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Nevada, South Carolina pose more tests for Trump |
In Nevada, Republican former Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who has been endorsed by both former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), is vying to challenge Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D). After supporting Laxalt throughout the campaign, Trump made another push for the former attorney general on Wednesday evening via a 10-minute "tele-rally." "[June 14] happens to be my birthday," the former president said on the call, according to The Nevada Independent. "So if you would give me a nice birthday present — and that's Adam, give me Adam as a birthday present." Laxalt is considered by many to be the GOP's frontrunner, trailed at a distance by army combat veteran Sam Brown, according to a poll from last month. In the state's gubernatorial primary, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, another Trump-endorsed candidate, held the lead in the same poll and will likely secure the GOP nomination to face Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) in November. Trump's candidates in other upcoming primaries: Other Trump-endorsed candidates including Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Gov. Henry McMaster (R-S.C.) will seek reelection in states with upcoming primaries. Hoeven is largely expected to win his seat, and McMaster, who will likely face Joe Cunningham (D) in the fall, doesn't appear to be facing any serious primary challengers. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who received an endorsement from Trump in March, is also up for reelection. Not all of Trump's endorsed candidates are poised for easy victories on Tuesday, however. In South Carolina, Republican Katie Arrington will challenge Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.). Arrington secured Trump's backing in February as the former president has portrayed Mace as disloyal after she blamed Trump for the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol. Mace, who is backed by former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, appears headed for victory in the race, however. |
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Days until the 2022 midterm elections |
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Cheney takes spotlight at key point in midterms |
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chair of the special committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, is at the center of the spotlight Thursday at a key point in the midterms. Cheney, who will be in prime time Thursday night as the panel holds its first public hearing, is running in Wyoming's GOP House primary later this year against Harriet Hageman, an attorney who has Trump's endorsement. The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, she finds herself in the battle of her political life – and is leaning into the very issue that drew the ire of the GOP's right flank in the first place. Trump's wrath: Cheney has repeatedly cast blame on Trump for last year's riot on the Capitol and has said she views the committee's investigation as bigger than her party affiliation. "We are absolutely in a moment where we have to make a decision about whether we're going to put our love of this country above partisanship," Cheney told CBS News on Sunday. "And to me, there's just no gray area in that question." That stance, while winning her plaudits from Democrats, appears to be putting her electability in jeopardy. An internal poll released by a pro-Hageman super PAC and conducted by pollster Tony Fabrizio, who also does work for Trump, shows Hageman leading Cheney in a primary by a whopping 28-point margin, leading her 56-28. That's a major jump from the 34-26 lead Hageman had in the same poll in December. ICYMI: The Hill's Kelsey Carolan and Elizabeth Crisp with a scoop from earlier this week: Cheney has raised millions of dollars for her reelection bid and is expected to be boosted by another high-dollar fundraiser next month. Read more on that here. |
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Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) has launched two ads in his marquee Senate race against GOP nominee Herschel Walker in a week – with two seemingly very different strategies. In an ad last week, Warnock hammered Walker over claims he made that "I have something that can bring you to a building that would clean you from covid as you walk through this dry mist." Those remarks, which appeared to be referring to a device used by some NFL teams with dubious scientific value, were later lambasted as nonsensical. Warnock gets aggressive: The ad marked a departure from many of the ads Warnock employed in his successful 2020 special election bid, during which he promoted himself as an affable pastor who still preaches at a famed Atlanta church. Among those clips was one in which he cuddled with little dogs, saying his Republican opponents would have voters believe he "hates puppies," an ad that was later praised for its effectiveness by operatives on both sides of the aisle. Warnock returned to that strategy earlier this week with an ad comparing his resume with that of Walker, a former football star. "If the race between me and my opponent were out here, I could understand why you might choose him. If it were here, of course," he says as he runs on a track and then a football field. "But this campaign is about who's ready to represent Georgia. And when it comes to that, I'm proud to be leading the fight to cap the cost of insulin, to make sure our military has safe housing and to stop the big banks from ripping off consumers." |
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Greitens maintains frontrunner status |
© Associated Press/Jeff Roberson | Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R), who resigned in 2018 amid allegations of sexual assault, leads the race in Missouri to fill the Senate seat left vacant by retiring Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Max reports. A new poll from The Hill and Emerson College showed Greitens secured 26 percent support followed by state Attorney General Eric Schmitt with 20 percent and Rep. Vicky Hartzler with 16 percent. GOP handwringing: Meanwhile, GOP Senate leaders have privately expressed concern that Greitens could jeopardize Republicans' chances of keeping Blunt's Senate seat after he resigned in 2018 over allegations he sexually assaulted his hairdresser, with whom he was having an extramarital affair. But former President Trump's potential endorsement could change things. Trump hasn't made any endorsements in Missouri's GOP primary yet, but 49 percent of poll respondents said they would be more likely to support a candidate with the former president's endorsement. |
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