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4 Takeaways From Primaries in GA, AL & OK
Trump-endorsed candidates won Senate runoffs in Georgia and Alabama, but in a rare defeat, the president's pick for Georgia governor failed to advance.
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Georgia Vexes Trump Yet Again: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries
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Lt. Gov. Burt Jones lost the Republican runoff for governor to the health care executive Rick Jackson despite the president’s endorsement. Mr. Trump’s picks won in other races.
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Washington Examiner
Four takeaways from Georgia, DC, Alabama, and Oklahoma primary elections
Voters across the country delivered a mixed verdict in a series of high-profile primary contests Tuesday, elevating political outsiders, boosting progressive candidates in deep-blue jurisdictions, and offering fresh clues about President Donald Trump’s hold on the GOP ahead of the midterm elections. Kemp and Trump both lose in Georgia’s gubernatorial race Republican businessman Rick Jackson […]
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Raw Story
Trump rebuked in Georgia as voters back billionaire in GOP governor's runoff
President Donald Trump's status as a kingmaker in Republican primaries got a setback on Tuesday, as Georgia GOP voters rejected his choice for the governor's race.Businessman Rick Jackson, defeated Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who had Trump's endorsement as well as the endorsement of outgoing Gov. Brian Kemp, according to the Associated Press and CNN.Jones is well known for being one of the "fake electors" in the 2020 scheme to overturn former President Joe Biden's electoral win. He managed to avoid criminal charges in the ensuing investigation.The governor primary in Georgia was one of the notable displays of unity between Trump and Kemp, who have had an on-again/off-again rocky relationship after he and other GOP state officials refused to intervene on his behalf to overturn the 2020 election results.On the Democratic side, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is hoping to break years of solid Republican rule in the state.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics
Trump Seeks to Delay Hearing for National Intelligence Pick to Pressure Congress on Elections Bill
President Trump nominated Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, after senators from both parties condemned an earlier decision to appoint Bill Pulte.
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New York Post
Robert White Jr. wins DC delegate Democratic primary
White won 63.2% of the vote compared to his City Council colleague Brooke Pinto, who notched 21.5% when the contest was called by the Associated Press just after 12:10 a.m. ET. Wednesday.
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NBC News Politics
Mike Mazzei and Gentner Drummond advance to GOP runoff in Oklahoma governor contest
No candidate got a majority of the vote in the primary, NBC News projects, as Republicans compete to succeed term-limited Gov. Kevin Stitt.
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US news | The Guardian
Trump-backed candidate wins primary to face Jon Ossoff in Georgia midterms – US politics live
Republican primary runoff voters chose US representative Mike Collins to face Ossoff in November Republicans are pushing for swift Senate confirmation of president Donald Trump’s nominee to lead US intelligence, Jay Clayton, but Democrats said they would wait until his nomination hearing on Wednesday before deciding how to proceed.Trump nominated Clayton, the top US attorney for Manhattan, to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI) less than a week ago, amid a political firestorm over the loyalist he had picked to fill the role temporarily, Reuters reported. Continue reading...
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Trump falls short in Georgia governor’s race: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
Georgia Republicans dealt a blow to President Trump on Tuesday, bucking his preferred pick, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R), for healthcare executive and billionaire Rick Jackson in the Peach State’s gubernatorial primary. Jackson defeated Jones by single digits in the Republican gubernatorial runoff — marking the second time one of Trump’s endorsees in a major statewide…
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