Tag: Republican primaries

  • All four Republican U.S. Representatives from Missouri face primary challengers

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    U.S. Reps. Ann Wagner (District 2), Blaine Luetkemeyer (District 3), Sam Graves (District 6), and Jason Smith (District 8) face primary challengers this election cycle. In the 2020 election cycle, two incumbents (Wagner and Smith) were unopposed in Republican primaries.  Luetkemeyer and Graves face the most primary challengers at four apiece. Wagner faces four challengers,…

  • Eight candidates running in the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District

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    Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District on May 17, 2022. Incumbent Rep. Ted Budd (R) is running for the U.S. Senate and is not seeking re-election. The boundaries of North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District changed as a result of redistricting, with the new district including all of…

  • Eight candidates running in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District Republican primary

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    Eight candidates are running in the Republican Party primary for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District on May 17, 2022. Sandy Roberson and Sandy Smith led in endorsements and fundraising as of March 31, 2022. Will Aiken, Brad Murphy, Ernest Reeves, Brent Roberson, Billy Strickland, and Henry Williams are also running in the Republican primary. Incumbent…

  • Eight candidates are running in Republican primary for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District

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    Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary election for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District on May 17, 2022. If no candidate receives more than 30 percent of the vote in the primary election, a runoff between the top two finishers will take place on July 26, 2022. The general election will take place on…

  • Fourteen candidates are running in the Republican primary on May 17 for U.S. Senate in North Carolina

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    Fourteen candidates are running in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022, for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. Incumbent Richard Burr (R) is not running for re-election. The candidates that have performed best in recent polling and have received the most media attention are Ted Budd, Pat McCrory, and Mark Walker. The primary is one…

  • Trump endorses in Penn. Senate primary for second time; former administration official endorsements are split

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    Seven candidates are running in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022. Senator Pat Toomey (R) is not running for re-election. The candidates who performed best in recent polling and have received the most media attention are David McCormick and Mehmet Oz. The general election will take place on…

  • Three Idaho secretary of state candidates competing in May 17 Republican primary

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    Phil McGrane, Dorothy Moon, and Mary Souza are running in the May 17 Republican Party primary for Idaho Secretary of State. Incumbent Lawerence Denney (R), first elected in 2014, did not file for re-election. McGrane is the Ada County Clerk, a position to which he was first elected in 2018. On his campaign website, McGrane…

  • Seven candidates are running in the Republican primary for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District

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    Seven candidates are running in the Republican primary for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District on May 3, 2022. Incumbent Rep. Tim Ryan (D) announced on April 26, 2021, that he was not seeking re-election and instead running for U.S. Senate. Under the congressional district maps most recently approved during Ohio’s redistricting process, the 13th District—which race forecasters rated as Solid Democratic in 2020—will lean more Republican in 2022. According to FiveThirtyEight,…

  • Nineteen candidates are running in the Republican primary on May 17 for governor of Oregon

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    Nineteen candidates are running in the Republican primary for governor of Oregon on May 17, 2022. Incumbent Kate Brown (D) is term-limited and cannot run for re-election. Christine Drazan, Bud Pierce, and Stan Pulliam have led in fundraising and media coverage. All three candidates have highlighted education and public safety as critical issues for their…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 14

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    March 17, 2022 In this issue: Rep. Rice criticizes Trump after S.C. rally and late Rep. Hagedorn’s wife enters special election U.S. Rep. Tom Rice criticizes former President Trump after Trump hosts rally for primary opponent U.S. Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.) criticized former President Donald Trump (R) on March 12 after Trump hosted a rally…