Budd claims $$$$ lead in 2022 US Senate race
Former Gov. Pat McCrory may have the edge among the GOP primary contenders in terms of name ID, but it appears congressman Ted Budd is leading all-comers on the GOP side in the cash race. Here’s the word from the Budd campaign:
Ted Budd for US Senate filed their FEC report today. The campaign brought in more than $950K for the quarter and now leads the candidate field with over $1.7M cash-on-hand, eliminating any fundraising disadvantage six months ahead of schedule and leaving Budd with almost $800K more cash-on-hand than his closest Republican primary opponent.
“Amy Kate and I are very grateful to everyone who has invested in our campaign,” said Budd. “Under President Donald Trump, the US economy grew at a record setting pace. Under President Job Biden, the US inflation rate is the only thing likely to be growing at a record setting pace! The Biden agenda is hurting our working families across North Carolina. I appreciate that, even when facing these uncertain economic times, folks are still willing to invest their hard-earned dollars to support our shared vision of America First policies that protect and promote American jobs as priority number 1.”
“No matter how folks feel about career politicians, they start their campaigns with significant name ID and fundraising advantages,” said Jonathan Felts, Senior Advisor to the Budd campaign. “Pat McCrory has the deft touch of a tier-one professional politician when it comes to working over fat cats and raising big dollars at some of the most exclusive venues across North Carolina.”
“We fully anticipated, and planned, that it would take us all of 2021 to close the finance gap with the McCrory campaign,” Felts continued. “But we’ve eliminated the McCrory money advantage six months ahead of schedule and that’s going to allow us to accelerate our campaign buildout. Momentum matters in politics. Ted Budd has the big-mo, and it’s looking like Pat McCrory has no-mo.”[…]
The average voter knows McCrory’s name, but as they learn about his miserable record, which includes pandering to illegal aliens and pushing cancel culture, that will not be a plus for him. McCrory is a liberal establishment Republican little different from our awful current Senators Burr and Tillis. The fact that McCrory has hired Burr and Tillis’ liberal consultant, Shumaker, and that Burr has openly endorsed McCrory, tell the tale. This is the very same Richard Burr who was censured by the NC Republican Party for his liberal acts.
For Republicans interested in winning, McCrory poses the biggest danger of losing the seat. He has run three times statewide, all races he should have won, but managed to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory two of those three times. The only race he won was the time the first string Democrat withdrew, and McCrory got to run against a second string replacement. McCrory himself played a big role in botching those two races he lost. McCrory’s track record is as a loser.
Ted Budd has a really good radio ad out on talk radio that features the Trump endorsement, and he seems to be running it pretty heavy. As soon as the public gets to know Budd, I have little doubt he will leave McCrory in the dust.
The last thing the GOP needs is Pat McCrory! Elect Congressman Ted Budd to the United States Senate in 2022!