RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican congressman Ted Budd faces off against Cheri Beasley, North Carolina’s former state Supreme Court chief justice, to replace Republican Senator Richard Burr who plans to retire at the end of his term.
Election Day in North Carolina is Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Be sure to check our elections page for the latest results on Election Day.
Ted Budd
Ted Budd from Davie County. He is the Republican nominee for the North Carolina U.S. Senate, and he represents North Carolina's 13th congressional district.
Budd said he is fighting to restore constitutional values. Some of his issues include:
- Supporting the right to bear arms
- Securing the border
- Creating more jobs
- Cutting taxes, waste, and red tape
- Supporting pro-life
- Supports the Community Policing Act
- Changing election procedures
- Supports the Choice Act
- Supports eliminating political censorship
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley is the democratic nominee for the North Carolina U.S. Senate race. If she wins, the former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court would become the state's first Black senator.
She went from a public to a judge in 2019, becoming the first African American woman to serve as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Some of Cheri's values she stresses on her platform include:
- Supporting access to affordable healthcare
- Pushing for education
- Supporting the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Creating more jobs
- Supporting small towns, rural areas, and agriculture
- Supporting women's rights
- Supporting climate change
- Supporting the right to vote
- Supporting criminal justice reform
- Supporting access to VA programs, including healthcare
- Supporting community policing
- Improving affordable housing
- Fixing immigration system