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    GOP Rep Wins Primary Against Trump-Backed Candidate in Race to Replace Mitt Romney
    Rep. John Curtis won the Republican Senate primary in Utah on Tuesday against Trump-endorsed Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs and former Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson, The Associated Press projected. Curtis, who has served in Congress since 2017, won against Staggs and Wilson, according the AP projection. Curtis is now favored to win former Republican presidential nominee and Sen. Mitt…
    Rebeka Zeljko
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    Virginia GOP Primary Race Between Trump Endorsee and House Conservative Too Close to Call
    It’s still to close to call the winner in a Republican primary contest in Virginia that garnered national attention, featuring a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump running against an incumbent congressman and chairman of the House Freedom Caucus At 11 p.m. Tuesday, McGuire held a lead of 50.3% of the vote to Good’s…
    Fred Lucas
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    Hung Cao Wins Virginia Republican Senate Primary
    Hung Cao, a Vietnamese immigrant and career U.S. Navy veteran, prevailed Tuesday in a five-candidate race to become the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat from Virginia. Endorsed by former President Donald Trump, Cao won with 67% of the vote and will take on Sen. Tim Kaine, the two-term Democratic incumbent, in November. “My…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Texas GOP Primary Runoff Results Bring Big Wins for School Choice
    School choice is coming to Texas. Last year, efforts to pass a school choice bill in the state Legislature were stymied by a coalition of anti-school choice Republicans and Democrats in the Statehouse. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, made the bill to create a K-12 education savings account policy a top priority. Although the…
    Jason Bedrick
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    ‘Thank You, DC’: City Ends Haley’s GOP Primary Losing Streak
    Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley won the District of Columbia’s GOP primary on Sunday, her first win in a Republican nominating contest after a string of losses to former President Donald Trump. Haley carried the Washington, D.C., primary with just under 63% of the vote, according to The Associated Press. The primary came two days before Super Tuesday…
    Graham Dudley
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    Trump Defeats Haley in New Hampshire Primary
    Former President Donald Trump appeared poised to win his third consecutive Republican presidential nomination after a clear victory Tuesday over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire primary. The results seemed likely to set up a rematch in November between Trump and President Joe Biden, the Democrat who unseated him in the…
    Fred Lucas
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    That Other Primary in New England Is a Do-Over After Massive Voter Fraud Scandal
    Another New England primary is happening Tuesday, this one outside New Hampshire and between Democrats—and it’s a do-over to one that was stained by voter fraud caught on video.  Bridgeport, the largest city in Connecticut, garnered national attention last year after a judge tossed the results of a September mayoral primary because a Democrat operative…
    Fred Lucas
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    8 Key Moments From Third GOP Primary Debate
    Five Republican candidates were on stage Wednesday night for the third GOP presidential debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. NBC News’ Lester Holt and Kristen Welker were moderators for the two-hour debate, along with conservative talk-show host Hugh Hewitt of “The Hugh Hewitt Show.” The Republican Jewish Coalition co-sponsored…
    Virginia Allen | Mary Margaret Olohan | Jarrett Stepman | Tyler O’Neil | Tony Kinnett
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    WATCH LIVE: The Third 2024 GOP Primary Debate
    Five Republican candidates are taking the stage in Miami to make their cases that they can lead the Republican Party to victory in 2024. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott qualified for this debate. North Dakota…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    7 Key Moments From Second 2024 GOP Primary Debate
    Seven Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday night took the stage for their second debate, this time at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.  Fox News Channel host Dana Perino, Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney, and Univision anchor Ilia Calderon co-hosted the two-hour debate, which often turned highly contentious, with the candidates…
    Virginia Allen | Mary Margaret Olohan | Jarrett Stepman | Tyler O’Neil
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    Watch the 2024 GOP Primary Presidential Debate
    Tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern, seven Republican candidates will be on stage to debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. On the stage will be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Key Takeaways From the First 2024 Republican Primary Debate
    Eight Republican presidential candidates took to the stage in Milwaukee on Wednesday night for the first debate of the 2024 presidential election cycle.  The Republican candidates who participated in the Fox News-hosted debate were North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina…
    Virginia Allen | Mary Margaret Olohan | Jarrett Stepman | Tyler O’Neil
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    In Virginia, School Choice Triumphs in GOP Primary Races
    Virginia has trailed other states in adopting robust education choice policies. But after the results of last week’s GOP primaries in the commonwealth, that could change. The Virginia General Assembly is nearly evenly divided, with Democrats holding a slight majority in the state Senate (22-18) and Republicans holding a slight majority in the House of…
    Jason Bedrick
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    GOP Primary Voters Want Candidates to Embrace Cultural Issues, Poll Finds
    A new poll reveals that the overwhelming majority of Republican primary voters want future GOP presidential contenders to embrace hot-button issues like gender-transition procedures for minors and implementing restrictions on pornography. The survey, conducted by OnMessage Inc., found that 93% of respondents want candidates to confront parental rights issues, including increased transparency with school curriculums and…
    Dan Hart
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    Pennsylvania’s Drawn-Out Senate Primary Underlines Need to Reform Mail-In Voting, House Republican Says
    Pennsylvania’s second prolonged election in two years demonstrates a need to reform both the mail-in voting process and ballot counting, the co-chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Election Integrity Caucus says. “This mail-in-ballot voting is really an issue,” Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Tuesday.  “And it’s an…
    Fred Lucas
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    Record Voter Turnout in Georgia Primary Elections Debunks ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ Nonsense
    What the left calls “voter suppression” apparently leads to record-high voter turnout. According to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, as of May 20, 857,401 Georgians had voted during the state’s three-week early voting period for the Georgia primary elections. This number is up substantially from just a few years ago. It’s the first election…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Tested by COVID-19, Doctors’ Direct Primary Care Model Demonstrates Resilience
    The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be one of the most chaotic and destructive global events in history. Beyond the obvious direct human toll of illness and death, COVID-19 has led to massive upheaval in nearly all sectors of the economy. Yet, one sector proved to be surprisingly resilient; namely, direct primary care. These low-cost…
    Chad Savage | Lee Gross
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    Philadelphia Isn’t Los Angeles: Putting a Rogue Prosecutor’s Primary Win Into Context
    Philadelphia’s rogue prosecutor, Larry Krasner, won the Democratic primary in his quest for reelection. He ran against a relatively weak, underfunded opponent, but one who promised, if elected, to restore law and order to the DA’s office and tackle exploding crime rates in Philadelphia. Krasner, one of several George Soros-backed rogue prosecutors in the country,…
    Zack Smith | Cully Stimson
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    NY Primary ‘Mess’ Seen as Omen for Big Problems With Mail-In Voting in November
    The more than 84,000 mail-in ballots that were disqualified in the June 23 primary in New York—where two congressional nominations were just decided this week—underscore prospective problems posed by the universal mail-in voting being called for by liberal politicians for the November elections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The massive problems with the primary…
    Fred Lucas
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    Alabama Special Election GOP Primary Goes to September Runoff
    Two Republicans, Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala., and former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, will compete in a runoff election in September after failing to garner 50 percent of the vote in Alabama’s special election to fill the seat of now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The winner of the GOP runoff, which will be Sept. 26, will…
    Rachel del Guidice
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