State Republicans are coalescing behind Doug Mastriano, despite his perceived shortcomings as a candidate in the pivotal swing state.
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Democrats Play With Fire in GOP Primaries
Why would Democrats buy advertising or otherwise get involved in Republican primary races? It's an old tactic both parties have used to help "unelectable" fringe candidates secure the nomination for the opposing party. But critics say the strategy is especially risky in an era when some Republican candidates openly promote falsehoods about President Trump's 2020 election loss and hold other extreme views.
Kari Lake watched her lead narrow in the polls and big players in Arizona’s Republican establishment coalesce around her top rival weeks before the state’s Aug. 2 primary for governor. So Democrats stepped in.
Dan Cox’s campaign for governor of Maryland got an early endorsement from Donald Trump last fall. And now, Democrats want Republican primary voters to know all about it.
Groups affiliated with Gov. Steve Sisolak and other prominent Nevada Democrats were the financial backers of organizations that spent millions to to drag down Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo and other more moderate Republicans.
Here are some of the greatest hits and misses when Democrats have tried to choose Republican nominees.
The Democratic Party is undertaking some wholly understandable and worthwhile soul-searching when it comes to its growing efforts to meddle in Republican primaries.
The Democratic strategy of putting a thumb on the scale for charlatans and conspiracy theorists, in this political climate, has alarmed prominent liberals.
