Category: 2022 Mid-term elections

LIVE: Voters in 7 States Cast Ballots in Midterm Primaries, Runoffs

3 p.m. ET HARRAH, Okla.—In Harrah, a town of 6,620 located 30 miles east of Oklahoma City, a steady stream of traffic poured into the voting precinct at the Harrah Board of Education. Outside, Mike and Bernice, a retired married couple, agreed that American values are on the line in this election. “Values centered around…


Four Battle to Win New Colorado Congressional District GOP Primary

A state senator, a mayor, a county commissioner, and a former Green Beret combat veteran who works in the oil patch are vying for the Republican party’s nod in the June 28 GOP primary in Colorado’s newly created Congressional District 8 (CD 8). One of seven new U.S. House districts created nationwide following post-2020 Census…


No-party Voters to Determine Who Wins Colorado CD 7 GOP Primary and November’s General Election

The June 28 Republican primary for Colorado’s Congressional District 7 (CD 7) is a three-way race between a grassroots activist with “real-world experience” as a small business owner and home-school mom, a West Point graduate and U.S. Army combat veteran who works in the oil patch, and an economist with a plan for “restoring the…


Trump Primary Picks Lose in Georgia Primary Elections

Five of six Republican primary candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump have lost GOP primary contests in Georgia in 2022. The latest Trump-endorsed Georgia candidates to fall in nomination battles against GOP rivals is Vernon Jones in the 10th Congressional District (CD 10) and Jake Evans in CD 6. Neither of their races was close. Both…


Georgia Republicans Reject Trump Primary Picks … Again

Maybe former President Donald Trump should stop endorsing Republican candidates in Georgia because his hand-picked contenders have lost five of six 2022 GOP primary contests in the Peach State. The latest Trump-endorsed Georgia candidates to fall in nomination battles against GOP rivals is Vernon Jones in the 10th Congressional District (CD 10) and Jake Evans in CD…


Two Front-Runners Fall in Nevada GOP Primaries

LAS VEGAS—Nevada’s anticipated 2022 midterm red wave was forecast to come in a fresco of fiery pink with women favored in the June 14 Republican primaries in three of the state’s four congressional seats now occupied by incumbent Democrats. But with results slowly trickling in, as Election Night slipped into the morning after, only one…


Primary Underdogs: Nevada ‘Establishment RINOs’ Don’t Want Red Wave Newcomers in Their Tent

LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Surging Republican voter registration numbers portend a swelling red tide is set to sweep incumbent Nevada Democrats from the Governor’s office, U.S. Senate, and three of the state’s four congressional districts come November. But former president Donald Trump missed the undercurrent driving the wave when he endorsed Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo for…


Nevada GOP Scrums Presage November Battles for Three Toss-Up Congressional Seats

Early voting has been underway since May 28 for the June 14 primary in Nevada, where most of the action is unfolding in rock ‘em, sock ’em Republican nomination battles for governor, US Senate, and in three of the state’s four congressional districts. Awaiting those five GOP scrum survivors are incumbent Democrats. Only one is…


New Jersey Incumbents Roll, But Two Democrats Face November Tests

As expected, all 11 of New Jersey’s 12 congressional incumbents seeking reelection—nine Democrats and two Republicans—secured their party’s nods during the state’s June 7 primary to advance to November’s ballots. But four sitting Democrats now await what are anticipated to be stiff challenges from Republican opponents come this fall with the GOP aiming to claw…


New Jersey GOP Primary Winners Aiming to Gain at Least Two Congressional Seats in November

New Jersey’s 12 Democratic and Republican congressional district primary elections feature well-funded incumbents who are expected to breeze in on June 7 and advance on to November’s ballots, where many will face familiar foes in rematches from the 2020 elections. Democrats now hold 10 of the state’s dozen U.S. House seats with November’s ballot already…