{"id":1478842,"date":"2022-05-17T22:59:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T02:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478842"},"modified":"2022-05-17T23:00:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T03:00:04","slug":"madison-cawthorn-concedes-primary-against-gop-state-sen-chuck-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/madison-cawthorn-concedes-primary-against-gop-state-sen-chuck-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Cawthorn Concedes Primary Against GOP State Sen. Chuck Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmadison-cawthorn-concedes-primary-against-gop-state-sen-chuck-edwards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478842&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn conceded defeat in Tuesday\u2019s Republican primary after state Sen. Chuck Edwards beat him in Tuesday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards narrowly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/05\/17\/1098065292\/north-carolina-primary-election-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defeated<\/a> Cawthorn by 2% percentage points \u2014 earning 33.5% while the incumbent representative attained 31.7% of the vote. Cawthorn left his campaign headquarters in Hendersonville and contacted Edwards to concede the race, his press secretary Luke Ball <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article261537362.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cawthorn had faced a tight challenge after Edwards had been endorsed by Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, along with running alongside several other challengers in the 11th district, The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/house\/3488650-madison-cawthorn-faces-primary-voters-on-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The race consisted of challengers Rod Honeycutt, Michele Woodhouse, Matthew Burril, Wendy Nevarez, Bruce O\u2019Connell and Kristie Sluder.<\/p>\n<p>A GOPAC <a href=\"https:\/\/gopacelect.org\/news\/gopac-election-fund-releases-analysis-on-nc-11-republican-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> found that the 26-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/23\/madison-cawthorn-age-north-carolina-primary-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one-term<\/a> congressman\u2019s overall support dropped from 49% to 38% over the past month, though he still remained in the lead. Edwards\u2019 support rose from 14% to 21% in that same period. If the two top candidates did not meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/05\/17\/madison-cawthorn-gop-primary-results-polls-close-in-north-carolina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30% threshold<\/a>, they would face a runoff election in July. Cawthorn had maintained to remain above the 30% runoff threshold, with 31% of voters holding a \u201cvery favorable\u201d view of the representative.<\/p>\n<p>Cawthorn has faced backlash in the past month after Politico obtained old photographs of the representative wearing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/22\/rep-cawthorn-responds-photos-lingerie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lingerie<\/a> at the Royal Caribbean\u2019s Quest game show before serving in Congress. The representative responded to the photographs saying critics were \u201crunning out of things to throw\u201d at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess the left thinks goofy vacation photos during a game on a cruise (taken waaay before I ran for Congress) is going to somehow hurt me,\u201d Cawthorn said. \u201cThey\u2019re running out of things to throw at me\u2026Share your most embarrassing vacay pics in the replies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7430717\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7430717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Allison Joyce\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He had also been reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/26\/madison-cawthorn-reportedly-cited-gun-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cited<\/a> for having a 9mm handgun in his luggage at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in late April. Authorities issued a citation for Possession of a Dangerous Weapon on City Property.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis also called on the House Ethics Committee to investigate Cawthorn over his alleged involvement in insider trading connected to his Let\u2019s Go Brandon cryptocurrency, The Hill reported.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/28\/madison-cawthorn-claims-government-leaders-invited-orgy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged<\/a> that political leaders in D.C. invited him to have an orgy and snort cocaine during a PatriotTakes podcast in March. A furious House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Cawthorn \u201cdid not tell the truth\u201d about the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is unacceptable,\u201d he said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/30\/house-republican-leaders-meet-with-rep-madison-cawthorn-after-comments-about-orgy-invitation-drug-use\/\">according<\/a> to the Washington Post. \u201cThere\u2019s no evidence to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meridithmcgraw\/status\/1526176022500089856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backed<\/a> Cawthorn late Sunday saying he deserves a second chance after making \u201cfoolish mistakes.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/north-caroling-board-elections-madison-cawthorn-insurrection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: North Carolina Elections Board Says It Has The Ability To Bar Madison Cawthorn From Elected Office)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 18 years of age, Madison Cawthorn, the now 26 year old Congressman from the Great State of North Carolina, went through a life changing event the likes of which, fortunately, few people will ever have to endure,\u201d Trump said via Truth Social. \u201cIn just seconds, he lost the use of the lower half of his body, a traumatic experience to say the least. When Madison was first elected to Congress, he did a great job. Recently, he made some foolish mistakes, which I don\u2019t believe he\u2019ll make again\u2026let\u2019s give Madison a second chance!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief District Court Judge Richard Myers <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/04\/judge-blocks-ballot-run-cawthorn-north-carolina-free-speech-for-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blocked<\/a> an effort led by Free Speech for People to bar Cawthorn from the ballot after alleging the Fourteenth Amendment disqualified him for reportedly helping to \u201cfacilitate the January 6, 2021 insurrection\u201d in early March. The judge argued the North Carolina Elections Board cannot make judgements on Cawthorn\u2019s alleged role in the January 6 riot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn conceded defeat in Tuesday\u2019s Republican primary after state Sen. Chuck Edwards beat him in Tuesday\u2019s race.Edwards narrowly defeated Cawthorn by 2% percentage points \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":1483498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1478842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}