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North Carolina Senate Race Campaigns

8 articles from 5 outlets First seen: September 16, 2026
Outlets: 1 left · 1 center · 2 right · 1 unclassified · Earliest publisher-stamped report: New York Post

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Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday, imploring North Carolina voters to 'pretend I’m on the ticket' and 'crush the communists' in the November elections at a rally in support of the Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley.
Guardian — US — no other outlet we ingested carried this
Trump claimed the battleground state during his three presidential runs.
The Hill — no other outlet we ingested carried this
A recent Elon University poll shows the Democrat, former Governor Roy Cooper, with a double-digit lead over Whatley.
PBS NewsHour — no other outlet we ingested carried this

Framing spectrum · 5 outlets

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Range 4–33/100 (Wire-neutral → Mainstream) Average 21 Articles by lean: 1 left · 2 center · 4 right · 1 unclassified

Coverage patterns

Earliest report in our feed set (publisher timestamps): New York Post (right), Sep 16, 05:21 UTC.

Lean Outlets Articles Who
Left 1 1 Guardian
Center 1 2 The Hill
Right 2 4 New York Post, Washington Examiner
Unclassified 1 1 PBS NewsHour
Report-by-report timeline · 8

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