North Carolina Rep. Budd Enters Race for US Senate Seat

President Donald Trump and then-GOP congressional candidate Ted Budd at a Make America Great Again rally in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 26, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump, said on April 28 that he will seek to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) in the U.S. Senate in 2022.

Budd, 49, who owns a gun store, was first elected to Congress in 2016.