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.
Three of the state’s highest-ranking Republicans made it clear that U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn had fallen from their favor. They threw their support, instead, behind state Sen. Chuck Edwards, who beat Cawthorn in unofficial results by more than 1,300 votes.
Grow NC Strong, a super PAC originally created to support U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, pumped $1.5 million into campaign ads against Cawthorn, according to Open Secrets. It spent another $165,000 supporting Edwards.
