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A former conservative congressman who was ousted in a shocking primary election result in 2022 is now eyeing a return to Congress in 2026, according to a report from Axios.
Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who spent a single term representing North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District from January 2021 to 2023, is reportedly considering a bid in Florida’s 19th Congressional District, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.
The seat is soon to be open, as current officeholder Byron Donalds has already announced his campaign for governor of the Sunshine State in next year’s midterm elections.
Cawthorn drew the ire of then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) by saying the House Republican Caucus is “full of degenerates.” He also once claimed that some of his House colleagues invited him to orgies and used cocaine.
Both McCarthy and then-House Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry (R-PA), to which Cawthorn was a member, sat him down and asked for clarification on the comments. The House leaders asked him to identify the members who allegedly did this by name, though he never did so.
“I think it is important, if you’re going to say something like that, to name some names,” Perry told Politico at the time.
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