn Citizens United and extreme partisan gerrymandering.Video, October 14, 2026
I'm going to be for anti-corruption efforts. I mean, we need to overturn Citizens United. We need to get rid of extreme partisan gerrymandering.Video, August 4, 2026
We have to find a way to stop this madness. It's too much money in politics. I'll be first in line to find a way to overturn Citizens United, but until then, we cannot unilaterally disarm.Video, July 17, 2026
And look, I’m going to be first in line to try and overturn Citizens United.Campaign email, October 6, 2026
Called for banning stock trading by members of Congress
I am for a Congressional and Executive stock [trading] ban. Regardless of whether a law passes, I’m not going to own individual stocks.Campaign email, July 2, 2026
I will work to pass a law uh that uh prohibits uh members of Congress and uh executive uh high executive officials from trading individual stocks.Video, July 17, 2026
I've said and will continue to say that I'm not going to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. I I don't do that now. I don't think members of Congress should. I don't think top federal officials should.Video, July 27, 2026
It’s past time to ban individual stock trading for members of Congress and top Executive Branch officials.Campaign press release, December 16, 2025
Members of Congress should not buy and sell individual stock. They shouldn't become lobbyists after they've finished, nor should people in the-high-level people in the executive branch.Video, August 4, 2026
I am for a Congressional and Executive stock [trading] ban.Campaign email, July 2, 2026
Members of Congress should not buy and sell individual stock.Video, August 4, 2026
It leads to corruption. And it has to stop.News story, December 16, 2025
Roy Cooper released the following statement in support of a ban on trading of individual stocks for members of Congress and top Executive Branch officials.Campaign website, January 13, 2026
Today, Roy Cooper released the following statement in support of a ban on trading of individual stocks for members of Congress and top Executive Branch officials.Campaign website, January 13, 2026
I called for a stock ban for Congress and the Executive branch and warned that the Supreme Court’s new campaign finance ruling will make this the toughest race of my career.Campaign email, July 2, 2026
Supported stronger conflict-of-interest and ethics rules
To me, this is simple: elected officials and high-ranking executive branch staff shouldn’t lobby after they leave office.Campaign press release, May 26, 2026
Members of Congress should not buy and sell individual stock. They shouldn't become lobbyists after they've finished, nor should people in the-high-level people in the executive branch.Video, August 4, 2026
We need strong anti-corruption laws in Washington. They said they were going to drain this swamp. Folks, it is deeper than ever through Congress all the way up to the president of the United States. We have to pass these laws.Video, October 28, 2026
when I ran for governor, I sold all of my individual stocks and I put it in widely held index mutual funds. So, there won't be a conflict of interest for me. I'm doing that now. I will do that in the United States Senate regardless of what the law is. We need people who are working to change those laws to prevent people who are supposed to be there for public service from leveraging that position to raise money or to to earn money.Video, October 8, 2026
We've got to make sure that people who are in power or don't use their office to enrich themselves. And I'll vote for laws to do that.Video, August 4, 2026
I don't think that we need people in office who are going to try to take advantage of that office for self-enrichment. And I think we need to elect people who are determined to write laws to prevent that kind of thing, but who will who will do it regardless of what the law says.Video, October 14, 2026
and then they arrange it so that they can vote for it one time and then they can say they voted for it and it never happened. We got to we got to change all of that and it it needs to apply to the executive branch as well.Video, October 14, 2026
Called out Trump's corruption, self-dealing, or profiting from office
The swamp is deeper than it ever was. I'm going to be for anti-corruption efforts. We need to overturn Citizens United.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
We need strong anti-corruption laws in Washington. They said they were going to drain this swamp. Folks, it is deeper than ever through Congress all the way up to the president of the United States. We have to pass these laws.Video, October 28, 2026
Jen, elected leaders should serve the people, not line their pockets, and all of this is occurring at a time when people’s paychecks just simply are not keeping up with the cost of living.Campaign email, July 2, 2026
