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Michael Whatley
American politician and lawyer
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA
Races
- 2026 · U.S. Senate, NC · General · Republican · on the ballot
Background
Michael David Whatley is an American politician and lawyer who was chair of the Republican National Committee from 2024 to 2025. He previously served as chair of the North Carolina Republican Party from 2019 to 2024.
In the news
- The most vulnerable senators of 2026, about a month out from Election Day
- GOP doubts about Georgia and North Carolina have Republicans shifting focus in battle for Senate
- New polls have Democrats thinking big on Senate
- Republicans say Democrats are extremists. These Democrats want to convince voters that's not true
- Cooper holds 11-point lead over Whatley in North Carolina Senate race: Poll
- Republicans dump cash into red states as they try to hold the line against Democrats in the midterms
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Campaign finance
As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Portrait — Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whatley
- Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124450754
- Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6NC00415/
- photo_gallery — https://www.michaelwhatley.com/about/
- photo_gallery — https://www.michaelwhatley.com/about/
- photo_gallery — https://www.michaelwhatley.com/
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