“If you are not on the record calling for fair, free and just elections now and in the future, I will come to your district and I will fund a primary opponent against you.”

American politician

Madison Cawthorn is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A Republican, he describes himself as a constitutional conservative. He is known for his time in Congress and for the political positions he has associated with that role. The phrase he uses for his own ideology points to a conservative view of the Constitution and limited government, which frames much of his public identity.