The following is a transcript of an interview with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Sept. 8, 2024.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, could cement North Carolina as a conservative state if he wins. Democrats hope his incendiary style moves swing voters to their candidate, Josh Stein.

A Democratic group has released new audio of North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is running for governor, saying that he wants to get abortion restrictions down to “zero” weeks.

The start of voting in North Carolina, which was scheduled to begin Friday with the mailing of absentee ballots, will be further delayed to let legal proceedings play out after an appeals court ordered the state to remove former independent presidential candidate Robert F.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A North Carolina appeals court on Friday ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name must be taken off state ballots for president, upending plans in the battleground state just as officials were about to begin mailing out the nation's first absentee ballots for the Nov. 5 presidential election.

Kennedy's efforts to get taken off the ballot to boost Donald Trump's chances of winning could substantially delay mail-in voting in North Carolina.

An appeals court judge has halted the start of the early voting process in North Carolina, ordering mail-in ballots to not be disseminated as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues his appeal to remove his name from the ballot -- an effort to support former President Donald Trump's efforts to win the state.

The first ballots in the nation are scheduled to start going out Friday in North Carolina, but that could be delayed after a judge ordered a temporary pause to ballot distribution.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — State Rep. Kelly Alexander Jr., a scion of an influential civil rights family in North Carolina who advocated for legalizing medical cannabis, died Friday. He was 75.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge refused to take Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name off presidential ballots in the battleground state on Thursday, a day before the first batches of November absentee ballots are slated to be sent to registered voters who requested them.

Judges in North Carolina and Michigan on Friday ordered both states to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from their ballots before sending them out to voters.