{"id":1147621,"date":"2021-12-23T19:04:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T00:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1147621"},"modified":"2021-12-23T19:04:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T00:04:20","slug":"poll-trump-backed-ted-budd-leads-former-gov-pat-mccrory-in-north-carolina-gop-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-trump-backed-ted-budd-leads-former-gov-pat-mccrory-in-north-carolina-gop-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Trump-Backed Ted Budd Leads Former Gov. Pat McCrory in North Carolina GOP Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-trump-backed-ted-budd-leads-former-gov-pat-mccrory-in-north-carolina-gop-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1147621&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has a four-point edge over former Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, according to a poll published Wednesday by the conservative Club for Growth PAC.<\/p>\n<p>The poll,&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clubforgrowth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CfGPAC_NC_Senate_PollingMemo_211221.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conducted<\/a>&nbsp;by WPA Intelligence December 19\u201321, found Budd at 47 percent support compared to McCrory\u2019s 43 percent support in a hypothetical head-to-head primary matchup. Ten percent said they were undecided.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Club for Growth has endorsed Budd, as has former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The influential group with close ties to the former president has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubforgrowth.org\/elections\/pac-endorsed-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backed<\/a> a handful of candidates ahead of the 2022 midterms whom it believes will promote limited government and economically conservative policies, and it announced in June it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubforgrowth.org\/club-for-growth-action-raises-5-125-million-to-support-ted-budd-in-nc-sen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raised<\/a> more than $5 million for Budd and that it planned \u201cto raise and spend even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the primary, Budd is up against McCrory, who has the advantage of name recognition, having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/04\/14\/former-north-carolina-gov-pat-mccrory-launches-bid-for-2022-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">served<\/a> as Charlotte mayor for 14 years, governor for one term, and host to a popular Charlotte-based radio show, which he ended this year in lieu of his Senate campaign. McCrory lost two out of three bids for governor, in 2008 and in a close race against now-Gov. Roy Cooper (D) in 2016.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_16270502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_16301541590595.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16270502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_16301541590595.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo taken Monday, May 9, 2016 Gov. Pat McCrory makes remarks regarding House Bill 2 during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina governor&#039;s race is everything voters anticipated it would be: expensive attack ads and barbed debates before what&#039;s essentially a referendum on the state&#039;s recent rightward tilt under Republican rule, particularly the state law limiting protections for LGBT people _ known as House Bill 2. (AP Photo\/Gerry Broome, File)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Gov. Pat McCrory in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo\/Gerry Broome, File).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>McCrory is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/06\/21\/north-carolina-senate-primary-trump-sway-495072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backed<\/a> by retiring Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump of inciting an \u201cinsurrection\u201d over the January 6 Capitol riot. Burr said, per&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>, that he believes McCrory is \u201cthe only one in the race that can win the general election\u201d in the battleground state that Trump won by just one point in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the primary running is Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC), though the <em>Charlotte Observer<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/article256790442.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Thursday that Club for Growth and Trump have been pushing Walker behind-the-scenes to drop out of the Senate race and run for a House seat in hopes that Budd would then annex Walker supporters.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of announcing its accumulation of funds for Budd, Club for Growth said in its memo about the new poll that it found McCrory\u2019s unfavorable ratings \u201cclimbed to\u201d 42 percent in Greensboro, where the group has paid for two weeks of television ads that highlight McCrory\u2019s \u201chistory of anti-Trump statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Club for Growth President Dave McIntosh said in a statement about the poll that McCrory\u2019s \u201cpast policies, statements, and ethical questions are understandably making voters question his campaign. Meanwhile Ted Budd is a proven and principled conservative with a record who has the support of President Trump \u2013 the choice is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Budd\u2019s campaign also commented on the poll, taking a jab at McCrory over his prior political defeats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Pat McCrory peaked on the first day of his campaign and it\u2019s been downhill ever since as voters are reminded why they\u2019ve already rejected him twice,\u201d Budd senior adviser Jonathan Felts said in a statement. \u201cNorth Carolinians don\u2019t want a career politician who doesn\u2019t support President Donald Trump\u2019s America First Agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The poll was conducted among 504 likely primary voters by telephone and had a 4.4 percent margin of error.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) has a four-point edge over former Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, according to a poll published &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1147621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}