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McCrory and Walker square off in US Senate debate

U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, the frontrunner in the race who has backing from former President Donald Trump, did not accept an invitation to Thursday's debate.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Two of North Carolina’s top Republican U.S. Senate candidates squared off Thursday in a WRAL News debate, where they shared their thoughts on the future of the GOP, their pathways to victory and how they’d tackle inflation if elected.

Former North CarolinaGov. Pat McCrory and former Greensboro-area U.S. Rep. Mark Walker — who are looking to fill a seat from retiring Sen. Richard Burr — frequently took aim at one candidate not on stage: U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, the frontrunner in the race, who chose not to attend the debate.

Budd’s top campaign adviser, in a statement Thursday, intimated that the candidate was crisscrossing the state talking to voters. Budd was in the Triangle for lunch and dinner events, including a visit with Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s son.

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