CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a Republican from North Carolina, won a major court victory Friday when a federal judge ruled that voters shouldn’t be allowed to try to have him ruled ineligible to run for office.
A group of voters from Cawthorn’s district had filed a challenge with the State Board of Elections, claiming that Cawthorn should be banned from the ballot. They cited his actions supporting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Cawthorn has denied their allegations that he may have helped plan the attack.
Those who took over the Capitol were trying to pressure members of Congress into voting to overturn the 2020 election results and keep Republican President Donald Trump in office, even though he lost the election to Democratic President Joe Biden.
