Rep. Ted Budd emerged from a packed field Tuesday to win North Carolina’s Republican Senate primary, becoming a favorite to keep the seat in GOP hands after the looming retirement of Sen. Richard Burr. Budd, a three-term member of Congress, bested former Gov. Pat McCrory, Budd’s former House colleague Mark Walker and 11 other candidates to secure the nomination with 56.5% of the primary vote with 25% of all votes counted. The next closest contender, McCrory, had 26.8% of the vote. The winning candidate had needed to get more than 30% of the vote to avoid a July runoff. Budd’s primary victory marked another endorsement success for former President Donald Trump, who backed the lawmaker in June of last year after his daughter-in-law Lara Trump opted not to enter the race herself.
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