Shortly after the polls closed at 11:26 p.m. Eastern Time, NBC News called the election for Congressman Randy Budd. According to the network, he had a lead of 47 over former North Carolina Supreme Court Judge Cheri Beasley, with 93 percent of the ballots counted.
BREAKING: Republican Ted Budd wins U.S. Senate race in North Carolina, NBC News projects. https://t.co/KLb55Bt1ND pic.twitter.com/HYqMJx3Zlj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 9, 2022
Throughout the summer, the race between both candidates had been close. In the end, Budd was able to gain a significant lead over his opponent. He will serve as the replacement for Richard Burr, who is retiring from the Senate. Burr was a Republican who represented North Carolina in the Senate for almost 20 years.
He labeled his opponent as a "rubber stamp" for Biden's policies. During the course of his campaign, Budd focused on the issues that caused the most harm to the country, such as increasing crime and inflation. He also criticized his opponent for supporting policies that are similar to those of President Joe Biden.
Although she initially claimed to be a moderate Democrat, she eventually joined with other Democrats who support policies that would defund the police. Her support for these policies was also shown in a debate with Budd.
During the debate, she also made a false claim about Russia's involvement in the US. She also claimed that the decision by the Supreme Court to allow women to receive miscarriage care would prevent them from receiving proper care, "injured and killed hundreds of police officers and left Americans for dead" during the January 6 Capitol Riot.
Despite the support that he received from various groups and super political organizations, including national party committees and super PACs, Congressman Randy Budd was not able to outraise his opponent, former North Carolina Supreme Court Judge Cheri Beasley. According to OpenSecrets, as of October 19, she had raised over $33.5 million and spent over $31 million.
In North Carolina, the Senate Leadership Fund, which is a super PAC, spent around $36 million to help Budd beat his opponent, former state Supreme Court Judge, Cheri Beasley. The race has also seen a significant amount of outside spending.
Since 2008, Democrats have not been able to win a Senate race in North Carolina. In 2020, the state narrowly favored Donald Trump over Joe Biden, and it has supported a Republican candidate for president every election since 1980. The last time that the state voted for a Democrat was in 2008, when Barack Obama was the president.
The preceding is a summary of an article that originally appeared on Breit Bart.
