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Elections took place in at least eight states on Tuesday, including statewide primaries in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Here’s a look at some noteworthy results in battleground races:

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Inside the final hours of Madison Cawthorn’s reelection campaign

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Election night at Madison Cawthorn’s campaign headquarters started with the vibe of a warm, summertime neighborhood get-together. Supporters were greeted with food trucks, coolers of drinks, and corn hole boards for the kids.

Tribune News Service

NC’s top Democrats and Republicans rebuke the party dissenters who crossed them

North Carolina’s top politicians on both sides of the aisle sent their party’s dissenters a message in Tuesday night’s primary election results to fall back in line.

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Madison Cawthorn thanks Trump, Tucker Carlson, Rand Paul and the NRA for standing by him before election loss

The first-term representative was defeated in the Republican primary on Tuesday night and will not be returning to Congress

The Independent UK

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 23 (May 19, 2022)

In this issue: Takeaways from five states’ primaries and former V.P. Pence to campaign for Kemp

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A look at this week’s battleground primary results

Welcome to the Thursday, May 19, Brew.

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Editorial: In Cawthorn loss, Republicans show they can stand up to one of their own

On the eve of Tuesday’s primary, former President Donald Trump asked voters to give U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn a “second chance.”

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‘Surreal moments’: Chuck Edwards reflects on victory over Madison Cawthorn in North Carolina congressional race

FLAT ROCK, N.C. — Chuck Edwards was on his way to his election night watch party about 2 1/2 hours after polls closed when he received the call from Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who had already returned home from his own party and was ready to concede the race.

Tribune News Service

Good riddance to Madison Cawthorn

Despite all of his obvious problems, Donald Trump backed him anyway, even posting a late defense of the serial screw-up on his Truth Social account. Cawthorn lost the GOP primary.

Chicago Sun-Times

Primaries show divisions are not only between the parties, but within them

Results were mixed on the influence of big endorsements and super PACs in races in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

Roll Call

GOP drops the flash, keeps the fascism

GOP voters still love Trump — but now realize it's easier for authoritarians to win if they put people to sleep

Salon

Madison Cawthorn loses re-election bid in NC-11 to state Sen. Chuck Edwards

State Sen. Chuck Edwards won the May 17 Republican primary for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. Eight candidates were on the ballot. Based on unofficial returns, Edwards received 33.4% of the vote while incumbent Madison Cawthorn received 31.9% of the vote.

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Who is Chuck Edwards, the NC politician who just denied Madison Cawthorn reelection?

State Sen. Chuck Edwards is drawing national attention after narrowly defeating Madison Cawthorn, the embattled first-term congressman from Western North Carolina who earned powerful opposition within his own party, in Tuesday’s GOP primary.

Tribune News Service

Trump's influence wanes but Big Lie wins

Trump-endorsed candidates had a mixed night but primaries show GOP's embrace of the Big Lie

Salon

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Benzinga

Firebrand Trump Supporter Madison Cawthorn Loses Republican Primary For North Carolina

U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), the youngest member of the House of Representatives, has lost the primary election to state Sen.Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.).

The Independent UK

Madison Cawthorn crashes out in spectacular fashion after Trump’s ‘foolish’ rebuke

House’s youngest member flames out after just one term representing rural western North Carolina

The Independent UK

Takeaways: Election denier wins, bad behavior dooms Cawthorn

Former President Donald Trump’s influence was enough to elevate his Senate candidate to victory in North Carolina on Tuesday

Los Angeles Times

5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and elsewhere

The primary campaigns culminating Tuesday night across five states have generated a soap opera’s worth of melodrama.

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The Guardian - US

Pro-Trump firebrand Madison Cawthorn concedes in House race

Congressman, 26, failed to beat back challenge from Chuck Edwards after losing Republican support over ‘cocaine and orgies ‘claim

The Independent UK

Sen Thom Tillis and Rep Adam Kinzinger celebrate Madison Cawthorn’s primary defeat in North Carolina

‘Didn’t work,’ Rep Adam Kinzinger says in mocking message to the MAGA wing of the GOP

Tribune News Service

NC Rep. Madison Cawthorn has conceded his race, campaign says

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn called his Republican primary opponent and conceded on Tuesday night, losing his reelection bid in the Western North Carolina district that sent him to Congress two years ago.

WEKU

Scandal-plagued Rep. Madison Cawthorn is ousted in North Carolina primary

The Republican narrowly lost to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, who had received the backing of some Republicans who had tired of Cawthorn's controversies.

The Independent UK

Madison Cawthorn sneers at 'loser's mentality' of GOP chiefs as he's defeated in North Carolina primary despite Trump backing

Freshman House member undone by scandals

Axios

Rep. Madison Cawthorn loses N.C. GOP House primary

State Sen. Chuck Edwards defeated the scandal-plagued Cawthorn.

Roll Call

Trump backing not enough to save Cawthorn in NC primary - Roll Call

Freshman Republican Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina became the first Trump-backed incumbent to lose reelection Tuesday.

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