Former North Carolina Rep. Wiley Nickel dropped his Senate campaign Tuesday, one day after former Gov. Roy Cooper, a fellow Democrat, launched his bid for the open seat. “Today, I’m suspending my campaign for Senate and proudly endorsing Roy Cooper,

Former Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.) is ending his campaign for North Carolina’s Senate seat and endorsing former Gov. Roy Cooper (D), a day after Cooper launched his much-anticipated bid. Nickel said in a statement Tuesday on the social platform X that working alongside Cooper while he served in the state Senate and in Congress

The former congressman from Cary faced an uphill Democratic primary against former Gov. Roy Cooper, whom Wiley is expected to endorse.