Three of the smallest states in the country were home to several key primaries on Tuesday night, finally bringing the 2022 primary season to a close.
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Delaware provided nominees in one competitive Senate race, three competitive House races, and a race for governor,…
By Nathan L. Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin, and Erin Covey
Labor Day is the unofficial kickoff to campaign season, yet it feels like the 2022 elections are already in a holding pattern.
For much of the cycle, this felt like a typical midterm election. President Joe Biden’s mediocre job rating looked…
Alaska. Lisa Murkowski (R) appointed 2002, elected 2004 (49%), 2010 (39% as a write-in), 2016 (44%). Of all the Republicans running for Senate this cycle, Murkowski may have had the best August of the bunch. In Alaska’s new all-party primary, Murkowski secured 45 percent of the vote, outpacing…
Alaska.
At-Large (Mary Peltola, D). Trump 53%. Peltola pulled off an upset in the special election to replace the late Rep. Don Young. In a three-way race, Peltola defeated former Gov. Sarah Palin and entrepreneur Nick Begich III, both Republicans. The election was conducted using ranked…
MASSACHUSETTS. Open; Charlie Baker (R), not seeking re-election. Former state Rep. Geoff Diehl defeated businessman Chris Doughty, 56-44 percent, in the GOP primary. Diehl was the GOP nominee for Senate in 2018, losing 60-36 percent to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Diehl was endorsed for…
Democrat Mary Peltola, a former state legislator, defeated two Republican opponents including former Gov. Sarah Palin, to win a special election to replace the late, longtime Rep. Don Young in Alaska.
It was the first time a Democrat won Alaska’s sole House seat since 1972, when Nick Begich, Sr.…
By Nathan L. Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin
Apparently, there are no normal elections anymore.
For close to a year, since last August, President Joe Biden’s job approval rating and Democratic electoral prospects were on a steady decline toward a typical midterm election in which the party in power…
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