| − | '''Lynda Bennett''' is a businesswoman and strongly [[conservative]] [[Republican]] currently running for [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[North Carolina]]'s 11th district to succeed [[Mark Meadows]], who resigned to become the White House Chief of Staff to [[Donald Trump]]. | + | '''Lynda Bennett''' is a businesswoman and [[conservative]] [[Republican]] who ran for [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[North Carolina]]'s 11th district to succeed [[Mark Meadows]], who resigned to become the White House Chief of Staff to [[Donald Trump]]. |
| − | In the [[Republican]] primary held on March 3, 2020, Bennett managed to garner a plurality of the votes casted at 22.7%,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/03/us/elections/results-north-carolina-house-district-11-primary-election.html North Carolina Primary Election Results: 11th House District]</ref> but as no candidate won a majority, a runoff will be held on June 23, 2020 between her and Madison Cawthorn, who finished second place. | + | In the [[Republican]] primary held on March 3, 2020, Bennett managed to garner a plurality of the votes casted at 22.7%,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/03/us/elections/results-north-carolina-house-district-11-primary-election.html North Carolina Primary Election Results: 11th House District]</ref> but as no candidate won a majority, a runoff election was held on June 23, 2020 between her and Madison Cawthorn, who finished second place. She ultimately lost the runoff election to Cawthorn in a landslide margin.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/23/us/elections/results-north-carolina-house-district-11-republican-primary-runoff-election.html North Carolina Republican Primary Election Runoff Election Results: 11th District]</ref> |