It’s a taxpayer-funded slush fund to pay January 6th rioters and insurrectionists.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
Extending stock-trading bans to the White House
I called for a stock ban for Congress and the Executive branch and warned that the Supreme Court’s new campaign finance ruling will make this the toughest race of my career.Campaign email, July 2, 2026
Called for reversing tariffs that raise household costs
I'll fight to roll back these chaotic tariffs and take the burden off North Carolina farmers. You know, the United States Supreme Court was clear that the constitutional authority on trade and tariffs rests with Congress. Look, I will vote to roll back the tariffs.Video, March 4, 2026
We need to pass legislation that restores funding for health care subsidies, that provides for child tax credit, that tries to end this war in Iran and rolls back the tariffsVideo, October 14, 2026
As Senator, I’ll fight to roll back these erratic tariffs and take the burden off North Carolina’s farmers.Campaign email, September 22, 2026
We need to: Support our farmers and stop chaotic tariffs. Strengthen antitrust enforcement in grocery retail and food processing to block corporate mergers that reduce competition and raise prices. Ban algorithms on grocery pricing to make it illegal for companies to raise the price of groceries based on a specific customer. Stop companies from using algorithms to coordinate prices and supply information to drive up the cost.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
[My plan] involves taking back the constitutional authority of Congress and rolling back these chaotic tariffs that we know are costing everyday people and small businesses.News article, October 5, 2026
we've come up with a plan a make stuff cost less plan that you can find at roycooper.com about how we want to roll back those tariffs that are costing everybody.Video, October 8, 2026
We've got to roll back these chaotic tariffs, and I think immediately that helps to reduce the cost of living.Video, September 21, 2026
I talked with Anne in High Point, small business person, showed me the invoices of the tariffs, how much it cuts her profit, how much she's having to pass on to her customers. We got to roll back those tariffs.Video, October 27, 2026
Number one, we need to roll back these tariffsNews story, September 19, 2026
instead of this payout to Putin, what he ought to be doing is removing these chaotic tariffs that are costing people, finding a way to end this war in Iran that's costing American lives, and at the same time driving up the cost of diesel and and gas here at home.Video, October 14, 2026
We can stop the chaotic tariffs that are driving up prices. We can take on insurance companies that are crushing working families with hidden fees and denied claims. We can rally together to save Medicaid and Medicare.Video, April 16, 2026
You can go to roycooper.com. It talks about rolling back tariffs. It talks about restoring these cuts to healthcare. It talks about childcare tax credits. It talks about making sure that data centers pay for all of their own energy to to reduce and to to create their own energy sources.Video, July 27, 2026
We want to roll back these tariffs, we want to end the war in Iran, and we want to put healthcare back in place for peopleNews story, September 21, 2026
We got to roll back these chaotic tariffs and I think immediately that helps to reduce the cost of living.Video, July 17, 2026
I'm hoping that there will be Republican members of Congress who are willing to stand up and take back their constitutional authority to help us reduce these chaotic tariffs. To make stuff cost less for peopleVideo, September 25, 2026
We’ve got to do more to support our farmers and put a stop to the chaotic tariffs that are making their jobs harder and your groceries more expensive. As Senator, I’ll fight to roll back these erratic tariffs and take the burden off North Carolina’s farmers.Campaign email, September 22, 2026
about our plans -- to make stuff cost less and you can go to Roy Cooper.com and read all the details that you want about our efforts to -- make sure we roll -- back these tariffs, -- try to end -- the Iran. War, -- try -- to -- secure -- and save healthcare.Video, September 2, 2026
the invoices of the tariffs, how much it cuts her profit, how much she's having to pass on to her customers. We got to roll back those tariffs.Video, October 28, 2026
We need to come together to remove these chaotic tariffs. And I believe that uh by the time I get there that these tariffs will have done so much damage that we can get some bipartisan agreement for Congress to take back its constitutional authority.Video, May 6, 2026
I talked with Ann in High Point, small business person, showed me the invoices of the tariffs, how much it cuts her profit, how much she's having to pass on to her customers. We've got to roll back those tariffs.Video, October 27, 2026
