The Senate race that it seems many people aren't watching could be the same one that helps Democrats maintain or even grow their slim majority in the chamber.
Combination photo of North Carolina candidates for the U.S. Senate, Republican, Ted Budd and Democrat, Cheri Beasley.The Senate race that it seems many people aren't watching could be the same one that helps Democrats maintain or even grow their slim majority in the chamber.
Heye rattled off who he meant with sardonic shorthand: "You know, the TV doctor [Mehmet Oz], the giant in the hoodie [Fetterman], the running back [Walker] and the guy who wrote the book [Vance]." In 2008, Barack Obama won the state by the slimmest of margins. That same election cycle, Kay Hagan defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole. But President Obama lost the state during his successful reelection bid and Hagan was ousted after one term. No Democratic Senate candidate has won since.Since the mid-1970s -- in the more modern era of party politics, post realignments -- North Carolina has had mostly Democratic governors, some of whom have served two consecutive terms.
So far, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the conservative Senate Leadership Fund have contributed about $26.38 million combined toward backing Budd.Officials with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee would not disclose to ABC News how much money they have spent on Beasley, though the organization is funding staff at the North Carolina Democratic Party and funding voter registration programs as well as legal and voter protection programs.
ABC News reported earlier this year that some North Carolina Democrats had grown frustrated with the national party over what they said was insufficient support for Beasley, who appeared to be getting caught in a midterm map crunch. North Carolina has also lacked this cycle in some of the high-wattage allure of national figures stopping by to stump in the state. While Trump, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have all made appearances, other politicians have not -- so far. This week, though, Donald Trump Jr. campaigned alongside Budd in Greensboro and Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Jon Ossoff will hit the campaign trail with Beasley this weekend.
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