NC Senate race: State law enforcement group abandons Democrat Beasley over 'defund police activists' support
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The North Carolina Police Benevolent Association endorsed Republican Ted Budd in the Senate race, citing Democrat Cheri Beasley's support from "defund the police activists."
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However, the association changed its tune on Wednesday, announcing an endorsement for Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., in this November’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race for retiring Republican Richard Burr’s seat.
The group seemingly took issue with Beasley, who in 2019 became the first African American woman to serves as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, for partnering with Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, a self-described Black Lives Matter activist, on a fundraising campaign launched July 2021.
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