Apex doctor to use $757,000 NC lottery win to support his campaign for U.S. Congress seat

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — An Apex man who won $757,000 in the North Carolina lottery last week said he plans to spend part of it in his already-declared campaign for a seat in the U.S. Congress.

Dr. Josh McConkey, a physician and colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, bought using a ticket using Online Play, matching all five balls in the Cash 5 drawing for a $1.5 million jackpot, according to a Monday news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery.

McConkey split the jackpot with another lucky ticket buyer at the Piggly Wiggly on Tatum Drive in New Bern.

McConkey arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to collect his $757,577 prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $541,670.

“This is quite a day,” McConkey said. “I am still really in shock. It’s pretty wild.”

McConkey, a Republican, has already announced his campaign in the state’s 13th congressional district, which includes parts of Wake, Harnett and Wayne counties along with all of Johnston County.

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