Earlier this month, former Congressman Wiley Nickel became the first Democrat to officially launch a campaign in North Carolina’s 2026 U.S. Senate race. He’s an attorney and former Barack ...

The Lumbee have long looked to Congress as the path to full federal recognition, with bills going before lawmakers 30 times.

Less than a year until primaries, more than 17 months until 2026 Election Day, Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is far and ...

As this week’s deadline looms for a report ordered by President Donald Trump, many Lumbee people believe the federal government is on the cusp of righting a wrong Congress made 69 years ago.

Our initial list of the Senate’s most vulnerable incumbents for the 2026 cycle is shorter than usual following a string of ...

Only Edwards and Rep. Virginia Foxx, who also represents Western North Carolina, opposed it. Then-Reps. Patrick McHenry and Wiley Nickel did not vote. Among five new Republican members elected ...

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina announced on Wednesday his candidacy to try to unseat Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026, saying a "fighter for what's right for our state" is ...

Former Congressman Wiley Nickel announced Wednesday that he will ... After serving two terms in the North Carolina State Senate, Nickel ran for Congress in 2022 and won. He later announced he ...

With the 2026 midterms fast approaching and a new round of redistricting just a few years away after the 2030 Census, North Carolina ... Democrat Wiley Nickel, a former U.S. representative from ...