Categories: North Carolina News

Former Rep. Wiley Nickel talks race for Senate without Thom Tillis

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Now that Senator Thom Tillis is no longer running to be reelected in 2026, there is a lot of speculation about who will end up on the Republican side of the ballot.

Democrats want to turn the North Carolina seat blue and see Tillis’s retirement as an opportunity.

For around eighteen months, former Democratic congressman Wiley Nickel has been raising money and traveling the state, running specifically against Senator Tillis. But the game has now changed.

CBS 17’s Russ Bowen spoke with Nickel about the Tillis announcement, its impact on the race, the possibility of Laura Trump and former governor Roy Cooper entering the race and how the Big Beautiful Bill will factor into the campaign.

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