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The decision came after a shakeup in the field of Democratic candidates narrowed the race to a head-to-head contest between Beasley and Jackson and a legal challenge over partisan gerrymandering pushed the date of the primary from early March to May.
This year’s Senate contest has all the ingredients necessary to break the record spending levels in 2020, when an estimated $271 million poured into the Cal Cunningham-Thom Tillis race.
Former President Trump teased Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) about an occasional challenge from progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), suggesting that she might run for Schumer's seat.