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NC House Speaker Tim Moore won’t run for Congress, seeking another term as speaker
Story Date: 11/18/2021
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Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 11/12/21
N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore will not run for Congress in 2022 — the first major fallout from U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s decision to switch congressional districts. It had long been suspected that Moore, a Cleveland County Republican, would run for the U.S. House next year, and the new congressional map passed by state lawmakers earlier this month included a district seemingly drawn for the speaker. The 13th Congressional District included Cleveland County and was home to no incumbent members. But Cawthorn, a first-term congressman, announced Thursday night that he would run in that district, instead of the far-western district that included much of his current district.
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