RNC chairman Michael Whatley is expected to run for an open Senate seat in North Carolina next year. Politico was the first to report that Whatley has decided to run for the seat soon to be vacated by Republican Thom Tillis [R-NC] and that he did so after President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump decided not to.run. Whatley enjoys the full support of President Trump. Whatley is expected to square off against popular former Democrat Governor Roy Copper. Both men are expected to make their candidacies offical in the next several days.