Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 13th district
In office January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by
George Holding
Succeeded by
Wiley Nickel
Personal details
Born
Theodore Paul Budd
(1971-10-21) October 21, 1971 (age 52) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Amy Kate Adams
(m. 1994)
Children
3
Education
Appalachian State University (BS) Dallas Theological Seminary (ThM) Wake Forest University (MBA)
Website
Senate website
Ted Budd's voice
Ted Budd questions witnesses on the FAA and NOTAM failures Recorded February 15, 2023
Theodore Paul Budd (born October 21, 1971) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator for North Carolina since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2023.
Budd was the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina to replace retiring Republican senator Richard Burr. He defeated the Democratic nominee, Cheri Beasley, and subsequently took office on January 3, 2023.
Representative TedBudd won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively. The race was considered competitive, with Budd narrowly leading in polls. Budd ultimately...
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the 1st Congress. Its current senators are Republicans Thom Tillis and TedBudd. Jesse Helms was North Carolina's longest-serving senator (1973–2003)....
declined to run and endorsed the eventual winner, U.S. Representative TedBudd. On February 12, 2024, Lara Trump was endorsed by her father-in-law for...
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running for U.S. Senate, but both decided not to run. U.S. representative TedBudd, who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump, easily defeated former...
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criticizing the New Deal Richard Burr (B.A. 1978), former U.S. Senator (R-NC) TedBudd (M.B.A. 2007), U.S. Senator (R-NC); former Congressman (NC-13) Donna Edwards...
States Senate election in North Carolina. She lost to Republican nominee TedBudd. Beasley earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and economics at...
2022, and his final term expired on January 3, 2023. He was succeeded by TedBudd. In 2007, Burr ran for chair of the Senate Republican Conference, but lost...
vote. He has filed paperwork to run for re-election. One-term Republican TedBudd was elected in 2022 with 50.5% of the vote. Three-term Republican John...
Chatham County. The incumbent was Republican TedBudd, who was re-elected with 51.5% of the vote in 2018. TedBudd, incumbent U.S. representative Mark Walker...
term in Congress before losing the 2022 Republican primary. That year TedBudd, who homeschools his children, won the Senate election in North Carolina...
the U.S. Senate and lost the Republican primary to U.S. Representative TedBudd. McCrory was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Audrey Mona (née Herzberg)...
Lieutenant Governor (2021–present); candidate for Governor in 2024 U.S. Senator TedBudd, (2023–present) U.S. Representatives Madison Cawthorn, NC-11 (2021–2023)...
(2007–present) Marsha Blackburn, U.S. senator from Tennessee (2019–present) TedBudd, U.S. senator from North Carolina (2023–present) Tom Cotton, U.S. senator...
Carolina's 13th district Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 2023 Preceded by TedBudd (redistricting) Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 16th district...
John Katko retired. New York 27: Chris Jacobs retired. North Carolina 13: TedBudd retired to run for U.S. Senate. Ohio 7: Bob Gibbs retired. Ohio 16: Anthony...
current delegation to the United States Congress Senators ▌Thom Tillis (R) ▌TedBudd (R) Representatives (ordered by district) ▌Don Davis (D) ▌Deborah Ross (D)...
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who had become Secretary of the Interior. Elected to the seat to succeed Ted Kaufman, who had been appointed to the seat following the resignation of...
EMILY's List Equality North Carolina Sierra Club Incumbent Republican TedBudd, who had represented the district since 2017, ran for re-election. He was...