Rep. Liz Cheney lost to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman in a Republican primary. In Alaska, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin cleared their primaries.
Most polls are now closed in Alaska, where there is a special election in addition to House and Senate primaries.
For months Trump has been heckling McConnell, calling the GOP leader an “Old Crow” who got “played like a fiddle” after Senate Democrats successfully pushed throughThe former president is also holding a grudge against incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a McConnell ally who was one of seven Republicans who voted to convict him during his impeachment trial.
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