Federally indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter failed to earn the endorsement of his local Republican Party on Monday despite representing San Diego County in the House for more than 10 years.

It was the first time the six-term GOP congressman from California’s 50th District has failed to capture the endorsement.

Hunter faces trial in January for allegedly misusing more than $250,000 from his campaign account and subsequently lying to the FBI. He also faces a crowded primary field that includes former GOP Rep. Darrell Issa of the adjacent 49th District, popular conservative talk radio host Carl DeMaio, and state Sen. Brian Jones.

Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar, who lost to Hunter by 3.4 percentage points in the 2018 midterms despite the district breaking for President Donald Trump by 15 points two years earlier, is also running in the “top-two” primary, in which the top-two vote-getters, regardless of party, face off head-to-head in the general election.

None of the four GOP candidates in attendance at a forum in San Diego on Monday met the threshold of two-thirds support from the San Diego Republican Party to win its official backing, multiple outlets reported.