Rep. Ted Budd won North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race without much running.
The Republican congressman finished ahead of Democrat Cheri Beasley by coasting to the GOP nomination on President Donald Trump’s endorsement and riding through the general election on worries about inflation and crime that turned many voters toward Republicans.
The unspoken motto of Budd’s campaign was: Don’t screw this up. It wasn’t an inspiring approach, but it seems to have worked.
