Morning Headlines
- Georgia GOP Governor Brian Kemp dominated his challenger, ex-Senator David Perdue in a monumental defeat for Donald Trump. At the time of publication, Kemp is winning all 151 Georgia counties and won over 73% of the vote. Kemp especially dominated in the Atlanta metro area but also outperformed expectations in rural Georgia. The biggest surprise of the night was that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won re-election without a runoff over his Trump-endorsed challenger Jody Hice. Raffensperger dominated Hice in most of Georgia, with Hice only winning area within the confines of his congressional district. Trump was harder on Kemp and Raffensperger than any other GOP Statewide officials in the wake of the 2020 election, but both survived intense campaigns by Trump to replace them with loyalists. Trump endorses also struggled in Georgia House races, with his endorsed candidates Jake Evans and Vernon Jones limping into primary runoffs in GA-06 and GA-10 after finishing second place behind preferred establishment candidates last night.
- Mainstream Republicans are also thrilled with other results around the nation. Kay Ivey and Katie Britt, supported by the GOP Alabama Establishment both recorded extremely strong statewide showings in the GOP Alabama Governor and Senate Republican Primary elections. Ivey avoided a runoff in her re-election big, while Britt recorded a surprisingly strong showing and at times even seemed to have a chance to crack the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff. Britt will be joined by Representative Mo Brooks in the GOP Alabama Senate runoff, whose campaign took off after Trump un-endorsed him for “going woke.” Also, relative moderate Brad Finstad appears to be in good shape to defeat Freedom Caucus affiliated opposition Jeremy Munson in the GOP MN-01 Special Election Primary, holding a 382-vote lead with very few ballots outstanding.
- On the Democratic side, Blue Dog Democrat Henry Cuellar seems poised to defeat progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros in the Dem. TX-24 Primary Runoff. Cuellar holds a 177-vote lead with only provisional ballots pending. The race was extremely polarized, with Cuellar winning over 70% of the vote in the Rio Grande Valley and Cisneros eclipsing 85% of the vote in Bexar County (San Antonio). Although Cuellar is the most conservative Democrat left in the house and opposes abortion, the recent Supreme Court Leak seemed not to hurt him in the primary, and if anything, could have boosted his standing in the Rio Grande Valley.
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