BREAKING: Jeff Jackson expected to withdraw from Senate race
BREAKING: Jeff Jackson expected to withdraw from Senate race
Field expected to narrow in Democratic primary, leaving former Chief Justice Cheri Beasley as only main contender to face Republican winner next year
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Reports from Politico and WRAL say Mecklenburg state senator has called donors to tell them he’s out
by Tony Mecia
State Sen. Jeff Jackson is expected to pull out of the race for U.S. Senate, according to reports from a Raleigh TV station and a national political publication.
Politico, citing four unnamed sources, said that Jackson started calling donors on Wednesday night to inform them of his decision to leave the race. Separately, WRAL reported that Jackson “was expected to announce his plan to drop out as soon as Thursday morning,” according to four unnamed sources.
Jackson didn’t answer requests for comment from either publication. He’s usually prolific on social media but hasn’t posted anything since Tuesday.
Jackson is a state senator from Charlotte first elected in 2014. He is running against former N.C. Chief Justice Cheri Beasley for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a race that seemed as though it was close. Jackson has been crisscrossing the state campaigning, but Beasley raised more money than he did in the most recent quarter.
Advantage, Beasley: His withdrawal from the race would give a huge advantage to Beasley in the primary election tentatively planned for next May. A third major candidate, former state senator Erica Smith, dropped out last month to run for the U.S. House.
The candidate who emerges from the Democratic primary would face the winner of the Republican primary, where the leading candidates are former Charlotte mayor and N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, who lives in the Winston-Salem area.
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