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Black eyes for Trump, Meadows in North Carolina primary
Politico
The president's perfect endorsement record in GOP primary elections was shattered when Madison Cawthorn trounced Lynda Bennett.
By ALLY MUTNICK and ALEX ISENSTADT
06/23/2020 10:50 PM EDT
President Donald Trump’s perfect endorsement record in GOP primary elections crashed with a thud Tuesday night when his choice for an open seat in Western North Carolina was drubbed by a 24-year-old first-time candidate.
The result of the GOP primary runoff in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District was a major embarrassment for Trump’s new chief of staff, Mark Meadows, with many senior Republicans punting the blame toward him.
Trump and Meadows went all in for Lynda Bennett, a real-estate agent who is a close friend of the Meadows, only to see her routed by Madison Cawthorn, a businessman who was partially paralyzed in a car accident. Cawthorn led Bennett by around 30 points when The Associated Press called the race.
The president tweeted out his endorsement of Bennett in early June, and he released a robocall saying she would help him “fight crazy Nancy Pelosi and that radical socialist liberal group trying to destroy our country.” House Freedom Action, a leadership PAC aligned with the former congressman, spent nearly $500,000 million on the airwaves to boost Bennett.
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The president's perfect endorsement record in GOP primary elections was shattered when Madison Cawthorn trounced Lynda Bennett.
By ALLY MUTNICK and ALEX ISENSTADT
06/23/2020 10:50 PM EDT
President Donald Trump’s perfect endorsement record in GOP primary elections crashed with a thud Tuesday night when his choice for an open seat in Western North Carolina was drubbed by a 24-year-old first-time candidate.
The result of the GOP primary runoff in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District was a major embarrassment for Trump’s new chief of staff, Mark Meadows, with many senior Republicans punting the blame toward him.
Trump and Meadows went all in for Lynda Bennett, a real-estate agent who is a close friend of the Meadows, only to see her routed by Madison Cawthorn, a businessman who was partially paralyzed in a car accident. Cawthorn led Bennett by around 30 points when The Associated Press called the race.
The president tweeted out his endorsement of Bennett in early June, and he released a robocall saying she would help him “fight crazy Nancy Pelosi and that radical socialist liberal group trying to destroy our country.” House Freedom Action, a leadership PAC aligned with the former congressman, spent nearly $500,000 million on the airwaves to boost Bennett.
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