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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Politics
Brian Murphy and Danielle Battaglia

Cawthorn considers switching North Carolina districts, surprising GOP

RALEIGH, N.C. — Rep. Madison Cawthorn knocked off a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump and Mark Meadows en route to his seat in Congress.

Now the young conservative could shake up the North Carolina congressional delegation once again.

In the political map approved by Republican state lawmakers last week, Cawthorn is the incumbent in the 14th Congressional District. But he told Republican leaders in his current Western North Carolina district that he is instead considering running in the 13th Congressional District — one that most political observers thought had been drawn for North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore.

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