Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, who was endorsed by Trump, has lost her bid for re-election.
The Associated Press is now projecting that Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, who was endorsed by Trump, has lost her bid for re-election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/07/rep-ellmers-loses-reelection-bid-in-n-c/
Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) lost her bid for reelection Tuesday, becoming the first GOP congressional incumbent to lose their seat in 2016.
Ellmers, who was elected in 2010 amid the tea party takeover of the House, lost in the Republican primary to Rep. George Holding (R-N.C.) in North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes suburban and rural Raleigh.
Holding won with over 50 percent of the vote with 64 percent of precincts reporting. Ellmers and Greg Brannon were duking it out for second and third place, with Ellmers slightly edging Brannon, 24.1 to 23.7 percent, when the race was called, according to the Associated Press.
