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North Carolina's 'boring' Senate race is one of the country's closest: Locals say it's being ignored
I just donated to Cheri Beasley's campaign given that some racist Republicans are making surprising progress in their Senate races such as Rob Johnson in Wisconsin.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/north-carolinas-boring-senate-race-countrys-closest-locals/story?id=91288829
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.
For years, North Carolina has been a battleground that both Democrats and Republicans have poured time and money into -- but this year, not so much. Operatives and voters alike say the contest between Democrat Cheri Beasley, a former state chief justice, and Republican Rep. Ted Budd to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Burr has flown under the radar for most of the 2022 cycle while attracting comparatively less funding and attention from big-name surrogates.
Political experts chalk that up to several factors: The candidates' characteristics and backgrounds do not grab the zeitgeist compared to Senate hopefuls in other parts of the country, like John Fetterman in Pennsylvania or Blake Masters in Arizona; and money -- which can guarantee eyeballs by paying for them -- is being spent in North Carolina this year at lower levels than in the past.
Plenty of attention has and will be paid to Senate candidates in other battlegrounds -- not just Arizona and Pennsylvania but also Ohio (where "Hillbilly Elegy" author and investor J.D. Vance is facing Rep. Tim Ryan) and Georgia (where Herschel Walker hopes to unseat Raphael Warnock while denying various personal controversies).
For years, North Carolina has been a battleground that both Democrats and Republicans have poured time and money into -- but this year, not so much. Operatives and voters alike say the contest between Democrat Cheri Beasley, a former state chief justice, and Republican Rep. Ted Budd to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Burr has flown under the radar for most of the 2022 cycle while attracting comparatively less funding and attention from big-name surrogates.
Political experts chalk that up to several factors: The candidates' characteristics and backgrounds do not grab the zeitgeist compared to Senate hopefuls in other parts of the country, like John Fetterman in Pennsylvania or Blake Masters in Arizona; and money -- which can guarantee eyeballs by paying for them -- is being spent in North Carolina this year at lower levels than in the past.
Plenty of attention has and will be paid to Senate candidates in other battlegrounds -- not just Arizona and Pennsylvania but also Ohio (where "Hillbilly Elegy" author and investor J.D. Vance is facing Rep. Tim Ryan) and Georgia (where Herschel Walker hopes to unseat Raphael Warnock while denying various personal controversies).
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