U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn is projected to have lost his primary Tuesday night and be a one-term Congressman.
Dave Wasserman, the U.S. House editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report first made the call Tuesday night: Business Insider also reports Cawthorn was “ousted.” Republicans in Cawthorn’s North Carolina district had eight candidates to choose from and picked state Senator Chuck Edwards.
As recently as last week Edwards was “polling a distant second at 21 percent,” Newsweek reported. Edwards will face a formidable Democrat, Jasmine Beach-Ferrara.
A Buncombe County Commissioner, Beach-Ferrara is an ordained Christian minister and the founding Executive Director of the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE).