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Voters head to polls in Rhode Island and Utah |
Voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in special primary elections to fill vacancies in two House districts in Rhode Island and Utah. |
The elections come after announcements from former Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) that they would resign from their seats. Cicilline stepped down in June, while Stewart plans to leave later this month, both after having served a decade in Congress. Cicilline left his position to become president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, while Stewart cited his wife's health issues as the reason why he needed to retire from his seat. The races are happening in Rhode Island's 1st and Utah's 2nd congressional district, which are solidly blue and red districts, respectively. The winners of the Democratic primary in Rhode Island and GOP primary in Utah will likely be elected in the general elections in November. More than half a dozen Democrats are running for Cicilline's seat in Rhode Island. Some of the most notable candidates include Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, former state Rep. Aaron Regunberg and Gabe Amo, a former Biden administration staffer. Matos has garnered endorsements from several House members and notable Democratic groups like EMILY's List and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, while Regunberg has the backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and several more progressive House members and organizations. In Utah, a few Republicans are competing for the nomination — former Stewart staffer Celeste Maloy, former Republican National Committee representative Bruce Hough and former state Rep. Becky Edwards. Stewart has endorsed Maloy for the seat. |
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign Report, we're Caroline Vakil, Julia Manchester and Jared Gans. Each week we track the key stories you need to know to stay ahead of the 2024 election and who will set the agenda in Washington. |
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More than four in 10 Republican-aligned voters in a new CNN poll express serious concern with the recent charges and indictments against former President Trump. The new poll, published Tuesday, found that 44 percent of Republican-aligned voters said they are "seriously concerned" with Trump's criminal charges impacted his ability to be elected in 2024 if chosen as the GOP nominee, while 56 percent were not seriously concerned. … |
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Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd knocked the foreign policy of fellow White House hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, calling it "always wrong, never in doubt." "Vivek Ramaswamy's approach to foreign policy can be summed up simply: always wrong, never in doubt," Hurd wrote Tuesday in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "Truth: Tens of thousands of undocumented killings of civilians, rapes, torture, and … |
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| Indivisible Action, a progressive PAC, has announced it will endorse President Biden's 2024 reelection campaign. In a news release, Indivisible Action said it made its decision to support Biden's reelection bid following a two-week voting period where the PAC’s leaders, group members and unaffiliated activists cast their vote. About 97 percent of the members who participated in the voting period cast their … |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- 39 days until Louisiana's gubernatorial primary
- 63 days until Kentucky and Mississippi's gubernatorial generals
- 427 days until the 2024 general election
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DeSantis returns to the campaign trail |
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is returning to the campaign trail this week after leading his state's response to Hurricane Idalia. The storm presented an opportunity to DeSantis to showcase his leadership skills as the state's executive after he largely received praise for his handling of Hurricane Ian last year. President Biden and DeSantis were in touch every day in the lead-up to and during the storm, and the two of them have put their political differences aside in the past in visiting the Surfside building collapse in 2021 and touring the storm damage from Ian. But DeSantis and Biden did not meet following Idalia as the Florida governor is running for the 2024 GOP nomination for president. The governor's office said DeSantis did not plan to meet with Biden as their meeting could strain Florida's disaster response. Federal Emergency Management Administration administrator Deanne Criswell said Biden and DeSantis's teams agreed on the location for Biden's visit to Florida in advance, but DeSantis did not give an "indication" that he would not be meeting with Biden. Now, the DeSantis campaign announced Tuesday that he would be resuming his campaign activities this week with the hurricane in rearview. |
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John Bolton suggested Tuesday that Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy "emulates" former President Trump "every time he can," as the political newcomer continues to isolate himself from the rest of the GOP with his controversial stance on Ukraine. "I think Ramaswamy reminds me an awful lot of Donald Trump," Bolton said in a Tuesday morning interview on CNN. "He has very firm opinions on subjects he knows absolutely … |
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Local and state headlines regarding campaigns and elections: |
- Faced with hurricane, Trump, DeSantis respond in dramatically different ways (Miami Herald)
- Tim Scott faded during the debate. Some worry he's doing the same on the Iowa Caucus trail (The Des Moines Register)
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Election news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Why Hunter Biden might not be the slam dunk issue GOP commentators hoped (Politico)
- A special congressional election in blue Rhode Island highlights party factions (The Washington Post)
- Why Biden and Trump need each other in order to win in 2024 (CNN)
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President Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday and will wear a mask while around others indoors after first lady Jill Biden tested positive for the virus a day earlier, the White House said. The first lady is experiencing "mild symptoms" after testing positive Monday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. She will … Read more |
| A three-judge panel struck down Alabama's new congressional map Tuesday, finding the GOP-led state fell short of complying with the Supreme Court's recent directive. The ruling paves the way for a court-appointed official to instead draw the lines for the 2024 election cycle, though Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's (R) office … Read more |
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