Ted Budd

Republican Ted Budd wins North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd won North Carolina’s open Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating Cheri Beasley while extending a losing streak for state Democrats seeking a spot in that chamber.

Democratic North Carolina Senate candidate Cheri Beasley speaks at an election night event hosted by the North Carolina Democratic Party after winning her primary race in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Republican Ted Budd will face Beasley in North Carolina’s Senate race after both easily clinched primary victories Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)

Beasley, Budd win as NC voters pare down primary candidates

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C. A series of unforced political and personal errors by Cawthorn has brought the forces of big-name Republicans and traditional enemies to bear on his reelection bid in North Carolina. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

2022 midterms: What to watch in primaries in 5 states

FILE - Clay Aiken, Democratic candidate for U.S. representative of North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, gives his concession speech in Sanford, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, after losing to Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers. On Friday, March 4, 2022, North Carolina candidate filing wrapped up for the year's party primaries, the apparent completion of a period split into two intervals by redistricting litigation. Former “American Idol” runner-up Aiken filed to run this week in the heavily Democratic 4th District, joining seven other candidates in the party primary. (Abbi O'Leary/The Fayetteville Observer via AP, File)

NC candidate filing ends; 26 running for US Senate seat

Politicians who want to gerrymander typically pack lots of voters who support the opposing party into a single district while spreading their own likely voters among multiple distric...

Democratic wave faces GOP gerrymandering in US House races