Tag: Republican primaries

  • Scott Taylor wins Republican nomination for VA-02, sets up rematch with Elaine Luria

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    Scott Taylor defeated Ben Loyola and Jarome Bell to win the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. Taylor had received 48.2% of the vote to 28.3% for Loyola and 23.4% for Bell as of 8:00 PM Eastern with 74% precincts reporting. Taylor served a single term in the U.S. House before…

  • Cawthorn defeats Bennett in NC-11 Republican primary runoff

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    Madison Cawthorn defeated Lynda Bennett in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District Republican primary runoff Tuesday. With 60% of precincts reporting, Cawthorn had received 66% of the vote to Bennett’s 34%. Former incumbent Mark Meadows (R) did not seek re-election and left office early to serve as White House chief of staff. Meadows, along with President…

  • Massie defeats challenger McMurtry in KY-04

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    Incumbent Thomas Massie defeated challenger Todd McMurtry in the Republican primary for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. As of 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Massie had received 88.2% of the vote to McMurtry’s 11.8%. McMurtry was Massie’s first primary challenger since he was elected in 2012. Election forecasters project Massie is a solid favorite to defeat the…

  • Kentucky and New York to hold state legislative and judicial primaries

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    Kentucky and New York are holding regularly scheduled primaries for state-level offices on June 23. In Kentucky, there are primaries being held for 19 state Senate seats, all 100 state House seats, one state supreme court seat, and one state intermediate appellate court seat. A special general election is being held in District 26 of…

  • Primary runoff in North Carolina is June 23

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    The statewide primary runoff for North Carolina is on June 23, 2020. The primary was held March 3, 2020, and candidates needed more than 30% of the vote to advance to the general election. The primary runoff was originally scheduled for May 12, 2020, but was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic. The filing deadline to…

  • 3 states holding primaries for 42 congressional seats on June 23

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    Three states are holding primaries on June 23, 2020. Forty-two congressional seats will be on the ballot, including two U.S. Senate seats and 40 U.S. House seats. The following seats will be on the ballot in Kentucky: • 1 U.S. Senate seat • 6 U.S. House seats The following seats will be on the ballot…

  • South Carolina to hold 11 primary runoffs for state legislative seats on June 23

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    South Carolina is holding primary runoffs on June 23, 2020, for races in which a candidate did not receive a majority of votes in the primary on June 9. Eleven races will be on the primary runoff ballot, including nine state House seats and two state Senate seats. The two state Senate primary runoffs include…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2020, Republicans-Issue 23 (June 17, 2020)

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    This week: Riggleman is third incumbent to lose nominating contest in 2020, Trump endorses Messner in Senate primary in NH, Plurality of voters undecided on challenge to Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes On the news Where do Republican and conservative pundits and commentators disagree? Each week, we bring you excerpts that highlight differing views. On…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2020, Republicans-Issue 22 (June 10, 2020)

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    This week: Trump endorses Bennett in NC-11 runoff, McCarthy endorses Mowers in NH-01, and Utah Attorney General candidates participate in debate On the news Where do Republican and conservative pundits and commentators disagree? Each week, we bring you excerpts that highlight differing views. On qualified immunity  “Cornell Law defines qualified immunity as ‘a type of…

  • Five states to hold Congressional, state-level primaries June 9

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    Five states are holding primaries for congressional and state-level office June 9—Georgia, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Ballotpedia has identified nine of those primaries as battlegrounds. The nine battleground primaries include one for U.S. Senate, two for governor of West Virginia, and six for U.S. House. Six are Republican primaries and three…