Alabamians elected Republican supporter just 10 days ago in Tuesday’s second round of Senate by-elections, but the limits of Trump’s power were clear in Georgia, a state he lost in 2020, where his voters Republican Party made him a series of annoyances. reprimands in the qualifiers for this year intermediates. The latest blows came on Tuesday in a pair of US House elections. In the 10th Circuit of Congress, CNN predicts that businessman Mike Collins, backed by Kemp, the son of the late US MP McCollins, will defeat former Democratic MP Vernon Jones, who was ratified by Trump. The race provided the closest thing to a clear showdown between Trump and Kemp – and Collins, though a conservative aligned with the former president, is well on his way to a comfortable victory. Trump nominates Jake Evans, former chairman of the State Ethics Committee, will also fall to emergency physician Rich McCormick in the second round of the 6th Congressional District, according to CNN projects. Trump ran in the South West Georgia 2nd District – for three decades in the undisputed province of Democratic MP Sanford Bishop, a centrist member of the Blue Dogs parliamentary group. West Point alumnus and frequent guest on Fox Jeremy Hunt and lawyer Chris West, a former Georgia Air National Guard officer, are seeking a chance to overthrow a suddenly disappearing establishment. The predominantly rural area is Black pluralism, and Hunt, who is black, has become a Republican favorite, with the National Republican Congressional Committee designating him as an up-and-coming former South Carolina Gov. Nicki Haley. campaign. path. Earlier this spring, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Rafensperger, who reprimanded Trump’s calls to help him oust the 2020 presidential election, won the Trump-backed primary. CNN predicted on Tuesday that Bee Nguyen would face Raffensperger in the fall.
The Alabama Republicans go with the status quo in the second round of the Senate
Trump won a landslide victory in Alabama on Tuesday, with CNN predicting that Katie Britt, the former chief of staff to retired Republican Sen. Richard Selby, would win the second round of the Senate. He will defeat MP Mo Brooks – or “MAGA Mo” as he is called – after Britt narrowly missed out on his candidacy on May 24. Trump initially backed Brooks in the primary and then rejected him in March. citing Brooks’s comments about the 2020 election. So it came as no surprise that the former president re-entered the race 10 days ago, this time in support of Britt, a GOP incumbent who finished the first qualifying round with more than 44% of the vote.
Republicans nominate candidates for key US House rallies in Virginia
The battle lines are clearer in Virginia as Republicans in two key constituencies in the U.S. House of Representatives have nominated candidates they hope will overthrow a pair of threatened Democrats this fall. In the 2nd Congressional District, CNN claims that Sen. Jen Kiggans has secured a match with incumbent Democrat Elaine Luria. Kiggans, who fits a more traditional Republican profile and had the backing of GOP congressional leaders in her primary, will defeat three others, including Jarome Bell, who has been more closely aligned with Trump’s right-wing allies. , including former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and Arizona spokesman Paul Gosar. In a tweet last year, Bell called for the execution of “everyone involved” in Trump’s fictitious electoral fraud in 2020. There is no evidence of widespread electoral fraud. The 7th District of Virginia became more Democrat-friendly after the redistribution. Whether that will be enough to save lawmaker Abigail Spanberger, who is not facing a primary challenge, is less clear in November – especially in the state where the reaction to the Democratic government in Washington won its first headlines last year with Republican Glenn Youngkin . victory in the governor’s race. CNN reports that Yesli Vega, Prince William County Supervisor, will win the GOP nomination in the 7th District. He was backed by Ginny Thomas, a conservative activist who is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Vega emerged from the top six, defeating state Sen. Bryce Reeves, who was backed by Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the FreedomWorks political arm and the National Rifle Association campaign arm. Derrick Anderson, retired Green Beret backed by Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. and Stafford County Chairman Crystal Vanuch.
Abrams’s influence is evident in the second round of Democratic elections in Georgia
Democrat Gov. Stacey Abrams’s influence in the Democratic Republic of Georgia was further strengthened on Tuesday as at least two of her candidates across the state won the qualifying round. Nguyen, the daughter of Abrams-backed Vietnamese immigrants, broke down despite comments from her rival, former MP Dee Dawkins-Haigler, that the Democratic Party had a “racial problem” and that institutional support for Nguyen was part of an attempt to diversify their ticket and address white voters. Dawkins-Haigler, like Abrams, is black. CNN also predicts that in the qualifying round for the deputy, another Abrams supporter, Charlie Bailey, will defeat Kwanza Hall, a well-known candidate who briefly served as a member of Congress in the constituency of the late MP John Lewis. Abrams also backed State MP William Boddie in his run against businessman Nicole Horn in the first round of the Labor Commissioner. Washington, DC, was also a political battleground in the Democratic primary. Two-term mayor Muriel Bowser will run again, according to CNN, defeating three opponents: DC Council members Robert White and Trayon White, along with James Butler, who finished second in the 2018 qualifiers. – about 70 percentage points behind Bowser. This story has been updated with additional developments.
