2022 US Senate Election in North Carolina (To Form A More Perfect Union)



See Also: 2022 Senate Elections (To Form A More Perfect Union)

Background
Incumbent three-term Republican U.S. senator Richard Burr retired.

Nominee

 * Ted Budd, U.S. Representative for NC-13 and Freedom Caucus member (since 2017)

Defeated in Primary

 * Jen Banwart, Department of Defense employee (2001-2020), and legislative staffer on Capitol Hill (1994-1996)
 * Pat McCrory, former Governor of North Carolina (2013-2017) and Mayor of Charlotte (1995-2009
 * John Martin "Marty" Cooke, Brunswick County commissioner (since 2008)
 * Mark Walker, former U.S. Representative for NC-06 (2015-2021)

Declined to run

 * Richard Burr, incumbent U.S. senator
 * David Curtis, former state senator (2013-2018)
 * Dan Forest, former Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (2013-2021) and nominee for Governor in 2020
 * George Holding, former U.S. representative for NC-02 (2017-2021)
 * Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, former U.S. representative for NC-11
 * Tim Moore, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
 * Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina since 2021
 * Lara Trump, television producer, senior advisor to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, and daughter-in-law of former President of the United States, Donald Trump
 * Micheal Whatley, chair of the North Carolina Republican Party

Nominee

 * Cheri Beasley, former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2012-2020; Chief Justice 2019-2020)

Defeated in Primary

 * Jeff Jackson, state senator (since 2014)
 * Rett Newton, mayor of Beaufort (since 2017)
 * Heath Shuler, former U.S. Representative for NC-11 (2007-2013)
 * Erica D. Smith, former state senator (2014-2021)
 * Richard Watkins III, scientist and candidate for NC-04 in 2018

Declined to run

 * Sydney Batch, state senator since 2021
 * Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina
 * Anita Earls, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (since 2019)
 * Terence Everitt, state representative
 * Anthony Foxx, former United States Secretary of Transportation (2013–2017) and former Mayor of Charlotte (2009–2013)
 * Joan Higginbotham, electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut
 * Vi Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte (since 2017)
 * Grier Martin, state representative (since 2005)
 * Deborah K. Ross, U.S. Representative for NC-02 (since 2021) and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016
 * Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina (since 2017)

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