Tying It Together with Tim Boyum
Oct 7, 2026 · 46 min · 12 segments
On this week's show, Roy Cooper's top consultant joins a month out from the election to talk about the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate's campaign. Cooper faces off against Republican Michael Whatley…
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Tim BoyumHostGeorge MartinHost
And I, it keep, people keep asking me nationally, like, uh, "Is this race over?" And all I can think about is this probably just makes you more nervous.
And I go back to 2016 when in public polls, Cooper was leading in the 1st of October by 12 points over Pat McCrory, and we won by 10,000 votes.
Uh, and in, uh, 2020 in the reelect, uh, some of the public polls had him up 14, 15, 19 points on Dan Forest, we won by three and a half.
But at the same time, North Carolina's still a tough state where you win and lose on the margins.
And I, I'll tell you, the governor's perspective is this, is first of all, I, he's run every race in his career like he's 10 points down.
And I, it keep, people keep asking me nationally, like, uh, "Is this race over?" And all I can think about is this probably just makes you more nervous.
And I go back to 2016 when in public polls, Cooper was leading in the 1st of October by 12 points over Pat McCrory, and we won by 10,000 votes.
Uh, and in, uh, 2020 in the reelect, uh, some of the public polls had him up 14, 15, 19 points on Dan Forest, we won by three and a half.
But at the same time, North Carolina's still a tough state where you win and lose on the margins.
And I, I'll tell you, the governor's perspective is this, is first of all, I, he's run every race in his career like he's 10 points down.
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