take back the constitutional authority on trade and tariffs that this president has hijacked and that my opponent in this race, Michael Whatley, supports.Video, March 1, 2026
Work to end these chaotic tariffs, work to end this war in Iran, work to restore health care, work to provide childcare tax credits for people, work to keep insurance companies from making decisions that block payments for care that a doctor says you need.News story, October 24, 2026
We need to end the chaotic tariffs driving up costs for farmers and working families and crack down on corporations that are ripping off working people.Campaign press release, March 4, 2026
this ruling is clear — these tariffs are unlawful and have got to end.News story, February 25, 2026
We need to roll back these tariffs.News article, September 19, 2026
We can stop the chaotic tariffs that are driving up prices.Campaign email, April 24, 2026
We talked about how we need to roll back tariffs, restore health care cuts and critically think through policies that will help working class familiesCampaign email, July 10, 2026
When I get to Washington, I’m going to fight to roll back Trump’s reckless tariffs and help put an end to the housing crisis that is hurting families across the state and our country.Campaign email, August 20, 2026
the constitutional authority on trade and tariffs, and getting rid of these chaotic tariffs that are sending costs through the roof for consumers and small businesses.Campaign email, June 22, 2026
We can stop the chaotic tariffs that are driving up prices. We can take on insurance companies that are crushing working families with hidden fees and denied claims. We can rally together to save Medicaid and Medicare, deliver relief for families facing higher utility bills and so much more.Campaign email, April 24, 2026
We've got to try to roll back these tariffs.Video, October 21, 2026
End Tariffs Driving Up Prices for Building MaterialsCampaign email, August 20, 2026
Called for stopping price gouging
That doesn't mean that they should be using this technology to charge you more. So as your senator, I will fight to pass legislation that bans these practicesVideo, March 4, 2026
Just Just because a company knows that your kid may have allergy, like Stephanie's, then you may have to pay more for specialty food because you have to. That doesn't mean that they should be using this technology to charge you more. So as your senator, I will fight to pass legislation that bans these practicesVideo, March 4, 2026
Called for making child care more affordable
we want to find a way to end this war in Iran. We want to try to restore health care subsidies. We think child care tax credits are important.Video, October 8, 2026
You can go to roycooper.com. It talks about rolling back tariffs. It talks about restoring these cuts to healthcare. It talks about childcare tax credits. It talks about making sure that data centers pay for all of their own energy to to reduce and to to create their own energy sources.Video, July 27, 2026
I've got a plan for child care tax credit to help people. We need to restore the federal tax credit for health care.Video, May 4, 2026
The first thing that I would fight for and I and I know that this is hard and I know going to Washington, but I I am going with an agenda. We need a hefty child care tax credit for families.Video, March 2, 2026
When I was Governor, we invested more than $1 billion in early care and learning and expanded Pre-K access.Campaign email, July 15, 2026
And I have a plan for a childcare tax independent credit, while Donald Trump has said that we can’t afford to fund childcare.Campaign email, August 19, 2026
We have uh uh plans in child care, in making sure that we fight high grocery prices, in and uh making sure of housing is better.Video, October 28, 2026
Expand the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to support working families and put money back in people’s pockets.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Called for lowering household utility bills
North Carolina families are being squeezed by energy costs that climb higher and higher each year. Electricity bills in North Carolina have risen 22% since 2020 with further increases on the horizon. We can’t let things go on like this. That’s why my plan ensures that we: Make sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and prevent costs from being passed on to consumers.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
- Roy will work to lower utility bills by ensuring that corporations – not you – pay for energy used, including making sure data centers pay the full cost of all the power they use and preventing that cost from being passed on to families.Campaign website, October 13, 2026
Stop the corruption of both Republicans and Democrats. Take on the insurance and utility companies that are overcharging us.Video ad, October 23, 2026
