NC House Speaker Tim Moore won't run for Congress, seeking another term as speaker
N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore will not run for Congress in 2022 — the first major fallout from U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s decision to switch congressional districts.
It had long been suspected that Moore, a Cleveland County Republican, would run for the U.S. House next year, and the new congressional map passed by state lawmakers earlier this month included a district seemingly drawn for the speaker.
The 13th Congressional District included Cleveland County and was home to no incumbent members. But Cawthorn, a first-term congressman, announced Thursday night that he would run in that district, instead of the far-western district that included much of his current district.
Moore, who has been speaker since 2015, confirmed his decision Thursday night, hours after The News & Observer first reported it.
Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article255751846.html
(Raleigh News & Observer)
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