2022 US Senate Election in North Carolina (To Form A More Perfect Union)

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2022 US Senate Election in North Carolina
2016 	November 8th, 2022	2028
Nominee 	 	
Party 	Republican 	Democrat
Popular Vote	2,697,537 	2,644,120
Percentage 	50.5% 	45.5%
The 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Carolina.
==Background==
Incumbent three-term Republican U.S. senator Richard Burr retired.
==Republican Primary==
====Nominee====
*Ted Budd, U.S. Representative for NC-13 and Freedom Caucus member (since 2017)
====Defeated in Primary====
*Jen Banwart, Department of Defense employee (2001-2020), and legislative staffer on Capitol Hill (1994-1996)
*Pat McCrory, former Governor of North Carolina (2013-2017) and Mayor of Charlotte (1995-2009
*John Martin "Marty" Cooke, Brunswick County commissioner (since 2008)
*Mark Walker, former U.S. Representative for NC-06 (2015-2021)
====Declined to run====
*Richard Burr, incumbent U.S. senator
*David Curtis, former state senator (2013-2018)
*Dan Forest, former Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (2013-2021) and nominee for Governor in 2020
*George Holding, former U.S. representative for NC-02 (2017-2021)
*Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, former U.S. representative for NC-11
*Tim Moore, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
*Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina since 2021
* Lara Trump, television producer, senior advisor to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, and daughter-in-law of former President of the United States, Donald Trump
*Micheal Whatley, chair of the North Carolina Republican Party
GOP Primary Results
Parties	Candidate 	Votes	%
 	Ted Budd 	 	35%
 	Pat McCrory	 	32%
 	Mark Walker	 	30%
 	Marty Cooke	 	2%
 	Jen Banwart	 	1%
==Democratic Primary==
====Nominee====
*Cheri Beasley, former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2012-2020; Chief Justice 2019-2020)
====Defeated in Primary====
*Jeff Jackson, state senator (since 2014)
* Rett Newton, mayor of Beaufort (since 2017)
*Heath Shuler, former U.S. Representative for NC-11 (2007-2013)
*Erica D. Smith, former state senator (2014-2021)
*Richard Watkins III, scientist and candidate for NC-04 in 2018
====Declined to run====
*Sydney Batch, state senator since 2021
* Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina
*Anita Earls, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (since 2019)
*Terence Everitt, state representative
*Anthony Foxx, former United States Secretary of Transportation (2013–2017) and former Mayor of Charlotte (2009–2013)
*Joan Higginbotham, electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut
*Vi Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte (since 2017)
*Grier Martin, state representative (since 2005)
*Deborah K. Ross, U.S. Representative for NC-02 (since 2021) and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016
*Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina (since 2017)
===Primary=== 
Democratic Primary Results
Parties	Candidate 	Votes	%
 	Cheri Beasley 	 	31%
 	Jeff Jackson 	 	30%
 	Erica D. Smith 	 	18%
 	Heath Shuler 	 	16%
 	Richard Watkins III	 	3%
 	Rett Newton 	 	2%
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Predictions
Source 	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Tossup 	November 2nd, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball 	Tilt R 	November 7th, 2022
Inside Elections 	Lean R 	November 3rd, 2022
Daily Kos 	Tossup 	November 8th, 2022
Real Clear Politics 	Tossup 	November 7th, 2022
==Results==
2022 US Senate Election in North Carolina
Party 	Candidate 	Votes	% 	+/- %
Republican 	Ted Budd 	 	50.5	
Democratic 	Cheri Beasley 	 	45.5	
Libertarian	Shannon Bray 	 	2.9 	-0.7
Independent	Kimrey Rhinehardt	 	1.6 	N/A
Category: Scenario: To Form A More Perfect Union