NC Democrat may be 'on the precipice of flipping' seat held by sleepwalking GOP lawmaker
Democrats are increasingly encouraged by the chances of a North Carolina challenger who has mostly stayed off the national radar.
Former state Chief Justice Cheri Beasley has been working to convince voters to send her to Washington, D.C., instead of Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) in what has been a quiet race so far, but Democrats are hoping the national party apparatus takes notice, reported The Daily Beast.
“Every cycle, there’s a big Senate race that is a sleeper," said Morgan Jackson, a veteran Democratic strategist in the state. "There’s no question that the North Carolina race is the sleeper of this cycle."
Budd, a three-term congressman, has run a low-key campaign that has spurred some Republican complaints that he's sleepwalking toward the general election, and that has allowed Beasley to define herself. GOP strategists say Budd needs to improve on his "robotic" performance so far.
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