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United States Senate elections, 2020 (view source)
Revision as of 18:55, November 22, 2020
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====NC Democrat primary====
====NC Democrat primary====
Establishment [[Democrat]] [[Cal Cunningham]] announced in June 2019 his campaign to run for the Senate seat.<ref>[https://apnews.com/7c2c41b703714676a3039203430b997b Cunningham: Voters led him to switch to US Senate campaign]</ref>
Establishment [[Democrat]] [[Cal Cunningham]], a former state senator, announced in June 2019 his campaign to run for the Senate seat.<ref>[https://apnews.com/7c2c41b703714676a3039203430b997b Cunningham: Voters led him to switch to US Senate campaign]</ref>
Cunningham won the Democrat primary that was held on March 3, 2020 to be the [[Democrat]] nominee for the general election in the Senate race.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/north-carolina-senate-democratic-primary-live-results-vote-counts-2020-3 Cal Cunningham claims a victory in the North Carolina Senate Democratic primary]</ref> His party's racist [[establishment]] strongly backed him over a more qualified black Democrat lawmaker and engineer who also ran for a seat.<ref name="Democrats Spent Tens of Millions to Destroy the Hopes and Dreams of These Qualified Black Candidates"/> After winning, Cunningham later explained his commitment to diversity.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/cal-cunningham-diversity/ Schumer-Backed N.C. Senate Candidate Who Crushed Black Female Challenger Awkwardly Explains Commitment to Diversity]</ref>
Cunningham won the Democrat primary that was held on March 3, 2020 to be the [[Democrat]] nominee for the general election in the Senate race.<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/north-carolina-senate-democratic-primary-live-results-vote-counts-2020-3 Cal Cunningham claims a victory in the North Carolina Senate Democratic primary]</ref> His party's racist [[establishment]] strongly backed him over a more qualified black Democrat lawmaker and engineer who also ran for a seat.<ref name="Democrats Spent Tens of Millions to Destroy the Hopes and Dreams of These Qualified Black Candidates"/> After winning, Cunningham later explained his commitment to diversity.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/cal-cunningham-diversity/ Schumer-Backed N.C. Senate Candidate Who Crushed Black Female Challenger Awkwardly Explains Commitment to Diversity]</ref>