Political newcomer Madison Cawthorn, 24, breezed past President Trump’s pick in the primary runoff for North Carolina's 11th Congressional District.
and retired U.S Air Force colonel Moe Davis in a district spanning 18 Western North Carolina counties.Cawthorn's victory is the latest triumph in a personal biography that captured the attention of voters.
Cawthorn won all but one of the counties that were fully reported as of 10 p.m. Bennett won in Rutherford County, taking nearly 65% of the vote. Cawthorn won the other counties by comfortable margins, except in Clay and Swain, where he won by three and five votes, respectively. Vote totals are not official until the canvass next week.
Cawthorn, who would reach the constitutionally-mandated age of 25 to serve in the House in August, was paralyzed from the abdomen down after a 2014 car accident. Meadows announced late during December’s candidate filing period he wouldn’t seek reelection and endorsed Bennett, a real estate company owner and friend of Meadows’ wife.Trump Chief of Staff Mark MeadowsCawthorn called for the runoff after he finished second to Bennett in a 12-candidate primary in early March. The scheduled May runoff was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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