Tag: Republican primaries
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 13
March 10, 2022 In this issue: Jeanne Ives endorses Darren Bailey for Illinois governor and Ducey not running for Senate in Arizona Jeanne Ives endorses Darren Bailey for Illinois governor Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R) endorsed Darren Bailey in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Politico wrote that Ives' backing gives Bailey "an edge that could…
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Morgan Luttrell wins TX-08 Republican primary
Morgan Luttrell won the Republican primary for Texas' 8th Congressional District on March 1. As of March 3, he'd received 52% of the vote. Christian Collins was second with 22% and Jonathan Hullihan third with 13%. The Texas Tribune's Patrick Svitek wrote that the race "boiled over into a tense proxy war, with some of…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12
March 3, 2022 In this issue: Texas GOP primary results roundup and a Senate leadership disagreement in N.C. Texas results roundup Texas held the nation's first midterm primaries on Tuesday. Races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote are headed to May 24 runoffs. Here's a roundup of results from marquee Republican…
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Paxton, Bush advance to runoff in Texas Attorney General Republican primary
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and George P. Bush advanced to a May 24 primary runoff, after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 1 primary election. Paxton won 42.7% of the vote, while Bush won 22.4%. Candidates Eva Guzman and Louis Gohmert received 17.8% and 17.1% of the vote,…
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Nine candidates are running in the Republican primary for Indiana's 9th Congressional District
Nine candidates are running in the Republican primary for Indiana's 9th Congressional District on May 3, 2022. Incumbent Trey Hollingsworth (R), first elected in 2016, is not running for re-election. The Indianapolis Star's Kaitlen Lange said the Republican primary is "poised to be the most watched and one of the most hotly-contested primaries in Indiana"…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 11
In this issue: Sen. Rob Portman weighs in on the race to replace him and Texas Railroad Commission primary makes headlines U.S. Sen. Rob Portman endorses Jane Timken in Ohio's Senate primary On Feb. 16, retiring U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) endorsed former state Republican Party Chair Jane Timken in the GOP Senate primary. Portman…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 10
February 17, 2022 In this issue: Republican Governors Association runs pro-Kemp ad in Georgia and Arrington challenges Mace in SC-01 Republican Governors Association releases pro-Kemp ad in Georgia RGA Georgia 2022 PAC, an affiliate of the Republican Governors Association (RGA), spent $500,000 on an ad supporting Gov. Brian Kemp. The Hill's Max Greenwood wrote, "While…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 9
February 10, 2022 In this issue: Pennsylvania GOP votes not to endorse in statewide primaries and an endorsement divide in TN-05 Trump, other Republican officials and influencers divided over Tennessee U.S. House endorsement Though the filing deadline for U.S. House candidates in Tennessee is almost two months away, prominent Republican officials and influencers have already…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 8
February 3, 2022 In this issue: Three Texas State Senate candidates reject LIBRE endorsement and Wisconsin poised for expensive gubernatorial primary Three Texas State Senate candidates turn down LIBRE endorsement On Jan. 24, three Republican state Senate candidates in Texas rejected a joint endorsement from LIBRE Action—the political action committee affiliated with the LIBRE Initiative—and…
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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 7
Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Republican Edition January 27, 2022 In this issue: Colorado's O'Dea takes petition route to Senate primary ballot and Dunleavy gets another GOP challenger in Alaska's top-four primary Key dates for Texas primary voters Texas holds the first primaries of the 2022 elections in just over a month. Here…