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Published Oct 26, 2026, 10:02 AM Central · This version Oct 26, 2026, 10:02 AM Central · As of 2026-10-26
New North Carolina Senate notices list $24,500 and $10,000—not whole campaign totals
Two October 25 notices list $24,500 for Roy Cooper’s committee and $10,000 for Michael Whatley’s. These limited receipt lists help voters inspect campaign support; they cannot rank the four candidates’ overall resources. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Use FEC’s Form 6 guide to read last-minute notices without double-counting →North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates.
- 14 source records
- Federal Election Commission
- North Carolina State Board of Elections
- United States Senate
Still open: The selected notices are not complete fundraising totals, and no total-resource ranking is supported. All open questions ↓
Reporting question · As of 2026-10-26
The question: What do the newest North Carolina Senate notices actually disclose?
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates.
October 25, 2026 notices; listed receipts October 23 · US dollars listed
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates.
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Understand the story.
New disclosures, earlier receipts
NTDS read both new October 25 notices: nine listed receipts for Cooper’s committee and five for Whatley’s, all dated October 23. Their sums describe those documents alone. Different page counts or later retrieval times cannot establish a fundraising lead. [1] [2]
Why a notice is only a slice
A Form 6 flags qualifying last-minute receipts, not cash on hand or every contribution. FEC guidance sets a $1,000 threshold and a specific pre-election window. The receipts appear again in regular reports, so adding both would double-count them. [3]
Give every ballot candidate the same check
The official ballot also lists Green candidate Michael Dublin and Libertarian Shannon W. Bray. Matched FEC searches found no October 24–25 notice for Dublin’s identified committee and no returned 2026 filings for Bray’s two identified committees. Neither result proves zero funding. [4]
The power behind the paperwork
North Carolina chooses a federal senator who will vote on legislation and nominations and participate in treaty decisions. These disclosures establish neither donor influence nor a winner. Use the FEC guidance to inspect the records; compare later regular reports under matching periods. [3] [5]
How we know5 scoped claims · 14 source recordsView evidence
Each claim keeps its full assertion, date, source passage and limits. Source counts describe records, not independent corroboration.
1.Cooper notice subsetAttributed
Cooper for North Carolina lists nine October 23 receipts totalling $24,500 in its October 25 Form 6 notice.
- Scope
- North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates.
- Evidence passage
- October 25 Form 6, image 202610259945202181, pages 1–2, date and amount columns; notice-arithmetic.json.
- As of
- 2026-10-26
- Limit
- Sum of nine listed rows only; not all October 23 contributions or total fundraising.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:06:49.987Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
2.Whatley notice subsetAttributed
Whatley for Senate lists five October 23 receipts totalling $10,000 in its October 25 Form 6 notice.
- Scope
- North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates.
- Evidence passage
- October 25 Form 6, image 202610259945202172, page 1, date and amount columns; notice-arithmetic.json.
- As of
- 2026-10-26
- Limit
- Same notice-date selection as Cooper; no inference about total campaign resources.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:06:49.996Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
3.Threshold and later reportingSupported
FEC guidance requires qualifying candidate committees to notify receipts of $1,000 or more during the less-than-20-days, more-than-48-hours pre-election period, and itemize them again in the next regular report.
- Scope
- North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates.
- Evidence passage
- 48-Hour Notices, opening two paragraphs and Note distinguishing Form 5.
- As of
- 2026-10-26
- Limit
- Threshold-based notifications are incomplete fundraising snapshots; do not double-count later itemization.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:03:04.184Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
4.Four candidates, matched searchSupported
The state general-election roster lists Michael Dublin, Roy Cooper, Shannon W. Bray and Michael Whatley. FEC searches found the two October 25 notices, no October 24–25 notice in Dublin committee C00857912’s returned 2026 filings, and no returned 2026 filings for the two identified Bray committees.
- Scope
- North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates.
- Evidence passage
- NCSBE candidate list, US SENATE, page 1 (generated October 13); FEC API results/principal_committees and results/form_type, receipt_date, file_number.
- As of
- 2026-10-26
- Limit
- Database search scope through this capture; absent filings do not mean zero money or wrongdoing. FEC registration alone does not establish ballot status.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:03:04.127Z · North Carolina State Board of Elections
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:06:50.291Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:06:50.491Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:06:50.390Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:06:50.444Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:04:11.527Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:04:11.536Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:09:29.266Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:04:11.460Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:04:11.611Z · Federal Election Commission
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
5.Federal powerSupported
The Senate votes on legislation and nominations and considers treaties; a North Carolina senator contributes one vote to those collective decisions.
- Scope
- North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates.
- Evidence passage
- Senate Powers and Procedures: Nominations, Treaties, Senate Rules and Voting.
- As of
- 2026-10-26
- Limit
- A senator cannot alone enact a law, change a household bill or determine chamber control.
Retrieved 2026-10-26T14:04:10.891Z · United States Senate
North Carolina U.S. Senate: two Form 6 notices filed October 25, 2026, listing October 23 receipts. Amounts cover only these notices, not daily or campaign totals, cash, outside spending or a race forecast. Verified general ballot has four candidates. Byte capture verifies the retained record, not its truth or completeness.
What remains open.
- The selected notices are not complete fundraising totals, and no total-resource ranking is supported.
- The returned search records do not establish zero contributions for Bray or Dublin; later filings or amended records may change the comparison.
- This finance account does not compare candidate policy platforms or calculate chamber-control odds.
A corrected original, material new record, amendment, changed service availability or contrary evidence affecting these claims would reopen the account. Preserve this version and date any material revision.
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