Reporting from POLITICO this morning highlights how Congressman Budd “cuts a different profile” than North Carolina’s current U.S. Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis – voting to the far-right even of his own Republican colleagues – as one of the “most conservative members of the House.” Former Senator Doug Jones described Budd as a “throwback to the Jesse Helms days” and even current and former Republican colleagues think that Budd would “operate in much the same fashion” as a Senator.  

A member of the Freedom Caucus, the article notes that Budd has “near-pristine records” with conservative groups and “opposed the infrastructure law, domestic microchip investment, same-sex marriage protections, gun safety and other bills that received some GOP support.” 

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POLITICO: Conservative Budd challenges N.C.’s purple tradition in Senate battle

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