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WINSTON-SALEM — Three-term U.S. Rep. Ted Budd has won North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race over Democratic nominee Cheri Beasley.
With 87% of precincts reporting on election night, Budd led by over 130,000 votes.
Budd, who will join fellow Republican Tom Tillis in the U.S. Senate, will succeed the retiring Richard Burr.