All posts tagged "Primary Election"

Scandal-plagued Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) lost his reelection bid in Florida's primary election on Tuesday, dealing a significant blow to President Donald Trump and his MAGA coalition.

The race was called by NBC News and the Associated Press

Mills, 46, ran for a third term in Florida's 7th Congressional District against three other Republican contenders, including popular conservative news anchor Ryan Elijah....

Latino GOP political consultant Mike Madrid revealed who President Donald Trump is most worried about.

In his Substack post published Monday, Madrid explained why Trump has begun viewing Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), a Democrat running in a crowded primary for California's governor, as "public enemy number one."

Swalwell has publicly criticized Trump and his administration on a number of policies. And most recently, FBI Director Kash Patel has been pushing to publicly release a decade-old investigative file involving Swalwell and a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, although the lawmaker was never formally accused of wrongdoing....

Ohio Republicans are desperate to stop scandal-plagued 2022 House candidate J.R. Majewski from a second nomination in 2024 against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur — and according to Politico, they've managed to push a new candidate into the race after cracks emerged in their previous pick.

But they're not out of the woods yet, reported Ally Mutnick, because they now face the prospect of a three-way race that could let Majewski walk away with it all anyway.

"A heavy last-ditch recruitment effort from House Republican leaders pushed Ohio state Rep. Derek Merrin to jump into a chaotic primary for a Toledo-based district just before the state’s Wednesday filing deadline," said the report. "The GOP was left reeling last week when their preferred candidate, Craig Riedel, was caught on tape bashing former President Donald Trump, setting off a mad dash to find a new recruit to beat veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur."...

A Texas family court judge lost his seat in Tuesday’s primary election nearly three years after his daughter posted video of him beating her with a belt.