May 7, 2008 1:06PM 

# Antiwar Republicans Win in NC 

By [Justin Logan](https://www.cato.org/people/justin-logan) 

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Over at *The American Conservative* blog, [Jim Antle points out](http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/05/07/the-antiwar-right-effect/) that Rep. Walter Jones, an antiwar Republican incumbent, as well as another antiwar Republican, B.J. Lawson, won big in last night’s North Carolina primary.

Although the Republican establishment in Washington seems to have sacrificed every other governing principle at the altar of reckless militarism, it appears that a contingent of Republican voters haven’t. Maybe [Bill Kauffman is onto something](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=4755)…

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[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics) 

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