Madison Cawthorn Trumps Trump-Backed Lynda Bennett!

A 24-year old real estate investor beats the Republican establishment in a special primary race.

He will turn 25 in a few weeks. He could be the youngest member of the U.S. House of Representatives if elected in November. This man will meet the requirements of being U.S. Congressman by the time he's elected.

The last members who were elected at a young age were Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).

A motivational speaker defeated a Trump-backed candidate in a Republican primary race in North Carolina.

North Carolina's 11th Congressional District was once held by Mark Meadows. He resigned from his seat to join the White House as the chief of staff. The seat is likely Republican but it was an intraparty fight between two candidates who supported Trump. However, the candidate who won, said he'll back Trump but he won't back Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

(David) Madison Cawthorn defeated Lynda Bennett, a Trump-backed Republican who had backing from most of the establishment including the backing of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Cawthorn will face Democrat Moe Davis in the November general election.

What happened?

Bennett, a realtor and friend of Meadows quickly got into the race expecting to easily cruise a victory.

She had the backing of many Republican lawmakers and Donald J. Trump's official support.

According to The Charlotte Observer, Meadows' late exit and the endorsement of Bennett led to ill will among some in the GOP.

The head of Western Carolina University's political science, Chris Cooper said that Meadows kind of torpedoed Bennett.

Republican establishment candidate Lynda Bennett is defeated.

"There definitely were hard feelings among the local Republican Party. Sort of a sense that Bennett had tried to bypass the system and the party and Meadows had as well," Cooper said. "There was a sense he tried to cook the books for her."

Bennett declined most interview requests and turned down an opportunity to debate Cawthron.

Bennett who is a realtor won the first primary in March in a 12-way Republican race. She edged out Cawthorn with 22% of the vote, but failed to reach 30% threshold to avoid a runoff. Bennett received fewer votes in the second primary, while Cawthorn's total jumped by nearly 12,000.

Trump gave glowing endorsements of Bennett.

.@LyndaBennettNC has my Complete & Total Endorsement. She is a great fighter & ally in North Carolina. Lynda is Strong on Crime, Borders, Military, our Great Vets & 2A. She will be a great help to me in DC. We need Lynda to help DRAIN THE SWAMP! VOTE EARLY!https://t.co/0HTBHOHNSr

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 16, 2020

Please let this serve as my Complete and Total Endorsement of a great fighter and ally in North Carolina, @LyndaBennettNC. She is strong on Crime, Borders, Military, our Great Vets & 2A. She will be a great help to me in DC. EARLY VOTING STARTS TODAY. We need Lynda Bennett! #NC11

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 4, 2020

Bennett touted Trump's endorsement on her campaign website, which includes a photo of the president on her homepage.

Cawthorn basically called her a "insider."

Cawthorn is paralyzed from the waist down. He was a survivor of a bad car accident. He said that this ordeal didn't deter his ambitions to do something.

He is a small businessman who owns a real estate investment company in Hendersonville.

Some consider this a victory in the way you seen how Eric Cantor lost to Dave Brat.

North Carolina's 11th Congressional District is considered safe for Republicans.