Reduce utility costs for consumers by working to encourage large tech companies to build their own energy sources.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
I have consistently stood up to utility companies — like Duke Energy — and fought to lower utility costs for North Carolinians.Campaign email, July 23, 2026
We can stop the chaotic tariffs that are driving up prices. We can take on insurance companies that are crushing working families with hidden fees and denied claims. We can rally together to save Medicaid and Medicare, deliver relief for families facing higher utility bills and so much more.Campaign email, April 24, 2026
Modernize our energy grid to lower energy costs for consumers.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
I’m running to make stuff cost less, and that starts by addressing the cost of food and groceries, health care, utilities, housing and childPost on X, October 27, 2026
Blamed high gas and fuel prices on the Iran war, tariffs, or oil companies
Take on utility companies jacking up your rates and work to stop this war and big oil companies driving up gas prices.Campaign website, October 13, 2026
Whatley lobbied for Big Oil companies too, getting them billions in tax breaks while you pay more at the pump.Campaign email, October 2, 2026
Named policies to lower child-care costs: universal child care, public funding or subsidies, or caps on family costs
When I was Governor, we invested more than $1 billion in early care and learning and expanded Pre-K access.Campaign email, July 15, 2026
And I have a plan for a childcare tax independent credit, while Donald Trump has said that we can’t afford to fund childcare.Campaign email, August 19, 2026
Expand the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to support working families and put money back in people’s pockets.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Public funding, subsidies, or child-care tax credits
When I was Governor, we invested more than $1 billion in early care and learning and expanded Pre-K access.Campaign email, July 15, 2026
And I have a plan for a childcare tax independent credit, while Donald Trump has said that we can’t afford to fund childcare.Campaign email, August 19, 2026
Expand the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to support working families and put money back in people’s pockets.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Named policies to lower household utility bills: utility-rate rules, bill assistance, or lower-cost energy and grid policies
As Governor and Attorney General, I put aside party politics to fight utility cost increases for North Carolinians. I vetoed a Senate Bill that prioritized higher profits for utility companies over more cost-effective energy solutions. And I battled Duke Energy in court to get their profit margin loweredCampaign email, July 23, 2026
Modernize our energy grid to lower energy costs for consumers.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Limits on utility charges, corporate ownership, or costs passed to customers
As Governor and Attorney General, I put aside party politics to fight utility cost increases for North Carolinians. I vetoed a Senate Bill that prioritized higher profits for utility companies over more cost-effective energy solutions. And I battled Duke Energy in court to get their profit margin loweredCampaign email, July 23, 2026
Lower-cost energy, grid, or efficiency policies
Modernize our energy grid to lower energy costs for consumers.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Called for making housing more affordable
Stop Big Corporations, Investment Funds and Foreign Companies from Buying Single-Family Homes. Restrict big corporate buyers from owning large portfolios of single-family homes that drive up prices for families trying to buy a home.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Yes. Roy Cooper supports banning corporate investors from buying single-family homes, ensuring that they can’t drive up prices for families.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Ban Algorithm-Driven Rent Setting. ... Stop companies from using revenue-maximization software that allows landlords to raise the rent on tenants in coordination.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
We need to restrict big corporate buyers from owning large portfolios of single-family homes that drive up prices for families trying to buy a home.Campaign email, August 20, 2026
That means we have to build faster and smarter to keep up with rising demand, including more incentives to build multi-family and modular homes.Campaign email, August 20, 2026
Stop Big Corporations, Investment Funds and Foreign Companies from buying single-family homes.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Stop Big Corporations, Investment Funds and Foreign Companies from Buying Single-Family Homes.Campaign email, August 20, 2026
