TED BUDD

The average age of US senators keeps going up and up, but the trend looks slightly different for the 2022 midterms.

David Perdue is polling at a threshold where plenty of GOP candidates have wound up. For some in crowded races, it was good enough. That wouldn't be the case for him.

In early primaries, Republican voters continue to side with nominees who, should they win, will probably have more loyalty to the former president than Mitch McConnell, creating potential headaches down the road for the long-serving Senate GOP leader.

In key contests, Republicans aligned with Trump or his false claims of a stolen 2020 election seized momentum in the final days.

Rep. Ted Budd, who has former President Donald Trump's endorsement, easily won the North Carolina GOP Senate primary, the AP reports. He will face Democrat Cheri Beasley in November.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn is facing a challenge, supported by major state GOP figures. One Democratic House primary may have been reshaped by the abortion rights debate. And a key Senate race will be set.

Donald Trump’s choice for Pennsylvania governor has won his primary, and his Senate pick is locked in an exceedingly close contest as the former president works to expand his hold on the Republican Party.

Voters prepare to cast their ballots for primaries in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon.

Former President Donald Trump’s winning streak in U.S. Senate primaries is on the line Tuesday as voters in five states cast their ballots in midterm elections.

By the end of this month, 13 states will have held their primaries.

In battleground Senate races all across the country, Democratic candidates have been more eager to talk about abortion in recent weeks than Republicans. That is evident in this contest, yet the contours of the race are unique.

States have passed abortion bans without such exceptions, and the party is nominating high-profile candidates who oppose them, just as the issue seems to be moving from the abstract to to the real world.

This month's primaries and runoffs will serve as a test of the power of former President Trump's endorsements up and down the ballot.

This month's primaries and runoffs will serve as a test of the power of former President Donald Trump's endorsements up and down the ballot.

Former US President Donald Trump holds a rally sponsored by Save America with Ted Budd, Madison Cawthorn, Bo Hines, Dan Bishop, Mark Robinson and Greg Murphy in Selma, NC, on April 9, 2022. A New York judge held former President Donald Trump in contempt of court on Monday for failing to comply with a subpoena for business documents related to an investigation by the state attorney general's office. Trump will have to pay $10,000 per day for as long as he fails to comply with the subpoena. The contempt finding in a Manhattan courtroom came after a more than two-hour hearing in which lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James blasted Trump for dragging his feet in turning over the demanded documents. "In a major victory, a court has ruled in our favor to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court," James tweeted.

The former president wades into a closely watched midterm contest.

When Ted Budd won a surprise endorsement from former President Donald Trump last year, he was a little-known congressman running for a Senate seat in North Carolina against some of the state’s most recognizable Republicans, including a former governor.

In North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, former President Trump has played an outsized role in boosting candidates that have earned his endorsement.

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is among three top Republicans engaged in a hotly contested 2022 U.S. Senate primary.

Some high-dollar donors to former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory put their money behind Rep. Ted Budd, his U.S. Senate primary opponent, after Donald Trump endorsed Budd this year, records show.Why it matters: The former president's endorsement can be literal currency in Republican primary fights. The shifting allegiances between McCrory and Budd illustrate how Trump can single-handedly alter not just support but the money race in high-profile political fights.Stay on top of the latest market t

“Unfortunately, this is not the end of the story, but the opening chapter of Budd putting money over principle.”

North Carolina Rep. Ted Budd’s campaign is a key test of whether candidates endorsed by Trump have been properly vetted and can turn the Senate to Republican control.

Former Rep. Mark Walker lashed out at the Club for Growth and suggested that former President Donald Trump was misled into endorsing his rival for the Republican Senate nomination in North Carolina during an interview with the Washington Examiner.

Ex-President Trump rewards allies and punishes enemies with endorsements. He meets this week with Wyoming Republicans running against Rep. Liz Cheney.

Ex-President Trump rewards allies and punishes enemies with endorsements. He meets this week with Wyoming Republicans running against Rep. Liz Cheney.

Finance reports show how the U.S. Senate race is taking shape

Cheri Beasley, a former North Carolina Supreme Court chief justice, would be her state’s first Black senator. State Sen. Jeff Jackson, meanwhile, is trying to re-create Beto O’Rourke’s 2018 Texas magic.

Republican North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Pat McCrory on Thursday announced he raised more than $1.2 million in his first fundraising period since he entered the primary in April. The former Charlotte mayor who lost a pair of general election gubernatorial bids in 2008 and 2016 but won in 2012 got support from 8,000 donors between April and June, according to his campaign. The veteran politician is marketing himself as a “Washington outsider” and hopes his track record in North Carolina politics will set him apart from his two main GOP opponents, who have both served in Congress.

A transportation bill includes 29 North Carolina projects — each requested by a member of the delegation — with a price tag of nearly $111 million.

The former president’s endorsement may elevates the candidate least likely to win

Republicans are fighting to seize control of Congress.

Former President Trump said Saturday that North Carolina Rep. Ted Budd has his "complete and total endorsement" to replace the state's retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr.Why it matters: The 2022 race for Burr's seat is set to be one of the most watched in the U.S. It could determine the balance of power in the Senate, which is technically split 50-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris having the tie-breaker vote.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Mar

Former President Donald Trump will speak at North Carolina's annual state Republican Party convention next month.

At least 13 House Republicans have filed paperwork to have colleagues cast their votes on the COVID-19 relief bill Friday evening, citing the ongoing pandemic. In May 2020, he introduced a bill entitled the "No Pay for Proxy Voting Act." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi implemented proxy voting in May 2020 to give members of the House a way to vote while avoiding travel that could expose them to COVID-19 during the pandemic. She has since extended proxy voting multiple times. GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana accused the members of using proxy voting to "play hooky."