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Roy Cooper: “I’m not going to Washington to be something, I’m going to Washington to do something.”

On the recordNovember 4, 2026
I’m not going to Washington to be something, I’m going to Washington to do something.
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Roy Cooper
Democratic · North Carolina

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Cooper speaks on his election victory.

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