When I get to Washington, I’m going to fight to roll back Trump’s reckless tariffs and help put an end to the housing crisis that is hurting families across the state and our country.Campaign email, August 20, 2026
I’m running to make stuff cost less, and that starts by addressing the cost of food and groceries, health care, utilities, housing and childPost on X, October 27, 2026
Called for restricting corporate, private equity, and hedge fund purchases of homes
Stop Big Corporations, Investment Funds and Foreign Companies from Buying Single-Family Homes. Restrict big corporate buyers from owning large portfolios of single-family homes that drive up prices for families trying to buy a home.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Yes. Roy Cooper supports banning corporate investors from buying single-family homes, ensuring that they can’t drive up prices for families.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
We need to restrict big corporate buyers from owning large portfolios of single-family homes that drive up prices for families trying to buy a home.Campaign email, August 20, 2026
Stop Big Corporations, Investment Funds and Foreign Companies from buying single-family homes.Campaign email, May 27, 2026
Stop Big Corporations, Investment Funds and Foreign Companies from Buying Single-Family Homes.Campaign email, August 20, 2026
Limiting excessive rent increases
Ban Algorithm-Driven Rent Setting. ... Stop companies from using revenue-maximization software that allows landlords to raise the rent on tenants in coordination.Campaign website, September 5, 2026
Called out Wall Street, big banks, or private equity
As Attorney General, I took on drug companies and the big banks and returned billions of dollars to North Carolina families.Facebook or Instagram ad, August 3, 2026
He oversaw a sharp decrease in crime and fought for consumers by putting scammers and predatory lenders out of business and standing up to the drug companies and big banks, getting billions of dollars back to North Carolinians.Campaign website, August 12, 2026
Supported stronger protections against abusive financial practices
I took on predatory lenders and stood up for thousands of homeowners facing illegal foreclosure.Campaign email, August 20, 2026
Seniors are especially vulnerable to financial scams, and we must do more to warn them and strengthen banking protections so they can retire safely. In the U.S. Senate, I would strengthen the Federal Trade Commission and prosecutors who will protect older consumers from thieves looking to rip them off.Candidate questionnaire, September 1, 2026
Supported protecting or expanding abortion access
I will push to restore the freedoms that Dobbs stripped away and stand firmly against further attempts to restrict reproductive health care access.Campaign email, June 24, 2026
I will push to restore the freedoms that Dobbs stripped away and stand firmly against further attempts to restrict reproductive health care access. As Governor, I fought for reproductive rights and as Senator, I will do the same.Campaign email, June 24, 2026
After Dobbs, it was up to the states to determine whether women could safely receive reproductive health care, and I worked hard in North Carolina to blunt the oppressive Republican anti abortion legislation.Campaign email, June 24, 2026
I signed an Executive Order that protected doctors, nurses and their patients. We directed the North Carolina Department of Public Safety to work with law enforcement and ensure that health care facilities remained safe and accessible places of care.Campaign email, June 24, 2026
As Senator, I’ll fight to keep politicians out of the exam room so these decisions can be made between a woman and her doctor.Campaign press release, January 22, 2026
Removing barriers to abortion care
I signed an Executive Order that protected doctors, nurses and their patients. We directed the North Carolina Department of Public Safety to work with law enforcement and ensure that health care facilities remained safe and accessible places of care.Campaign email, June 24, 2026
Restoring nationwide abortion rights
I will push to restore the freedoms that Dobbs stripped away and stand firmly against further attempts to restrict reproductive health care access.Campaign email, June 24, 2026
I will push to restore the freedoms that Dobbs stripped away and stand firmly against further attempts to restrict reproductive health care access. As Governor, I fought for reproductive rights and as Senator, I will do the same.Campaign email, June 24, 2026
Restoring Roe's protections
I will push to restore the freedoms that Dobbs stripped away and stand firmly against further attempts to restrict reproductive health care access.Campaign email, June 24, 2026
Expanding clean energy
