Policy Positions
Positions as of June 6, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Climate(2)
Supports banning utility companies from disconnecting power during dangerous heat and cold to protect families during extreme weather.
"Ban utility companies from disconnecting power during dangerous heat and cold to keep families safe during periods of extreme weather."
Supports encouraging large tech companies to build their own energy sources to reduce utility costs for consumers.
"Reduce utility costs for consumers by working to encourage large tech companies to build their own energy sources."
Criminal Justice(1)
Has a record of strengthening law enforcement and overseeing a sharp decrease in crime during his tenure as Attorney General.
"Cooper entered public service after being elected to the legislature, where he worked to raise teacher pay and strengthen law enforcement... He oversaw a sharp decrease in crime."
Economy(11)
Supports expanding the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to support working families.
"Expand the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to support working families and put money back in people's pockets."
Supports ending tariffs on building materials like lumber, aluminum, and steel that drive up housing construction costs.
"End Tariffs Driving Up Prices for Building Materials. End the chaotic trade wars that have driven up the costs of construction materials like lumber, aluminum and steel, adding thousands of dollars to the cost of building a home."
Opposes tariffs that drive up costs for farmers and consumers, calling for an end to chaotic trade wars.
"Support Our Farmers and Stop Chaotic Tariffs: Tariffs drive up costs on farmers who have to pass the costs along to restaurants, groceries stores and hardworking North Carolinians."
Opposes the use of algorithms by grocery companies to coordinate prices and supply information, and supports making this practice illegal.
"Make it illegal for food producers to reduce competition to increase prices using digital tools to collude: Stop companies from using algorithms to coordinate prices and supply information to drive up the cost."
Supports employer tax credits to incentivize businesses to provide on-site child care or child care subsidies for employees.
"Encourage employers to help employees with child care by providing employer tax credits for on-site child care or employee child care subsidies."
Supports cracking down on pharmacy benefit managers that put small-town pharmacists out of business.
"Crack down on pharmacy benefit managers and their middlemen who put small town pharmacists out of business and pocket savings instead of passing them along to patients."
Supports investing in apprenticeships and better wages for child care workers to grow and support the child care workforce.
"Grow and support the child care workforce. Increase the quality and supply of childcare by investing in apprenticeships for child care workers and paying better wages."
Supports modernizing the energy grid to create good-paying jobs and lower costs for families.
"Modernize our energy grid to lower energy costs for consumers. Too much of our grid is old and inefficient. By modernizing parts of it we can increase reliability, create good-paying jobs and lower costs for families."
Cooper has a record of representing and protecting small businesses, including fighting predatory lenders and scammers as Attorney General.
"fought for consumers by putting scammers and predatory lenders out of business and standing up to the drug companies and big banks, getting billions of dollars back to North Carolinians."
Has a history of representing and protecting small businesses, both as a practicing attorney and as Attorney General fighting scammers and predatory lenders.
"He represented everyday people and small businesses while practicing law in Rocky Mount, North Carolina... fought for consumers by putting scammers and predatory lenders out of business and standing up to the drug companies and big banks, getting billions of dollars back to North Carolinians."
Cooper suggests the biggest corporations have accumulated excessive wealth at the expense of ordinary Americans, implying support for reining in corporate power or increasing taxes on corporations.
"Meanwhile, the biggest corporations and the richest Americans have grabbed unimaginable wealth at your expense. I'm running for Senate because it's time for that to change."
Education(4)
Cooper worked to raise teacher pay during his time in the legislature.
"he worked to raise teacher pay and strengthen law enforcement"
Has a record of working to raise teacher pay, dating back to his time in the state legislature.
"Cooper entered public service after being elected to the legislature, where he worked to raise teacher pay and strengthen law enforcement, and wrote North Carolina's first children's health insurance initiative."
Supports boosting public education funding, with a personal background tied to public schools and a career record of working to raise teacher pay.
"He also focused on boosting public education, tackling the opioid crisis, revitalizing rural communities and making sure North Carolinians have the training to fill the better-paying jobs that require new skills."
Cooper has a deep commitment to public education, working to raise teacher pay and boost public school funding throughout his career.
"He also focused on boosting public education"
Healthcare(9)
Supports reinstating ACA tax credits and reversing Medicaid cuts to lower premiums and expand coverage.
"Reverse cuts that leave people without health insurance or unable to afford the coverage they have. North Carolina saw the largest drop of any state in Affordable Care Act enrollment. Reinstate the ACA tax credits and reverse Medicaid cuts."
Supports requiring Medicare to broaden drug price negotiations and capping annual prescription drug out-of-pocket costs for consumers.
"Require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable."
Supports requiring Medicare to negotiate with drug makers more broadly and capping annual out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for consumers.
"Require Medicare to broaden negotiations with drug makers to make more prescription medicines affordable. Cap annual prescription drug out-of-pocket costs for consumers."
Supports capping annual prescription drug out-of-pocket costs for consumers.
"Cap annual prescription drug out-of-pocket costs for consumers."
Supported and achieved Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, resulting in health care coverage for over 650,000 residents.
"He succeeded in getting a bipartisan agreement to expand Medicaid, which in early 2025 has already brought health care to more than 650,000 North Carolinians."
Supports reversing Medicaid cuts and broadening Medicare's authority to negotiate prescription drug prices.
"Reinstate the ACA tax credits and reverse Medicaid cuts. This will help lower costs for everyone's premiums, including people who get their health insurance through an employer."
Supports expanding Medicaid coverage and reversing Medicaid cuts that leave people without health insurance.
"As Governor, Roy Cooper was able to bring Democrats and Republicans together to make real progress on health care, expanding Medicaid and helping hundreds of thousands of working North Carolinians get access to health insurance."
Supports mandating hospitals auto-enroll eligible patients in charity care and preventing medical debt by lowering drug and medical costs for all.
"Prevent medical debt by mandating hospitals auto enroll in charity care, lowering drug and medical costs for all."
Enacted a plan to incentivize hospitals to relieve medical debt and prevent new medical debt for millions of North Carolinians, indicating support for broader healthcare coverage initiatives.
"He enacted a plan to incentivize hospitals to relieve more than $4 billion of existing medical debt for 2 million eligible North Carolinians and prevent new debt."