Katie Britt, former Chief of Staff of Alabama Senator Richard C. Shelby, won a Republican nomination to replace her former boss on Tuesday, comforting her right-wing rival in a race with a 40-year-old woman. A track to become the youngest woman in the defeated US Senate.
The Alabama Senate primary was Tuesday’s primary, with a few southern states holding primary or preliminary elections. A moderate Democratic incumbent won the house race, which was recounted in the primary elections in Texas last month.
The Senate elections in Alabama took many twisted turns involving former President Donald J. Trump, who made the 2022 primary a referendum on his influence. Mr. Trump carefully keeps his record in choosing the winner of the Republican primary, and his changing loyalty in Alabama wins ahead of the 2024 presidential election, where he continues to make fun of him. Was one of the best examples of his obsession with winning and avoiding losses.
But even in a race that was frustrated by Mr. Trump’s carefully selected candidates this year, those who beat them in the primary rarely break up with the former president. Many are running as Trump’s allies without his formal support.
In Alabama, Mr. Trump initially led efforts to overturn the 2020 elections, providing “full and complete support” to Congressman MoBrooks, who spoke at a rally near the previous White House. Was there. Riot in the Capitol.
But when Brooks sank in a poll, Trump said Revoked that approval Until the first vote in May. The former president argued that Mr Brooks had stopped accepting his falsehoods about the 2020 election altogether. In the end, Mr. Trump supported Mr. Brit, a former parliamentary employee, lobbyist, and former president of the Alabama Business Council, who cut out a more traditional Republican profile.
Brit, who lobbied personally for support, finished much more aggressively in the May primary, almost 45%, almost enough to avoid a spill. She was a heavy front runner in polls when Mr. Trump approved her earlier this month.
“Alabama spoke,” Brit declared in a victory speech in Montgomery, Alabama, Tuesday night. “We want new blood.”
Brit added that she participated in the race, even though the denials told her. Please wait for your turn. ”
Mr. Trump has won a number of decisive victories in the 2022 Senate primary. Dr. Mehmet Oz, Pennsylvania, JD Vance, Ohio, Herschel Walker, Georgia, and Ted Budd, North Carolina. He became poorer in the governor’s race and lost in Georgia, Idaho and Nebraska. In the Pennsylvania Governor’s race, like the Senate Alabama contest, Mr. Trump gave a late approval of the front runner to claim a political victory.
According to Ad Impact, which tracks advertising costs, more than $ 41 million was spent on TV advertising in Alabama Race, and about twice as much as Brooks on advertising to support Brit.
Mr. Brit ran as a Christian conservative, and the cross on the necklace was clearly visible in many of her television advertisements. Including one She shot at the border when she vowed to “fight to complete President Trump’s wall.”
Without Mr. Trump’s support, Mr. Brooks campaigned against Senator Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Senate Republican Party, and Mr. Trump said. “Conned” He accused Kentucky Republicans and Mr. Trump of dishonesty. He held an election night party on Tuesday at an indoor shooting range in Huntsville, Alabama, but he wasn’t in a charitable mood.
“Voters said, but didn’t say wisely,” Brooks said, adding a group that spent money on behalf of Brit. They dominate Washington, DC. They dominate the policy debate. “
In Georgia and Virginia, voters helped voters set the Republican direction in a number of major parliamentary contests and set up a carefully watched match in November. In Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bauser has defeated three major enemies to become the first mayor of the country’s capital, which has won three consecutive terms since Marion Barry in the 1990s.
In Texas, a fierce democratic clash in the border area of Laredo was summoned on Tuesday, almost a month after the May 24 final vote. Internship. A recount by the Texas Democratic Party found that Mr. Quera won with 289 votes.
For Mr. Trump, Georgia proved to be his most challenging state in 2022.
Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who set the biggest goal of defeat because Mr. Trump recognized the 2020 election, won the honor in last month’s landslide and easily dispatched a Trump-backed challenger. That same night, the former president saw the choice of Georgia’s Secretary of State, Insurer, and Attorney General, who were all defeated by Republican incumbents who had allied with Mr. Kemp. Mr. Trump chose the Vice Governor and the US Senate to win the public race in May.
But on Tuesday, two of Mr. Trump’s picks for a house race lost in Georgia.
In Georgia’s 10th District, Vernon Jones, a longtime Democrat who supported Mr. Trump in 2020, became a Republican and is now himself. “Black Donald Trump” — Lost to Mike Collins, the son of a former member of the House of Representatives, in a significantly troublesome contest.
The Collins campaign handed out a rape whistle bearing Mr. Jones’ name and drew attention to a particular claim in 2005. History of illegal activities with women.. Jones filed a police report with Collins, claiming the tweet was threatening.
Attorney Jake Evans was defeated by doctor Rich McCormick in the repainted Sixth District, which is currently held by the Democratic Party but repainted in the Republican seat. Mr. Trump supported Evans, the son of a former ambassador appointed by Mr. Trump.
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But Mr. Trump’s personal defeat was not necessarily a sign that the party’s foundation was ready to break away from his broader movement.For example, Collins runs for a “parent Trump” Republican, and McCormick’s ad puts him in. “Always America First” candidate.
The former president has chosen not to participate in the carefully watched Third Republican primary in the southwest corner of Georgia. 28-year-old veteran Jeremy Hunt, a young black Republican with national support, made a concession to Georgia Air National Guard member Chris West late Tuesday. Results were considered upset after Mr. Hunt collected 10 times more votes than Mr. West and took the lead in the first vote last month.
West will meet with Democrat Sanford Bishop Jr., who the Republicans consider vulnerable, this fall.
In Georgia, state parliamentarian Bee Nguyen won the Secretary of State’s Democratic nomination over former state legislator Dee Doukins Heigler. Mr. Nguyen was the first to finish at Primary and has since secured the support of Democratic governor candidate Stacey Abrams.
Nguyen was a star witness who turned back on a major Trump-inspired challenge in May and testified to his role against Trump at a January 6 hearing in Washington on Tuesday. Faces State Republican Secretary of State Brad Ruffence. Efforts to overturn the 2020 elections. Despite his actions that refused to give in to Mr. Trump, Democrats are targeting Mr. Lafence Purger in the fall to support the state’s more restrictive voting law.
In Virginia, the Republicans have selected candidates in two House elections. Incumbent Democrats, Abigail Spanberger and Elaine Luria, are vulnerable due to the country’s political environment and the boundaries of the new district.
In Virginia Beach-based, remapping-weakened democracy, the National Republican Party supported Senator Jenkigans, who defeated Navy veteran Jaromebel.Mr. Bell was lately boosted by Advertising that looks like a democracy-backed effort Promote candidates who believe the Democrats have the potential Defeated more easily in November..
Bell, who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election, audited all 50 states. “Do all involved” In an election fraud.
At Mr. Spanberger’s seat, Prince William County supervisor Yesri Vega, backed by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, will be the first to finish in a 6-way primary and will be a fiercely contested race this fall. Set the expected race.
Mr. Spanberger and Mr. Luria, who belong to the House of Representatives investigating the January 6 attack, were elected in 2018, the first midterm election under Mr. Trump, who was in power of the Democratic Party. Polls show signs of opposition to the Democratic Party and President Biden, so they are now aiming to survive in 2022.
Glenny Brock and Deborah Storey contributed to the report.