Well, while I was governor, we worked very hard to bring all kinds of industries to our state. Advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, clean energy. I would want to continue those efforts.Video, October 28, 2026
Reducing climate pollution
I got a Republican legislature to pass a law to get us to carbon zero in our power sector by 2050.Campaign email, June 22, 2026
Supported stronger rights and safeguards in immigration enforcement
ICE officers should have to obey by the same rules and have the same training that local and state law enforcement have. And it definitely needs to be reformed because what is happening is wrong and and we have to fix it.Video, October 14, 2026
It seems to me reasonable that officers who work with ICE should have the same requirements that state, local and federal law enforcement officers should have. And I think that that is something that we need to do.Video, July 17, 2026
at the very least, ICE officers should have to obey by the same rules and have the same training that local and state law enforcement have. And it definitely needs to be reformed because what is happening is wrong and and we have to fix it.Video, October 14, 2026
Americans deserve answers and any additional funding for these ICE operations must come with immediate reforms that stop this chaos and keep people safe.News story, January 26, 2026
we've got to be humane in in the way we're dealing with people, but we also need to have a system where they can have a fair hearing about their legal status uh in in the United States.Video, October 14, 2026
You know, at the very least, ICE officers should have to obey by the same rules and have the same training that local and state law enforcement have.Video, October 14, 2026
Due-process protections
we've got to be humane in in the way we're dealing with people, but we also need to have a system where they can have a fair hearing about their legal status uh in in the United States.Video, October 14, 2026
Stronger enforcement accountability
ICE officers should have to obey by the same rules and have the same training that local and state law enforcement have. And it definitely needs to be reformed because what is happening is wrong and and we have to fix it.Video, October 14, 2026
It seems to me reasonable that officers who work with ICE should have the same requirements that state, local and federal law enforcement officers should have. And I think that that is something that we need to do.Video, July 17, 2026
at the very least, ICE officers should have to obey by the same rules and have the same training that local and state law enforcement have. And it definitely needs to be reformed because what is happening is wrong and and we have to fix it.Video, October 14, 2026
Americans deserve answers and any additional funding for these ICE operations must come with immediate reforms that stop this chaos and keep people safe.News story, January 26, 2026
You know, at the very least, ICE officers should have to obey by the same rules and have the same training that local and state law enforcement have.Video, October 14, 2026
Supported stronger checks on executive power
we need to take back our constitutional authority on trade and tariffs. We need to take back our constitutional authority on declaration of war. We need to take back our constitutional authority on budgetary matters.Video, May 14, 2026
[My plan] involves taking back the constitutional authority of Congress and rolling back these chaotic tariffs that we know are costing everyday people and small businesses.News article, October 5, 2026
I would like to go to Washington to work with Republicans to try to take back uh that constitutional authority, for example, on trade and tariffs, on declaration of war, on spending money in the budget that hadn't been appropriated by Congress.Video, February 24, 2026
the executive has run rough shot taken back the the constitutional authority on declaration of war on trade and tariffs on budgetary matters and I think that that's what these midterms gives the people an opportunity to do is to restore those checks and balancesVideo, October 14, 2026
Budgetary matters, the executive branch is spending money that come from Congress never authorized and they're refusing to invest money that has been appropriated. That's got to stop.Video, October 17, 2026
The legislature is supposed to be a check on the Executive in Washington. That’s not happening now.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
I think the last two years of this president's term, there will be some Republican senators, particularly those who have gotten reelected, who are ready to bring back the checks and balances that the framers of the Constitution intended, who may very well work with us to take the authority back on trade and tariffs.Video, October 28, 2026
Banning partisan gerrymandering
We need to overturn Citizens United. We need to get rid of extreme partisan gerrymandering.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
