Former Trump Aide 25-Year-Old Karoline Leavitt Wins New Hampshire House GOP Primary

Karoline Leavitt, a 25-year-old former aide to the Trump White House, has won the Republican primary for a key swing U.S. House district in New Hampshire, beating Matt Mowers, a former state GOP chair and candidate for the seat in 2020.

Leavitt, a first-time candidate, struggled during the initial days of the campaign but soon outdistanced nine other GOP candidates in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. She won with 15,290 votes, 33.4 percent, leading Mowers who got 11,650 votes.

Leavitt will now face incumbent Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), in November’s general election in what is considered to be a tight race.

Pappas, the first openly gay U.S. House member elected from New Hampshire, won unopposed.

While Mowers was endorsed more by established GOP members like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Steve Scalise (R-La.), former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.

Leavitt was backed by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah).

Former President Donald Trump did not officially endorse either candidate.

Leavitt was a presidential writer and later served as assistant press secretary under Kayleigh McEnany, and is only the second Gen-Z candidate to win a House primary.

Regarding her age, Defending Main Street Super PAC advertised that Leavitt “pretends she’s a conservative. But really she’s just a woke, Gen-Z-er.”

Spending more than a million dollars on the ad, the Super PAC added that Leavitt “worships Fauci’s mask mandates,” and called her “woke, immature, and irresponsible.”

Congressional Leadership Fund, another super PAC aligned with the House GOP leaders, spent seven figures on ad campaigns, backing their support for Mowers.

Leavitt has been reportedly more vocal than Mowers regarding the 2020 election, voicing her support for former President Donald Trump. “I consistently continue to be the only candidate in this

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