Tag: U.S. Senate

  • National Republican Senatorial Committee reports highest monthly disbursements of the 2022 election cycle

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    Six party committees raised a combined $1.2 billion in the first seventeen months of the 2022 election cycle. In May, the committees raised $66 million, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission. Here’s a closer look at May’s fundraising numbers: In May, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) raised $11.9 million and spent…

  • Three candidates running for Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Colorado

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    Three candidates are running in the Republican Party primary for U.S. Senate in Colorado on June 28, 2022. Ron Hanks and Joe O’Dea have led in media attention and fundraising. Daniel Hendricks is running as a write-in candidate. At the time of the election, Hanks was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives representing…

  • Laxalt defeats Brown and six other candidates in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Nevada

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    Adam Laxalt defeated Sam Brown and six other candidates in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Nevada on June 14, 2022. Incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto (D) is running for re-election. Laxalt and Brown led in polling and fundraising throughout the race. On June 1, 2022, NBC’s Natasha Korecki and Adam Edelman wrote, “There are signs that…

  • Franken wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa

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    Michael Franken defeated Abby Finkenauer and Glenn Hurst in the June 7 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa and will face incumbent Chuck Grassley (R), first elected in 1980, in the general election. According to the Des Moines Register‘s Tim Webber and Stephen Gruber-Miller: “Former U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer entered the Democratic primary for U.S.…

  • Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary on June 14 for U.S. Senate in Nevada

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    Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Nevada on June 14. Incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto (D) is running for re-election. As of June 1, 2022, three election forecasters rated the general election as a Toss-up. Politico’s Sabrina Rodriguez wrote, “Republicans […] see Nevada as one of the prime states to…

  • Three candidates running Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa

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    Abby Finkenauer, Michael Franken, and Glenn Hurst are running in the June 7 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa. The incumbent is Chuck Grassley(R), who was first elected in 1980. Finkenauer represented Iowa’s 1st Congressional District from 2018 to 2021. At the time of her election to the U.S. House, Finkenauer was, at age…

  • Walker wins Republican Senate primary election in Georgia

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    Herschel Walker defeated five other candidates in Georgia’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate on May 24, 2022. Walker received 68% of the vote, and Gary Black was second with 13%. Before the election, Walker, Black, Kelvin King, and Latham Saddler led in fundraising and media attention. Josh Clark and Jonathan McColumn also ran. Walker was…

  • Boozman defeats three challengers to win the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Arkansas outright

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    Incumbent John Boozman defeated three other candidates—Jake Bequette, Heath Loftis, and Jan Morgan—in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Arkansas on May 24, 2022. Dr. Jay Barth, emeritus professor of politics at Hendrix College, said the key question in the primary was whether Boozman would be able to get more than 50% of the…

  • Britt and Brooks advance to runoff for U.S. Senate in Alabama

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    Katie Britt and Mo Brooks advanced from a field of six candidates in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Alabama on May 24, 2022. As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, Britt and Brooks will compete in a June 21 runoff. Incumbent U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R), first elected in 1986,…

  • Fetterman wins Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Pennsylvania

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    Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman defeated three other candidates in the May 17, 2022, Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, including U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, and Alexandria Khalil. Incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey (R)—who was first elected to the Senate in 2010—did not run for re-election. Based on unofficial returns, Fetterman received 59%…