Breaking Newts: Madison Cawthorne lost his primary election!

[thewayne]

He will be out of office come January, if not sooner!

The challenger, State Senator Chuck Edwards, not only soundly beat Cawthorne, cleared the 30% vote margin and will not face a run-off election which is what got Cawthorne into office. Edwards will go strait to the General Election in November and face whatever opponents make it to that stage. Since it is a safely Republican district, he is expected to go straight to Washington.

The Rolling Stone article details Cawthorne's recent troubles, which are quite numerous. It includes Trump's tepid plea to give Cawthorne 'a second chance' after privately wondering if he was "fucking his cousins". Wow. Well, regardless of proclivities, he's gone. He conceded the race and that is probably the end of his career on the National stage.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/madison-cawthorn-loses-north-carolina-primary-1354215/

Comments

[silveradept]

So they got rid of someone who ran his mouth in ways that embarrassed the party and replaced him with someone who will likely do all the same things, but will be smarter about what he says in public. Nothing will actually change.

[thewayne]

It would appear that his D.C. Sexgate attempt at an expose is what really shot him down.  Cost him the support of his colleagues and candidates.  And the group that 'doxxed' him, so to speak, with pictures or videos is talking about going after Boebert next!  Lots of material there.

[silveradept]

Yep. Everything else they were willing to overlook, but if you damage the brand's reputation, then you have to go. Don't know what that means with regard to others, but it's unlikely there will be a "we've all gone collectively crazy and need to clean house" moment any time soon.