Georgia will be the one that gets the most media attention…
The question’s will be about Donald Trump’s influence with Republican voters …
But there is voting going on in Alabama, Arkanas, Texas, and the MN-1 Special….
Here’s the Wash Post review for ya….
(I’ll be doing update’s tonight in the comments section)
Democrats have some drama Tuesday, too, with liberal challengers poised to score a big win against the party’s establishment.
Here’s what you need to know about Tuesday’s primaries:
GOP Georgia governor: Ground zero for Trump’s attempts to rewrite his 2020 loss
GOP Georgia secretary of state: Trump backs another election-denier
GOP Georgia Senate: All eyes on Trump’s chosen candidate, Herschel Walker
GOP Alabama Senate: A Republican loyalist who lost Trump’s backing
GOP Arkansas governor: Trump’s former press secretary runs for governor
Texas Democratic runoff: A liberal challenging the last Democrat in Texas to support abortion rights
Texas GOP attorney general runoff: A scandal-plagued incumbent vs. a Bush
Georgia Democratic House: Two well-known Democrats face off due to redistricting
More on each of these here...
Vote deadline’s tonight….
Georgia: 7:00 p.m. ET
Alabama: 8:00 p.m. ET
Texas: 8:00 p.m. ET
Arkansas: 8:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota 9:00 p.m. ET
Politicalwire
Early voting results in Georgia for US Senator give Republican Hershel Walker a win as the Nov GOPer running against Democratic incumbent Warnock…..
GOP Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia will run against Stacey Abrams AGAIN……
Trump pick Perdue loses as predicted….
Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
As expected, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) easily wins renomination in #GA14.
@CookPolitical
November rating: Solid R.
Talking Points Memo
@TPM
Paxton easily defeated land commissioner George P. Bush.
The race was often framed as the old Republican party versus the new, but Trump loomed over that distinction.
Manu Raju
@mkraju
Asked if he believes there should be new gun laws in the wake of the Texas shooting, Georgia Senate GOP nominee Herschel Walker told me in ATL: “What I like to do is see it and everything and stuff.” He didn’t engage further.
Georgia Sec. of StateGOP
Estimated 73 percent of votes counted
percentage of total vote received by each candidate
Candidate Pct.
Brad Raffensperger *
51.1%
Jody Hice
34.2
David Belle Isle
8.9
Other candidates
5.8
* Incumbent
WashPost….
This is NOT gonna be Trump’s night in Ga.
CNN projects Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins the Arkansas R Gov primary…
The Trump Press Sec….
Manu Raju
@mkraju
Katie Britt and Mo Brooks appear to be headed for a runoff in #alsen. Trump had endorsed Brooks but withdrew his support after Brooks was struggling in the polls. https://cnn.com/election/2022/results/alabama/republican-primaries/senate
Decision Desk HQ
@DecisionDeskHQ
DDHQ Race Update (est. 91% in): TX-28 DEM
Henry Cuellar* 21,129
(50.83%)
Jessica Cisneros 20,442
(49.17%)
Cuellar’s expands his lead to 687 votes
Hot Damn!….
Trump LOSES another one in Georgia’s GOP primary races….
Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
I’ve seen enough: GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger (R) wins the #GASOS primary outright, defeating Trump-endorsed Rep. Jody Hice (R).
Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
I’ve seen enough: Katie Britt (R) and Rep. Mo Brooks (R) advance to a GOP runoff in #ALSEN.
Decision Desk HQ
@DecisionDeskHQ
DDHQ Race Update (est. >95% in): TX-28 DEM
Henry Cuellar* 22,156
(50.10%)
Jessica Cisneros 22,069
(49.90%)
Cuellar’s lead shrinks to 87 votes
Manu Raju
@mkraju
AOC taking a whack at Pelosi and Dem leaders here for backing Cuellar, calling their support for him over a progressive challenger an “utter failure of leadership”
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC
· 14m
On the day of a mass shooting and weeks after news of Roe, Democratic Party leadership rallied for a pro-NRA, anti-choice incumbent under investigation in a close primary. Robocalls, fundraisers, all of it.
Accountability isn’t partisan. This was an utter failure of leadership.
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Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
Wrap your head around this fact: GOP primary voters in #GA14 simultaneously renominated Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) by 53 pts and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) by 20 pts.
Pa GOP Senate US Senate primary goes to a recount….
Greg Abbott Attended Fundraiser After School Shooting
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) attended a fundraiser for his reelection campaign Tuesday night in East Texas, hours after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at an elementary school over 300 miles away in Uvalde, the Texas Tribune reports.
Democrats Voted In GOP Primary to Block Trump’s Picks
An Associated Press analysis of early voting records from data firm L2 “found that more than 37,000 people who voted in Georgia’s Democratic primary two years ago cast ballots in last week’s Republican primary, an unusually high number of so-called crossover voters.”
“Even taking into account the limited sample of early votes, the data reveal that crossover voters were consequential in defeating Trump’s hand-picked candidates for secretary of state and, to a lesser extent, governor.”