NC-SEN: Cooper says campaign finance ruling will affect his race more than others

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) raised concerns on Monday that the Supreme Court’s campaign finance decision last week could have an outsized impact on his Senate race against former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley.

The former Democratic governor criticized the high court’s ruling as the “worst campaign finance decision since Citizens United” in an interview with MS NOW’s Chris Hayes.

“Probably it will affect my race more than any others in that it empowers political parties, it empowers wealthy people,” he said. “And my opponent, Michael Whatley, was the chairman of the RNC, so he has access to all of that.”

The court sided with Vice President Vance on June 30 to eliminate federal limits on how much individual candidates can coordinate their spending with national political parties.



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