In a field of 11 primary challengers, former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley took 81% of the vote. | Photo Courtesy of North Carolina Judicial Branch
In a field of 11 primary challengers, former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley took 81% of the vote. | Photo Courtesy of North Carolina Judicial Branch
Former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley emerged from Tuesday’s primary with a runaway win over the other Democratic challengers for November’s U.S. Senate race.
Unofficial results show Beasley taking 81%, or 497,381 votes, in an 11-person field. One of her plans -- if elected, when she challenges Republican nominee U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) -- is to focus on jobs in the state of North Carolina.
"As your senator, I will fight to keep jobs rooted in our local communities,” Beasley told WFMY 2 News after her primary win.
The race was called about 20 minutes after the polls closed, as early returns showed her on the way to a landslide victory.
The strategies she’ll use in her fight to keep jobs: investing in a made-in-America economy, ensuring people get the training they need for high-paying careers and creating good-paying jobs by investing in renewable energy, she told a crowd of supporters in Raleigh.
“I will also work to support our small businesses, who are the backbone of our economy,” she said, according to WFMY 2 News.
A second goal is also economic, setting a commitment to help people make their money go further.
"As your senator, I will fight to lower costs — from prices at the pump to prescription drugs,” she said, according to WFMY 2 News. “I will work to expand the Affordable Care Act and Medicare to ensure that people in every part of North Carolina have access to the care they need."
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