北卡罗来纳州参议员选举：美联社宣布库珀当选，民主党夺回一席
美联社（Associated Press）11月3日晚宣布，民主党候选人 Roy Cooper（库珀）赢得北卡罗来纳州联邦参议员选举，击败共和党候选人 Michael Whatley（沃特利），当选联邦参议员。这一席位原由共和党参议员 Thom Tillis 持有，Tillis 本届退休不连任，库珀获胜使民主党从共和党手中夺回该席。
美联社在美东时间晚 8 时 23 分许作出宣布。截至美联社最新计票，北卡罗来纳州已报告 1,488 个选区、占全州 2,626 个选区的 56.66%，估计已计入约 83.84% 的总票数；库珀得 2,011,031 票，沃特利得 1,287,081 票，另有自由党与绿党候选人参选、得票占比低。计票仍在继续，票数为非官方数字，最终结果以州选举委员会认证为准。
库珀曾任北卡罗来纳州州长两届（2017 年至 2025 年），此前还曾任州司法部长。沃特利曾任共和党全国委员会主席，本次代表共和党参选。北卡罗来纳州是本届中期选举参议院控制权争夺的重点州之一，此席为民主党在本届选举中夺回的首个共和党参议员席位。
北卡罗来纳州首府为 Raleigh，参议员选举与州长、联邦众议员选举同日在全州举行。
（来源：美联社）
North Carolina Senate Election: AP Projects Cooper Wins, Flipping Seat for Democrats
The Associated Press projected on the evening of November 3 that Democratic candidate Roy Cooper has won North Carolina's U.S. Senate race, defeating Republican Michael Whatley. The seat was held by Republican Senator Thom Tillis, who is retiring, so Cooper's victory flips it to the Democrats.
The AP called the race at about 8:23 p.m. Eastern. In the AP's latest count, 1,488 of North Carolina's 2,626 precincts had reported, or 56.66%, with an estimated 83.84% of the total vote counted; Cooper had 2,011,031 votes to Whatley's 1,287,081, with Libertarian and Green candidates also on the ballot at low shares. Counting is continuing; the figures are unofficial and final results are subject to certification by the state board of elections.
Cooper served two terms as governor of North Carolina, from 2017 to 2025, and previously as state attorney general. Whatley, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, was the Republican nominee. North Carolina was one of the key battlegrounds in this year's fight for control of the U.S. Senate, and this was the Democrats' first pickup of a Republican-held Senate seat in this election.
The Senate race was held statewide on the same day as the governor's and U.S. House elections, with Raleigh as the state capital.
Related: North Carolina Senate Race in National Spotlight: Cooper Faces Whatley
(Source: Associated Press)
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图片来源：图：位于 Raleigh 的北卡罗来纳州议会大厦（资料图）。照片：Daderot，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh (file photo). Photo by Daderot, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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