Cawthorn
U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn announced Monday that he will run for Congress in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District following an overhaul of North Carolina’s maps.
Cawthorn previously announced he would seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District under the maps originally proposed by the General Assembly. The previously proposed 13th district was comprised of several counties he represents in the 117th Congress. However, following the congressional district map’s recent overhaul, those counties were largely redrawn into a new 11th Congressional District.
“I am excited to run for re-election in North Carolina’s newly solidified 11th Congressional District and represent nearly all of my current constituents in the 118th Congress,” Cawthorn said in a release. “The counties I had previously lost in redistricting are in the new maps.”
The Washington Post published an article on Feb. 23 about Cawthorn that discusses his proposed district switch and quotes multiple Cherokee County residents. You can read it at https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/02/23/his-attempt-switch-districts-north-carolinas-madison-cawthorn-may-be-exposing-limits-new-celebrity-politics.