Citizens United, extreme partisan gerrymandering, I think those two uh evils are are are wrong for our republic, wrong for our democracy, and we need to fix them in some way. I'm first in line to find a way to to eliminate those two problemsVideo, July 27, 2026
I'm going to be first in line to try to find a way to overturn Citizens United and extreme partisan gerrymandering.Video, October 14, 2026
I'm going to be for anti-corruption efforts. I mean, we need to overturn Citizens United. We need to get rid of extreme partisan gerrymandering.Video, August 4, 2026
We need to get rid of extreme partisan gerrymandering.Campaign email, August 5, 2026
Supported strengthening voting rights
51 votes to strengthen voting rights and protect our democracy.Campaign email, September 20, 2026
Opposed war with Iran or called for ending it
Take on utility companies jacking up your rates and work to stop this war and big oil companies driving up gas prices.Campaign website, October 13, 2026
I think the number one thing we have to do is to end this war in Iran.Video, September 25, 2026
We need to pass legislation that restores funding for health care subsidies, that provides for child tax credit, that tries to end this war in Iran and rolls back the tariffsVideo, October 14, 2026
we want to find a way to end this war in Iran. We want to try to restore health care subsidies. We think child care tax credits are important.Video, October 8, 2026
We’ve got to find a way to end this war in IranNews story, October 5, 2026
We need to end this war in Iran.News article, September 19, 2026
The military families are feeling it back home. We've got to find a way to end this war in in Iran.Video, October 8, 2026
instead of this payout to Putin, what he ought to be doing is removing these chaotic tariffs that are costing people, finding a way to end this war in Iran that's costing American lives, and at the same time driving up the cost of diesel and and gas here at home.Video, October 14, 2026
We want to roll back these tariffs, we want to end the war in Iran, and we want to put healthcare back in place for peopleNews story, September 21, 2026
And I'm running for farmers like Pender who are having to deal with higher diesel costs because of this war in Iran that has no strategy and no ending. It needs to end. This war in Iran needs to end.Video, October 25, 2026
We know we need to end this war in Iran because it is driving up gas prices and people know that.News story, September 27, 2026
about our plans -- to make stuff cost less and you can go to Roy Cooper.com and read all the details that you want about our efforts to -- make sure we roll -- back these tariffs, -- try to end -- the Iran. War, -- try -- to -- secure -- and save healthcare.Video, September 2, 2026
We've got to end the war in Iran.Video, October 21, 2026
Work to end these chaotic tariffs, work to end this war in Iran, work to restore health care, work to provide childcare tax credits for people, work to keep insurance companies from making decisions that block payments for care that a doctor says you need.News story, October 24, 2026
American service members have died and prices have gone through the roof for working people here in Wayne County and all across the state because of this reckless war with Iran – our service members, veterans and their families deserve betterCampaign press release, September 10, 2026
I believe that there will be enough of them for us to pull together to push this president to find an end to the Iran war, which will help us with this $40 trillion federal deficit, and will also help reduce costs to peopleNews story, October 27, 2026
to push this president to find an end to the Iran war, which will help us with this $40 trillion federal deficit, and will also help reduce costs to people.Video, October 28, 2026
It's Iran war. We haven't gotten anything that we set out to get, which I'm not sure what their strategy was here and that it needs to end.Video, September 17, 2026
are ready to stop these tax breaks for the very wealthiest and the billionaires and the corporations and to end this war in Iran that's costing billions of dollarsVideo, October 22, 2026
we can come together and find a way to end this war in Iran that will immediately provide relief for people with gas and diesel pricesVideo, September 25, 2026
Called for a specific diplomatic step or civilian protections
I pray for the return of all of the hostages, an end to the war, a surge of humanitarian aid, security for Israel and long term peace.Bluesky, October 9, 2025
Our prayers have been answered. Keith Siegel, Chapel Hill native, is finally home after 15 months being held hostage by Hamas. As we celebrate his release, we need the same for the remaining hostages and a continuing cease fire to put an end to this war.Post on X, February 1, 2025