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Budd-Beasley battle for Senate in North Carolina stays tight

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The race for North Carolina’s open Senate seat between Republican Rep. Ted Budd and former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, a Democrat, has so far stayed consistently tight.

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Budd-Beasley battle for Senate in North Carolina stays tight - Roll Call

A tight race Senate race in North Carolina between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd has attracted millions in outside spending.

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Beasley widens money advantage over Budd in NC Senate race

North Carolina Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley's fundraising advantage over Republican rival Ted Budd widened during the past three months and entering the campaign’s final weeks

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5 takeaways from Budd and Beasley’s Senate debate in NC

U.S. Senate candidates Ted Budd and Cheri Beasley met on the debate stage for the first time Friday and discussed the former and current presidents, where they stand on policy issues and who was actually elected to the White House in 2020.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

NC Senate candidates to meet in likely only televised debate

The two major-party candidates seeking to succeed retiring North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr are meeting for what is likely their only televised debate

The Independent UK

QAnon, the Big Lie and misogyny: Inside Trump’s Wilmington rally

Senior Washington reporter Eric Garcia was on the ground at Trump’s rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. Here’s what he saw:

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Alarm as Koch bankrolls dozens of election denier candidates

Election watchdogs say Koch’s about face after pledging change following January 6 is disturbing given the threats to democracy

The Guardian - US

Budd embraces Trump, abortion opposition in NC Senate race

North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Ted Budd is leaning into his support for abortion restrictions and his allegiance to former President Donald Trump as Democrats fight for an elusive victory in the southern swing state

The Independent UK

The end of the debate? Republicans draw the curtain on political theater

It’s a time-honored tradition, but as the US midterms loom, many Republican candidates are ducking out of televised debates

The Guardian - US

Debating over debates: Campaign tradition faces skepticism

With the fall campaign rapidly approaching, the time-honored tradition of debates as a forum for voters to evaluate candidates may be the latest casualty of the nation’s polarized political climate

The Independent UK

Where’s Ted Budd in campaign for US Senate race? Maybe right where he wants to be

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Republican Rep. Ted Budd is “MIA on the campaign trail,” the N.C. Democratic Party said in an August email to supporters.

Tribune News Service

Beasley touts sheriff support, opposes 'defund the police'

North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley is pitching herself as a bridge between law enforcement and the Democratic party in her latest appeal to moderate voters in one of the nation’s most competitive races for a seat in the narrowly divided chamber

The Independent UK

Three Reforms to Protect Democracy from Election Denialism

Second post in the symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project. Edward Foley outlines the Team Progressive Report.

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Republicans fight new NC election rules, led by Trump lawyer central to 2020 conspiracies

Claiming to have already trained more than 1,000 people to volunteer to help run this November’s elections, conservative activists in North Carolina are opposing new rules that would more strictly regulate those volunteers’ behavior at polling places.

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: The little-known Senate race that could make a big difference for Democrats

If Democrats can keep control of just one chamber of Congress in November's midterm elections, as many analysts have long predicted, it's best that the house they're favored to hold is the Senate.

Tribune News Service

Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s troubles continue, this time for what he didn’t do

WASHINGTON — If Rep. Madison Cawthorn doesn’t turn in his campaign finance report by Sunday, federal election regulators will deem it so late that there’s no hope of receiving it.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Rep. Ted Budd’s troubling embrace of a Trump co-conspirator

If a person can be judged by the company they keep, then a politician can likewise be judged by the support they choose to accept.

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North Carolina Green Party Scores Major Win in Ballot Access Dispute

The State Board of Elections has allowed the Green Party to register as an official political party amid a signature validity dispute plaguing its House and Senate candidates.

Tribune News Service

How the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling could affect the North Carolina Senate race

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday, abortion found its way to the forefront of North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Trump ally Ted Budd is avoiding Jan. 6 and the election lies he once helped spread

It should be impossible to avoid the Jan. 6 committee hearings — especially if you’re a politician asking people to vote for you in November.

Tribune News Service

Crypto-linked super PACs boost spending on primary races

WASHINGTON — Super PACs with ties to the cryptocurrency industry have spent at least $31.2 million in primary races ahead of this year’s midterms, with most of the money coming from a handful of executives at just one company.

Roll Call

Crypto-linked super PACs boost spending on primary races - Roll Call

Super PACs connected to the crypto industry are flexing their muscles in this year's primary campaigns as lawmakers consider regulations.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

NC’s senators vote no on bill that helps Camp Lejeune vets exposed to toxic water

WASHINGTON — Sens. Thom Tillis and Richard Burr voted Thursday against the bill they helped craft that would benefit veterans from Camp Lejeune who were exposed to toxic chemicals in the base’s water for nearly three decades.

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At the Races: Shades of blue - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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