Category: 2022 Republican Primaries

Safe Election for Republican Incumbents Likely in North Dakota

In conservative North Dakota, Republican incumbents will likely take the one House and one Senate seat up for reelection. The Cook Political Report, an election analysis site, rates both the North Dakota House and Senate races solidly Republican. Moreover, an incumbent holds every national North Dakota election this year. According to statistics from Ballotpedia, Congressional incumbents…


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…


Alabama U.S. Senate Race Ends in Runoff Between Katie Brit and Mo Brooks

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—A three-way race for the U.S. Senate on May 25 between Katie Britt, Rep. Mo Brooks (R), and Mike Durant ended with no candidate holding the 50 percent of the vote required to avoid a runoff. Britt and Brooks, the two frontrunners, will now have four weeks to campaign before a runoff election decides who…


Alabama US Senate Race Ends in Runoff Between Katie Brit and Mo Brooks

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—A three-way race for the U.S. Senate on May 25 between Katie Britt, Rep. Mo Brooks (R), and Mike Durant ended with no candidate holding the 50 percent of the vote required to avoid a runoff. Britt and Brooks, the two frontrunners, will now have four weeks to campaign before a runoff election decides who…


Gov. Kay Ivey Wins Alabama GOP Gubernatorial Primary

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey won the Alabama GOP gubernatorial primary on May 25, beating a crowded field of Republican candidates. With an estimated 84 percent of the votes counted at 12:19 a.m. on May 25, Ivey received 55 percent of the vote. After a governorship that Ivey says improved infrastructure, increased education funding, and saw…


Arkansas Primary: A Preview of Key Midterm Races

Arkansas voters will decide on May 24 the primary winners in the gubernatorial and congressional races. In the open gubernatorial race, Sarah Sanders, a former White House press secretary and daughter of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, will face former talk radio host Doc Washburn in the Republican primary. Sanders said on the campaign trail…


North Carolina Voters Head to Primary Polls

FLAT ROCK, N.C.—North Carolina voters went to the polls today to select which candidates will run in the state’s general election. Their votes may have far-reaching consequences for America. As a battleground state, North Carolina will likely prove competitive between Republicans and Democrats this year. But voters in Flat Rock, a town in North Carolina’s…


November Paul-Booker US Senate Clash Is the Most Compelling Race in Kentucky’s May 17 Primaries

The biggest race in the Kentucky primaries is not on the May 17 ballot but the presumptive November clash between two-term Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Charles Booker. Both are so heavily favored to secure their party’s nod in the intramurals that their campaigns are already targeting each other….


November Paul-Booker US Senate Clash Is Most Compelling Race in Kentucky’s May 17 Primaries

The biggest race in the Kentucky primaries isn’t on the May 17 ballot, but the presumptive November clash between two-term Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Charles Booker. Both are so heavily favored to secure their party’s nod in the primaries that their campaigns are already targeting each other. Paul…


Kentucky Congressional Primaries Feature Five GOP Incumbents, Democrat Scrap in Louisville

Kentucky’s May 17 primary slate includes inter-party battles for the state’s General Assembly, one United States Senate berth, and six U.S. congressional seats. For the most part, however, challengers face longer odds in unseating incumbents in most of the preliminary races than 80-1 underdog Rich Strike did in winning the Kentucky Derby earlier in May….