NC-06: Addison McDowell now uncontested in North Carolina House race after ex-Rep. Walker declines runoff
Source: Associated Press
McDowell now uncontested in North Carolina House race after ex-Rep. Walker declines runoff
BY GARY D. ROBERTSON
Updated 6:14 PM EDT, March 13, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former North Carolina representative who finished second in last week’s primary for essentially his old U.S. House seat announced on Wednesday that he won’t ask for a runoff and will join Donald Trump’s presidential campaign instead.
Ex-U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, who served in Congress for six years through 2020, ran in the central North Carolina 6th District, which now stretches from Greensboro and Winston-Salem south and west to Concord.
The top vote-getter in the six-candidate March 5 Republican primary, the Trump-endorsed Addison McDowell, failed to exceed the 30% vote threshold needed to avoid a May 14 runoff. But state law said it was up to Walker to formally ask for the runoff.
But Walker said he won’t request a runoff, meaning that McDowell won the primary outright and almost assuredly will be the next 6th District representative, since he will face no Democratic opposition this fall.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-primary-election-house-runoff-mcdowell-manning-walker-590396ae388be2071e49fe159e798821
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