Republican rising star Madison Cawthorn has been elected to represent a U.S. House district in North Carolina, becoming one of the youngest people to ever serve in the U.S. Congress.
The 25-year-old bested retired U.S. Air Force Col. Moe Davis, a Democrat. He will fill an 11th Congressional District seat vacated by Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, who left to serve as President Donald Trump’s chief of staff.
Cawthorn, the youngest Republican ever elected to the House, first drew attention after securing a surprise victory over Republican Lynda Bennett, Trump’s preferred candidate, in a June GOP primary runoff.
Cawthorn, a real estate investor who turned 25 in August, just met the minimum age to run for the House seat. Currently, the youngest member of Congress is 31-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, who won her seat in 2018 shortly after she turned 29.