Trump-backed Rep. Madison Cawthorn concedes North Carolina GOP primary
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2022-05-19 07:23:17
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Rep. Madison Cawthorn speaks before a rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump at The Farm at 95 on April 9, 2022 in Selma, North Carolina.
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Rep. Madison Cawthorn, the scandal-prone freshman lawmaker backed by former President Donald Trump, conceded defeat in his Republican major election on Tuesday night time.
Cawthorn known as state Sen. Chuck Edwards to concede the race, the congressman's spokesman instructed reporters. Edwards had been endorsed by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.
NBC News projected Edwards as the first winner within the state's eleventh Congressional District on Tuesday night. He led the race with greater than 33% of the vote, compared with roughly 32% for Cawthorn.
"Congratulations to @ChuckEdwards4NC on securing the nomination tonight," Cawthorn stated in a tweet. "It's time for the NC-11 GOP to rally behind the Republican ticket to defeat the Democrats' nominee this November."
North Carolina voters on Tuesday had already decided who will compete in one in all this year's critical U.S. Senate races: Rep. Ted Budd will win the Republican Senate primary within the race to fill the seat of retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr, NBC projected.
Budd is backed both by Trump and the influential conservative group Club for Progress. He will face off within the common election in opposition to Cheri Beasley, former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, who NBC projected would handily clinch the Democratic nomination.
The swing-state contest is one in all a handful that can decide whether or not Democrats maintain their majority in the Senate split 50-50 by social gathering. Vice President Kamala Harris holds a tiebreaking vote for Democrats.
Cawthorn is one among 13 U.S. House members from North Carolina. Now 26 years previous, Cawthorn was the youngest member of Congress when he was elected in 2020. His seat, which was beforehand held by ex-Trump chief of workers Mark Meadows, is a secure Republican district.
Nevertheless, the first-term lawmaker's reelection bid grew to become one of many state's most-watched main races, due to a wide range of scandals and missteps that spurred harsh criticism — even from some Republicans.
The controversies swirling round Cawthorn embody: making claims about different lawmakers doing illicit drugs and alluring him to orgies; driving with a revoked license; bringing a loaded handgun to an airport; being eyed by ethics watchdogs over suspicions about doable insider trading related to a meme cryptocurrency; calling Ukraine's president a "thug" amid an invasion by Russia; and others.
Tillis got here out swinging against Cawthorn. He endorsed Edwards, a prime rival in the GOP primary. A political action committee affiliated with Tillis reportedly spent greater than $300,000 on adverts attacking Cawthorn. And after the watchdogs raised issues of doable insider buying and selling, Tillis openly known as for a congressional ethics investigation into Cawthorn.
Trump, in the meantime, defended Cawthorn in a social media publish over the weekend.
"Lately, he made some silly errors, which I don't consider he'll make again," Trump said of Cawthorn, including, "Let's give Madison a second likelihood!"
Asked by NBC News about Trump's submit, Tillis replied, "Technically, that is the sixth or seventh likelihood."
"He hasn't discovered from a mistake he's made over the past yr," the senator stated of Cawthorn.
Quelle: www.cnbc.com