Within minutes of North Carolina's primary election polling sites closing Tuesday evening, NBC News is projecting that Cheri Beasley and Tedd Bud will be the frontrunners for the U.S. Senate race in November.
Delayed contests and crowded fields made for an unusually busy primary season in this midterm election. Here's a look at some of the key results. U.S. Senate Republican Congressman Ted Budd of Davie County earned a landslide victory in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, easily defeating former Gov. Pat McCrory and a host of mostly longshot contenders. Budd pulled in about 58 percent of the vote, compared to 25 percent for McCrory, according to complete but unofficial results.
Former President Donald Trump’s winning streak in U.S. Senate primaries is on the line Tuesday as voters in five states, including North Carolina, cast their ballots in midterm elections. He's backed U.S. Rep. Ted Budd here.