Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Ted Budd

Official portrait of Ted Budd
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from North Carolina (class 3)
Party
Republican
Born
1971
In Congress
House since 2017 · Senate since 2023 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
BUDD, THEODORE P
Next election
Primary March 8, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of North Carolina with the whole state highlighted

North Carolina

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · North CarolinaOpen seatWon the general election (50.5%)

FEC candidate ID S2NC00505 · Principal campaign committee: TED BUDD FOR SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · North Carolina$1,827,202.72Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · North Carolina$14,904,162.55Won the general election (50.5%)
Total raised$14,904,162.55
Total spent$15,702,973.48
Cash on hand$272,187.73
Debts owed by the campaign$541,542.28
Loans from the candidate$275,000.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $10,567,966.55PACs and other committees: $1,440,927.09Party committees: $56,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $275,265.81Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,529,404.52Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $34,598.58
  • Individual contributions$10,567,966.5571%
  • PACs and other committees$1,440,927.0910%
  • Party committees$56,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$275,265.812%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,529,404.5217%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$34,598.580%

Self-funding: $275,265.81 (2% of money raised): $265.81 given and $275,000.00 lent by the candidate. $275,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

340 committees reported giving $1,408,852.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Theodore P Budd$22,275,239.60
  • Independent expenditures opposing Theodore P Budd$17,260,979.90
  • Electioneering communications naming Theodore P Budd$596,000.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Theodore P Budd$38,820.48

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

North Carolina U.S. Senate, 2022 · 33 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Theodore P Budd (R)$14,904,162.55$272,187.732022-12-31
Cheri Beasley (D)$38,948,343.76$47,367.792022-12-31
Jeff Jackson (D)$5,707,177.36$80,065.832022-12-31
Patrick Lloyd McCrory (R)$4,646,398.58$58,782.032022-12-31
Erica Danette Smith (D)$960,472.91$22,203.072022-12-31
Majorie K Eastman (R)$855,054.67$0.002022-11-17
Bradley Mark Walker (R)$835,232.16$22,642.682022-12-31
Everette (rett) S. Newton (D)$216,484.27$0.002022-12-31
Matthew Patrick Hoh (G)$193,242.25$9,985.412022-12-31
Richard M Burr (R)$154,374.00$0.692022-11-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Ted Budd 50.3% · Cheri Beasley 45.2% (Budd +5.1). Averages listed on Wikipedia from Real Clear Politics, FiveThirtyEight, 270toWin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
The Trafalgar Group (R)November 4–6, 20221,098 (LV)± 2.9%Ted Budd 51% · Cheri Beasley 45%
Data for Progress (D)November 2–6, 20221,322 (LV)± 2.0%Ted Budd 51% · Cheri Beasley 45%
East Carolina UniversityNovember 1–3, 20221,183 (LV)± 3.3%Ted Budd 52% · Cheri Beasley 47%
ActiVoteAugust 5 – November 3, 2022250 (LV)± 6.0%Ted Budd 48% · Cheri Beasley 47%
Remington Research Group (R)November 1–2, 20221,140 (LV)± 2.9%Ted Budd 50% · Cheri Beasley 43%
CiviqsOctober 29 – November 2, 2022674 (LV)± 4.9%Ted Budd 49% · Cheri Beasley 49%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: TED BUDD FOR SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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