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October 26, 2026 · Website
ICYMI: Roy Cooper Hosts “Make Stuff Cost Less” Events in Greensboro and Durham During Early Voting
Roy Cooper: “I truly believe that our best days are ahead of us if we continue to work for it … and one way to work for it is to make sure we vote.”
RALEIGH – This past weekend, Roy Cooper hosted “Make Stuff Cost Less” events in Greensboro and Durham to encourage voters to get to the polls and make their voices heard, and to share his plans to make stuff cost less for working North Carolinians in the U.S. Senate.
WXII: Roy Cooper Hosts Early Vote Event in Greensboro

- Anchor: “The former Governor continued to drive his affordability message, pointing specifically to the financial struggles of working families and young voters like those who joined him outside the Barber Park early voting site.”
- “We’re going to work hard to make stuff cost less when I get to Washington,” Cooper said. “Work to end these chaotic tariffs, work to end this war in Iran, work to restore health care, work to provide childcare tax credits for people, work to keep insurance companies from making decisions that block payments for care that a doctor says you need.”
WGHP: North Carolina candidate for U.S. Senate Roy Cooper makes campaign stop in Greensboro
Jim Sands
- About 50 people were in attendance, including many students from UNC Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University.
- The former North Carolina Governor’s main hallmarks discussed on Saturday centered around his Make Stuff Cost Less platform.
- This includes lowering the cost of food and groceries, energy, and housing while making health care and childcare affordable.
- “I will put the people first. I’ll put the people before politics, before party, before power. Finally, as I like to tell people, I am a prisoner of hope. I truly believe that our best days are ahead of us if we continue to work for it … and one way to work for it is to make sure we vote,” Cooper said.
WTVD: Roy Cooper Hosts “Make Stuff Cost Less” Canvass Launch in Durham

- Anchor: “Roy Cooper worked the crowd in Durham this weekend. New video from yesterday’s “Make Stuff Cost Less” event, where the Democrat pitched his plan to ease the squeeze on North Carolina wallets.
WFMY: Roy Cooper Hosts Early Vote Event in Greensboro

- Roy Cooper: “If you care about [rising costs], you should come and vote for me for the United States Senate because my opponent supports the war in Iran. He supports these chaotic tariffs. He supports taking people’s health care away. I’m going to support making sure that we provide health care to as many people as possible.”
WXII: Roy Cooper speaks with voters in Greensboro with one week of early voting left in North Carolina
Kelly Kendall
- Democratic candidate Roy Cooper spent time in Greensboro on Saturday morning, meeting with voters and emphasizing his affordability message. Speaking to working families and young voters outside the Barber Park early voting site, the former governor outlined his priorities.
- “This election probably is — more than any election that I have seen — is going to affect people’s everyday lives more, because there’s hardly been a bigger difference between candidates than right now,” Cooper said.
WRAL: Roy Cooper Hosts “Make Stuff Cost Less” Canvass Launch in Durham

- Anchor: “Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper is on the campaign trail in the Triangle. He was in Durham yesterday talking about his plan for the economy. He brought his make stuff cost less event to town, and he was explaining his plans to lower everyday costs for North Carolinians.”
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