Ted Budd

Filed for 2028

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Where they fall, left to right

Moderately right, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) (Senate roll-call votes, 119th Congress) · source.

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About Ted Budd

U.S. Senator; business owner. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022 after three terms representing North Carolina's 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House, first elected in 2016. He grew up on a family farm in Davie County and in 2010 bought a gun range in Rural Hall used for law-enforcement training. He serves on the Armed Services; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Intelligence; and Joint Economic committees.

What they say they'll focus on:

• Supporting NC agriculture
• Controlling government spending
• Securing the border and reforming immigration
• Creating jobs and economic prosperity
• Improving healthcare

Summarized in our words from source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4, checked October 2026. Not an endorsement.

Links

Campaign website · FEC filings