The race between Ted Budd and Cheri Beasley for North Carolina’s open Senate seat has stayed tight as it enters the last week.
It’s a competition that hasn’t gotten the attention that Senate races in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, or Arizona have, but maybe it should have.
The seat of the retiring Richard Burr is one the Republicans want and need to hold to keep up their chances of edging ahead in the U.S. Senate, currently divided 50-50 with the Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris as its tie-breaking vote.
Budd, a Congressman backed by former President Donald Trump, has maintained a narrow lead in the polls but one at, or near, the margin of error….