The North State Journal: “U.S. Rep. Ted Budd continued to stretch out his lead in the upcoming May 17 Republican U.S. Senate primary, according to two new polls released in the past week.
In a poll released Monday afternoon by the Club for Growth, Budd earned 43% of the vote among likely Republican primary voters, compared to 23% for former Gov. Pat McCrory. The 20-point gap is the largest of any publicly-available poll in the race to secure the Republican nomination for the seat for the retiring Richard Burr.
Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker took 9% of the vote and combat veteran Marjorie K. Eastman earned 4%, which around 20% undecided.”