What is Ted Budd?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Ted Budd | image = Ted_Budd_2024_(cropped).jpg | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = [[North Carolina]] | alongside = [[Thom Tillis]] | term_start = January 3, 2023 | predecessor = [[Richard Burr]] | state1 = [[North Carolina]] | district1 = {{ushr|NC|13|13th}} | term_start1 = January 3, 2017 | term_end1 = January 3, 2023 | predecessor1 = [[George Holding]] | successor1 = [[Wiley Nickel]] | birth_name = Theodore Paul Budd | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|21}} | birth_place = [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{marriage|Amy Kate Adams|1994}} | children = 3 | education = [[Appalachian State University]] ([[Bachelor of Business Administration|BSBA]])<br />[[Dallas Theological Seminary]] ([[Master of Theology|ThM]])<br />[[Wake Forest University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]) | website = {{url|budd.house.gov|House website}}<br/>{{url|tedbudd.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Theodore Paul Budd''' (born October 21, 1971) is an American businessman and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://budd.house.gov/|title=U.S. Congressman Ted Budd|website=budd.house.gov|access-date=2018-11-09|archive-date=2018-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108071449/https://budd.house.gov/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is the junior [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[North Carolina]] since 2023. In 2017, he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]]. On April 28, 2021, Budd announced his candidacy for the [[2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina]] to replace retiring Republican Senator [[Richard Burr]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ar