by I live in the 11th Congressional District of North Carolina. Our current congressman is Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) who is the youngest member of Congress.
Cawthorn is facing a stiff challenge in the Republican primary for a number of reasons. These include a poor voting record, doing dumb shit like trying to take a firearm on an airplane (twice), driving on a suspended license while speeding, lots of embarrassing videos coming to light, and crappy constituent service. Topping this all off is that before the Democrat-controlled NC Supreme Court threw out the General Assembly’s redistricting plan, Cawthorn had planned to ditch the 11th District for a new, more heavily Republican district, closer to Charlotte. The rationale was that he would gain more media attention from the Charlotte media than he could from the local Asheville media outlets.
I got an email today from Cawthorn trying to raise money. Here is how it concluded:
| I’ll be traveling across my district here in North Carolina and hope to have your support as I make this critical push to stay in the race! |
| Thanks, Madison Cawthorn Congressman, NC-14 |
I don’t know about you but I prefer a congressional representative who remembers what district he or she actually represents.
As an aside, Cawthorn still got the NRA-PVF endorsement given their pro-incumbent bias. Grass Roots North Carolina-PVF however has recommended St. Sen. Chuck Edwards (R-Henderson) who not only has helped pro-gun legislation in Raleigh but actually holds a FFL.
Sounds like you’ll be getting a new congress-critter. I live over the hills in TN but poor Madison has a bunch of people with sharp knives after him, and his seems to be helping them all he can. I just hope you end up with someone who votes the right way on 2A issues.