Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Holding defeats Ellmers in member-versus-member primary
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Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 18:46:15 -0600

Rep. George Holding has won the Republican primary for his newly redrawn district in North Carolina, beating Rep. Renee Ellmers, who is the first GOP incumbent this year to lose in a primary. 

Holding, who was first elected in 2012, had 52 percent of the vote with nearly two-thirds of precincts reporting when The Associated Press called the race. Ellmers, a three-term incumbent who was drawn into a new district with Holding this year, trailed with 24 percent of the vote. Greg Brannon, a two-time Senate primary candidate, also had 24 percent. 

Donald Trump backed Ellmers and recorded a last-minute robocall that her campaign released over the weekend. It was the first time the presumptive Republican presidential nominee had intervened in a congressional race this year. But if failed to secure victory for Ellmers, who faced over $1 million in outside spending from groups including Americans for Prosperity and the Club for Growth, which were unhappy with her House voting record.

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