Political future of Roy Cooper

[Tekken_Guy]

What is Roy Cooper’s political future after he is termed out of the governorship in 2025?

[One Term Floridian]

I sure hope he runs for Senate and then president

[NewYorkExpress]

Passes on the Senate race in 2026 (he'd probably lose, unless it's an open seat and a Republican midterm), in favor of a Presidential bid in 2028.

[JMT]

It’s possible he just retires; he’ll be in his late 60’s when he completes his current term as Governor.

[President Johnson]

He'd be a strong vice presidential candidate for Kamala Harris, especially in 2024 should Biden not run.

[MillennialModerate]

I hope he runs for the Senate. I think he’d win

[Sir Mohamed]

Tbh, I think he'll just serve out his term and gov and that's it. Might go for senate in 2026, but he's not a shoe-in, especially in a Dem midterm. For sure he'd be a good VP for Harris, I just don't think he'll be chosen in 2024, let alone 2028.

[Suburbia]

Tbh, I think he'll just serve out his term and gov and that's it. Might go for senate in 2026, but he's not a shoe-in, especially in a Dem midterm. For sure he'd be a good VP for Harris, I just don't think he'll be chosen in 2024, let alone 2028.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Roy Cooper will never win a national-level election for the same reasons AOC will never win a national-level election. A Roy Cooper presidential nomination is also begging for almost any Republican to be elected.

[DaleCooper]

He'd be a great candidate to challenge Tillis in a Republican midterm.

[GALeftist]

Roy Cooper will never win a national-level election for the same reasons AOC will never win a national-level election. A Roy Cooper presidential nomination is also begging for almost any Republican to be elected.

So true! Roy Cooper is such a radical leftist.

[Tekken_Guy]

He'd be a great candidate to challenge Tillis in a Republican midterm.

He'd have a good chance in a Democratic midterm as well, like an inverse Rick Scott.

[lfromnj]

If Mark Robinson wasn't lt gov he might just beg Biden for an admin role after 2022 with GOP supermajorities .

[Xing]

He might challenge Tillis in 2026 (and would be favored in a Republican midterm), but considering his age, I’m not sure that’s a given.

[Del Tachi]

He probably finishes his tenure as governor and retires.  Democrats' recent record in the governor-to-senate pipeline in purplish/R leaning states has been quite abysmal as of late (i.e., Bayh, Bredesen, Bullock, etc.)   

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

Vice presidential candidate

[Gracile]

Cooper doesn't strike me as someone who would seek higher office either in the Senate or on a presidential ticket. Given his age and long tenure in state office, he would probably just retire at the end of his term.

[Orwell]

He probably finishes his tenure as governor and retires.  Democrats' recent record in the governor-to-senate pipeline in purplish/R leaning states has been quite abysmal as of late (i.e., Bayh, Bredesen, Bullock, etc.)   

None of those are quite comparable to North Carolina, also Bayh was a successful 2 term Senator but retired prior to 2004.

[THG]

He's likely not running for anything after he finishes his term as governor.