POLITICO’s Steve Shepard demystifies this week’s election data in a video series. Next Tuesday’s primaries take the midterms into the Deep South, including the much-anticipated showdown between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Trump-backed challenger David Perdue. In the latest episode of “Inside the …
Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas primaries (and Texas runoffs): What to know
Another Tuesday, another massive set of primaries — this time in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and runoffs in Texas. On the GOP side, all eyes will be on Georgia, especially the much-anticipated showdown between Gov. Brian Kemp and Trump-backed challenger David Perdue. The race was one of Trump’s biggest bets of 2022 — but Perdue is still well behind in the polls. For Dems, the big story will be a progressive vs. moderate showdown of the Henry Cuellar and Jessica Cisneros runoff in South Texas.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been leading in primary polls against Trump-endorsed David Perdue. Donald Trump wants Georgia Republicans to ditch their governor on Tuesday. If the polls are even remotely in the right ballpark, they’re about to tell Trump to take a hike. The Republican base is poised to …
HERE WE GO AGAIN — It’s another big week of 2022 primaries. And we’ve got questions we’re eager to see answered: What’s next for Brian Kemp? The Georgia governor’s race was one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest bets of 2022 — but Kemp appears in firm control of the primary despite Trump’s …
It won’t be easy to unite the party after an election season from hell. Georgia’s Republican Party controls all of the state’s constitutional offices. Yet its primary elections Tuesday are a crowded mess. The governor is facing a former senator. The secretary of state is besieged by a congressman. …
With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross TALK OF THIS TOWN — N.Y. Mag’s Gabe Debenedetti is out with a new feature this morning on the Democrats’ 2024 plans. Inside the White House, it’s a done deal that President JOE BIDEN will go for another term. Everywhere else in the party, though, there’s less …
Two months after Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement, the Alabama congressman could very well advance to a Senate runoff. Mo Brooks was left for dead by former President Donald Trump. Now, the Republican congressman running for Senate in Alabama is surging. Two months after Trump torpedoed Brooks’ …
Cisneros is attempting to topple Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar on Tuesday. Immigration lawyer Jessica Cisneros has picked up a key endorsement from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who leads the Congressional Progressive Caucus, in her primary bid against Rep. Henry Cuellar. “At a time when our reproductive …
The party is rallying behind abortion rights as a key 2022 issue, but few House Democrats are backing anti-abortion Rep. Henry Cuellar’s challenger. House Democrats have vowed to do whatever it takes to protect abortion rights. But there’s one step many don’t want to consider. Only a handful of them …
No incumbent Republican was toppled, which was no small feat in a primary where there was so much unrest. Establishment Republicans beat back MAGA hardliners in the Texas primary on Tuesday, while the Bush dynasty avoided extinction and progressive Democrats stopped their slide. With the nation’s …
On Tuesday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp successfully fended off David Perdue, a former U.S. senator who has embraced Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud. Kemp bucked Trump’s requests to intervene during the 2020 election; the former president has targeted him ever since. Secretary of State Brad …