More than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered some surprising verdicts. And Donald Trump has played a role in several races. Here's a rundown.
More than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered verdicts in a number of contests, many of which featured candidates arguing they best represented a continuation of policies favored by former President Donald Trump.
Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina was defeated by state Sen. Chuck Edwards after a whirlwind of scandals that included Cawthorn saying he'd been invited to orgies and had seen opponents of drug addiction use cocaine, getting caught twice with guns at airports and appearing in videos showing him in sexually suggestive poses.
Miller won days after she called the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade a “historic victory for white life” during a rally with Trump. Calling it “a mix-up of words," Miller's spokesman told The Associated Press that she had intended to say the decision was a victory for a “right to life.”
But of those who stayed to fight, Rice became first to lose, a result he acknowledged was possible over a vote he said his conscience forced him to take. Another, Rep. David Valadao of California, finished second in his primary, meaning he advanced to the November general election as one of the top two finishers.In South Carolina, Trump targeted another GOP incumbent, Rep. Nancy Mace, following her criticism of his role in the Jan. 6 attack and her vote to certify Biden's win.
Trump also waded into statewide races, backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against primary challenger George P. Bush. Trump was rewarding Paxton for petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 2020 election — an effort the state bar termed “dishonest" as it sought to punish him for it. Nonetheless, state Sen. Doug Mastriano won Pennsylvania's crowded Republican gubernatorial primary. He has been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol for his role in a plan to arrange for an “alternate” slate of electors from Pennsylvania for Trump after the 2020 election.
Battlegrounds still ahead Primary season resumes in earnest in August, with a number of high-profile races still to be decided. And in Arizona's secretary of state race, Trump backed state Rep. Mark Finchem, who was photographed outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and worked to overturn Trump's 2020 loss.
FILE - Republican Gov. Brian Kemp waves to supporters during an election night watch party, May 24, 2022, in Atlanta. Kemp easily turned back a GOP primary challenge Tuesday from former Sen. David Perdue, who was backed by former President Donald Trump. FILE - Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., speaks during a news conference in Washington, on July 24, 2019. Schrader lost the Democratic primary in Oregon's 5th U.S. House District to Jaime McLeod-Skinner.
FILE - Mehmet Oz, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks at a primary night election gathering in Newtown, Pa., May 17, 2022.
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