Rep. Madison Cawthorn is favored to win the Republican primary in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District despite several run-ins with the law and fresh allegations of insider trading.

That is the reluctant assessment of frustrated North Carolina Republicans who oppose Cawthorn and are rooting for the first-term congressman to lose his bid for renomination on May 17. The 26-year-old lawmaker is facing two viable Republican challengers, state Sen. Chuck Edwards and Michele Woodhouse, former GOP chairwoman of western North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. But Cawthorn’s name recognition, strong support from grassroots conservatives, and divided opposition are conspiring to pull him through.