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FILE - In this July 31, 2014 file photo, Democratic state Sen. Jeff Jackson states his opposition to the proposed budget bill during a Senate session in Raleigh, N.C. Jackson has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate in 2022. Jackson unveiled his bid on Tuesday, Jan, 26, 2021. He's the second Democrat to enter the race to succeed Republican Sen. Richard Burr, who isn’t seeking reelection. (Chris Seward/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

N. Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson enters US Senate race

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., celebrates with his wife Susan, at a election night rally Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Mooresville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Cunningham concedes to US Sen. Tillis in North Carolina

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., celebrates at a election night rally Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Mooresville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Thom Tillis says Democrat Cal Cunningham has conceded in North Carolina Senate race

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., celebrates with his wife Susan, at a election night rally Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Mooresville, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Tillis-Cunningham US Senate race too early to call

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, speaks to reporters following the weekly Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., center, and Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., right, listen. Republican senators are fighting to save their majority against an onslaught of challengers in states once off limits to Democrats that are now hotbeds of the backlash to President Donald Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

GOP tries to save its Senate majority, with or without Trump

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., listen during a Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business meeting, including the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Hannah Mckay/Pool via AP)

Cunningham keeps low in NC Senate race marked by his affair

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

An aide asks Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., to step back, as he greets Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and his granddaughter Finnegan Biden, as they arrive on the tarmac at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Roy Cooper to Joe Biden: It’s ‘frustrating,’ but we’ll get Cal Cunningham across the finish line

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham speaks during a televised debate with U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool

Cal Cunningham campaign for Senate in North Carolina not harmed by scandal

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham, left, and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. wait for the start of a televised debate Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)

Cunningham outraises Tillis, enters October with less cash

By BRYAN ANDERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham talks during during a televised debate with Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., in Raleigh, N.C. Cunningham inched back into the public sphere on Wednesday, Oct. 7, a day after The Associated Press reported the he had an intimate encounter this summer with a public relations consultant. Within hours of the military disclosing that it is investigating Cunningham, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, he rejected the idea that the race with Tillis had turned into a referendum on his character, even while expressing remorse for extramarital activity. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)

Cunningham won’t directly address possible other affairs

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Cunningham inches back into public as Army confirms probe

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham speaks during a televised debate with U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool

Democrat’s personal scandal roils N. Carolina Senate race

By BY BRIAN SLODYSKO and GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks during a televised debate with Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)

Sen. Tillis demands ‘thorough explanation’ from challenger Cunningham on texting scandal

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham speaks during a televised debate with U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. Cunningham has admitted to sending sexual text messages to a California strategist who is not his wife. Cunningham apologized but said he would not drop out of the race in a statement to multiple news outlets late Friday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool, file)

Senate hopeful Cal Cunningham apologizes after scandalous texts surface; Democrats maintain support

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham speaks during a televised debate with U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool

N. Carolina Senate race upended by sexting, virus diagnosis

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham, left, and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. greet each other after a televised debate Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)

Tillis, Cunningham spar over Supreme Court, absentee voting

By BRYAN ANDERSON - Associated Press

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham participates in a televised debate with U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, not shown, at WNCN-TV in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Supreme Court vacancy looms large in 2nd NC Senate debate

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 2, 2020 file photo, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks during a campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Charlotte, N.C. Tillis is calibrating his ties to Trump as he tries to find the right path for reelection in a closely divided state. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn, File)

In N. Carolina Senate race, Tillis calibrates ties to Trump

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., left, and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham participate in a televised debate, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at the WRAL-TV studios in Raleigh, N.C. (WRAL-TV via AP)

Cal Cunningham, Dem Senate candidate, says he’d be ‘hesitant’ to take the coronavirus vaccine

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

NC Senate candidates trade accusations on virus, vaccine

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press