Tuesday, June 14, 2016

First GOP Incumbent Is Ousted As Conservatives Defeat One-Time Ally

North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers is the first Republican incumbent to lose a primary this year, the victim of heavy conservative spending against her and a new congressional map.

Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump made a late endorsement for Ellmers over the weekend and recorded a robocall to try to save her, but it was too late to make much difference. Instead, Ellmers placed a distant second behind Rep. George Holding and only narrowly edged ahead of a third challenger, physician Greg Brannon....
http://www.npr.org/2016/06/07/481175534/first-gop-incumbent-is-ousted-as-conservatives-defeat-one-time-ally?ft=nprml&f=1001


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