<p>Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) conceded his bid for reelection on Tuesday, losing the Republican primary to GOP state Sen. Chuck Edwards.</p>
<p>Cawthorn’s campaign was buffeted in recent weeks by a number of leaks about his personal behavior prior to holding office, including the leak of a nude video. Cawthorn called Edwards to concede defeat late Tuesday after results <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/17/us/elections/results-north-carolina.html">showed</a> him trailing by about two points with almost all precincts reporting.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Madison Cawthorn has conceded his North Carolina Congressional primary to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, campaign spokesman Luke Ball tells my colleague <a href="https://twitter.com/DianneG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DianneG</a>. CNN has yet to project the outcome of the race.</p>
<p>&mdash; Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny/status/1526749959877533696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Cawthorn lost despite earning and keeping an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. Trump endorsed Cawthorn last year, and reupped his support for the incumbent on Monday after Cawthorn had weathered weeks of negative press about his personal character.</p>
<p>“When Madison was first elected to Congress, he did a great job,” Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/news/campaign/3489925-trump-backing-cawthorn-despite-lawmakers-foolish-mistakes/">said</a> in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. “Recently, he made some foolish mistakes, which I don’t believe he’ll make again…let’s give Madison a second chance!”</p>
<p>At the beginning of May less than two weeks before the primary, a nude video of a man believed to be Cawthorn <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nude-video-surfaces-of-madison-cawthorn-with-a-friend-lawmaker-says-blackmail-wont-win">surfaced</a> online. The video purports to show a naked Cawthorn in bed drag his groin over another man’s head and begin thrusting. The 26-year-old lawmaker appeared to confirm the video’s veracity while dismissing it as “blackmail.”</p>
<p>“A new hit against me just dropped,” he said in a tweet. “Years ago, in this video, I was being crass with a friend, trying to be funny. We were acting foolish, and joking. That’s it.”</p>
<p>“I’m NOT backing down. I told you there would be a drip drip campaign. Blackmail won’t win. We will,” he added.</p>

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