Who won and who lost in Tuesday’s primary elections

আগস্ট 10, 2022
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Politics


Four states held primaries on Tuesday — and we won a concession in one of last week’s House races in Washington state. Here’s a look at some of the biggest wins and losses.

  • Republicans chose Tim Michel, a construction executive backed by former President Donald J. Trump, to challenge Gov. Tony Evers this fall. Mr. Michels beat former Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Ramthun, a state deputy who campaigned to decertify the 2020 election, which is legally impossible.

  • lieutenant governor Mandela Barnes won the Democratic primary for the Senate and will face Senator Ron Johnson in November. Mr Barnes’ appointment was essentially a foregone conclusion after his main rivals withdrew.

  • Robin Vos, the powerful Wisconsin Assembly speaker, narrowly beat Adam Steen, a Trump-endorsed lead challenger. Mr Steen – who had called for the elimination of truancy and early voting options in the state and the decertification of the 2020 election – came close to winning despite barely any paid advertising, showing the continued power of Mr. Trump.

  • State Assemblywoman Amy Loudenbeck won the Republican nomination for Secretary of State, an office that is not responsible for overseeing elections in Wisconsin, although some Republicans in the state want to change that. She will face the Democratic incumbent, Doug LaFollettewho was first elected to this position in 1974.

  • After a week of recounting, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler — one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Mr. Trump — conceded in Washington’s Third Congressional District. State candidates run on a single primary ballot, regardless of party, and the top two qualify for the general election; the democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez will advance, and Joe Kent, a Trump endorser, was second, but the Associated Press had not called the race early Wednesday.

  • Representing Ilhan Omar narrowly survived a challenge from Don Samuels, a moderate Democrat who ran on a pro-police platform. She won by two percentage points, a surprisingly close result after beating her last main challenger by 20 points.

  • In the First Congressional District, the former state legislator Brad Finstad won the Republican primary and businessman Jeff Ettinger wins the Democratic primary. Both men were on the ballot a second time, in a special general election for the same seat. The Associated Press had not announced this race Wednesday morning.

  • Becca Balint, a progressive leader in the Vermont Legislative Assembly, defeated Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray in a Democratic primary for Vermont’s only seat in the House. The race was seen as a battle between the progressive and moderate wings of the party. If elected in November, which is expected given Vermont’s Democratic leanings, she would be the state’s first female congresswoman. Liam Maddenan anti-war activist who served in Iraq, won the Republican primary.

  • Representing Pierre Welch — the current occupant of the House seat Ms. Balint is seeking — won her primary for the Democratic nomination to replace Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, who is retiring after nearly 50 years.

  • Republican Governor of Vermont, Phil Scottwas renamed and will face the Democratic candidate, Brenda Siegelin November.

  • Leora Levy, who was backed by Mr Trump, won the Republican primary to challenge Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat who is not considered vulnerable in November. Ms Levy defeated Themis Klarides, a moderate candidate who supports abortion rights.

  • Appointed Democrats Stephanie Thomas, a representative of the State, for the Secretary of State. Republicans Named Dominique Rapinithe former chairman of a group that promoted allegations of voter fraud.

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