RALEIGH, N.C. — Recent polling results seem to be putting Democrats on notice that Rep. Ted Budd has enough support to pull off a win in the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina.
The Republican congressman faces off against Cheri Beasley, North Carolina’s former state Supreme Court chief justice, to replace Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican retiring at the end of his term that expires this year.
Democrats desperately want the Senate’s majority, and Beasley’s win would be historic for North Carolina as she would be the first African American elected to the seat. But North Carolina hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 2008, and it’s a purple state with unaffiliated voters making up its largest group.
