Kari Lake, a former television journalist with Trump’s backing, had been trailing for much of the night but overtook Karrin Taylor Robson early Wednesday morning. In the Arizona GOP primary’s proxy war between former President Donald Trump and his vice president, Mike Pence, Trump’s preferred candidate for governor has pulled ahead. – Rick Rouan Trump-backed candidate for Arizona governor pulls ahead in GOP primary The Associated Press has not called either race. Dan Newhouse was in first place in his primary, l eading the third-place candidate by more than 5 percentage points.īoth drew Trump’s ire, and primary opponents, after voting for his impeachment. Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican, was sitting in second place in her primary, with a cushion of more than 4 percentage points as of Wednesday morning. Washington’s nonpartisan primary system sends the top two vote-getters, regardless of party, on to the general election. Roy Blunt, and the first test of a statewide abortion referendum in Kansas.
In Michigan, likewise, the governor's race is also one of the more closely watched contests where Republicans are itching to boot Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer, who was a champion of many COVID-19 restrictions, out of office.Kari Lake pulled ahead in the Arizona GOP primary for governor, but the Arizona Republic reported it could take several days to determine a winner.Mark Kelly will be a formidable incumbent, having already raised $52.5 million as his would-be GOP opponents are engaged in a bitter primary fight. Arizona is one of a handful of Senate races considered a "toss-up" this fall, with Republicans needing to flip just one seat to seize the majority next year. Democratic Sen.Peter Meijer and GOP challenger John Gibbs underscores the struggle in the party between Republican establishment candidates and those endorsed by Trump. In Michigan, Trump-backed Tudor Dixon won the GOP gubernatorial primary and will face Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer in the fall.Trump-backed candidates pulled ahead in Arizona’s GOP primaries, showing, if early election results hold, a sign of the sway the former president still has over Republicans in the state.
Even in heavily red districts where former President Donald Trump held double-digit margins in 20, voters overwhelmingly chose to protect abortion rights. Abortion rights drove turnout and a stunning upset for anti-abortion advocates in conservative Kansas.A referendum on abortion in Kansas also drew nationwide attention. The latest primaries featured contests in Arizona and Michigan, which were ground zero in former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Tuesday's primary elections are shaping up to be among the most consequential in the 2022 cycle.
0 kommentar(er)
