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Endorsements continue to mount in the race for the GOP nomination in the 6th Congressional District. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th District, backs Rockingham County District Attorney Phil Berger Jr. Meantime, former High Point Republican Party chairman Don Webb, who competed in the May 6 primary, throws his support to Mark Walker. Berger and Walker meet in the July 15 runoff.

• Meantime, Berger and Walker swapped rhetorical jabs at a candidate forum hosted by the Greensboro Regional Realtors Association.

• Rep. Mark Meadows, R-11th, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, writes an op-ed for Fox News criticizing President Obama’s handling of the prisoner exchange involving Bowe Bergdahl.

• Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, will be one of the keynote speakers at this weekend’s state Republican Party convention.