According to CoinMeta, and as reported by American media, on November 3 local time, Roy Cooper, a former Democratic governor of North Carolina, defeated Republican candidate Michael Watley, who received support from U.S. President Donald Trump, in the federal Senate elections, securing a key Senate seat for the Democrats. Cooper's victory broke the Republicans' 18-year streak of consecutive wins in North Carolina's federal Senate elections, making him the first Democrat to win a federal Senate election in that state in 18 years.