The News & Observer: “The race for North Carolina’s open 2022 U.S. Senate seat is about to get more crowded.
Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley is expected to officially announce her candidacy in the next few weeks, according to a friend authorized to speak on her behalf.
“She’s putting a team together, is planning to announce and I think we’ll see that in early April,” said Kara Hollingsworth, a Cary-based political consultant who has worked on previous Beasley campaigns and remains close with Beasley.
Beasley, 55, lost a close election for chief justice in 2020, losing to Republican Paul Newby by 401 votes. It was the third statewide election for Beasley, who won a seat on the court of appeals in 2008. She was appointed to the state Supreme Court in 2012 and then won her seat in 2014.
Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Beasley as chief justice in 2019. She was the first Black woman to serve as chief justice.”