The lawmaker who led Republican efforts to keep the House loses his re-election bid
Rep. Richard Hudson, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional committee, lost his re-election bid in North Carolina.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call via GettyShareAdd NBC News to GoogleBy Allan SmithRep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, lost his re-election bid on Tuesday, NBC News projected.
Hudson fell short to Democrat Richard Ojeda in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. Ojeda bested Hudson by about 2 points in the close contest.
Republicans have held this district since 1963.
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Hudson is the second party campaign chairman to lose a re-election in the last two midterm cycles. In 2022, then Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman, lost his re-election bid in New York’s 17th District.
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As of 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Cooper, whom NBC News projected as the victor in the contest, led Whatley by nearly 20 points in the race, boosting multiple down-ballot Democrats in the state.
Allan SmithAllan Smith is a national politics reporter for NBC News.
