The race for North Carolina's open Senate seat features two leading candidates who have taken opposing paths in their bids for higher office
The race for North Carolina’s open Senate seat features two leading candidates who have taken opposing paths in their bids for higher office. Democrat Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to be a major-party Senate nominee in North Carolina, has served for two decades as a judge and state Supreme Court justice, positions she has used to distance herself from politics-as-usual.
” Budd’s allies, in a sign that they recognize her appeal, have responded by tying Beasley to special interests and using her judicial decisions to allege that she is soft on crime. Republicans are hopeful that this strategy – coupled with concerns about all-Democratic control of Washington – could sink Beasley, even if she is running a strong campaign.