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Pro-Trump firebrand Madison Cawthorn concedes in House race

A young man in a blue suit addresses an audience  from a stage.
Madison Cawthorn conceded his House seat to Chuck Edwards late Tuesday night. Photograph: Chris duMond/REX/Shutterstock

Madison Cawthorn, the first-term congressman and pro-Donald Trump firebrand, has lost his seat in the US House after failing to beat back a challenge from state legislator Chuck Edwards in the North Carolina Republican primary.

Luke Ball, a spokesperson for Cawthorn’s campaign, told the Associated Press late Tuesday that Cawthorn had conceded the race.

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