Maine State Rep. Austin Theriault, a Republican better known as a former NASCAR driver and 2019 ARCA Menards Series champion, was projected Tuesday to win the Republican nomination for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. He defeated Marine veteran Mike Soboleski in the district, which covers a plurality of the state, including much of its rural expanse. Theriault, who was endorsed by …
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Trump-endorsed candidate wins Republican congressional primary in North Dakota
North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak came away with the win in the state’s Republican primary for its at-large congressional district. Fedorchak, who emerged as one of the favorites in the race, was up 46% to 29% when AP called the race. The result all but wraps up what had become a heated contest for North Dakota’s lone congressional …
Read More »Nancy Mace wins South Carolina 1st Congressional District primary over Kevin McCarthy-backed challenger
For a second straight election, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has survived a serious primary challenge. The Associated Press on Tuesday projects that Mace will win renomination in South Carolina’s competitive Low Country-based 1st Congressional District by defeating Catherine Templeton, a former director of South Carolina’s labor agency who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018, and Marine Corps …
Read More »Trump-backed candidate ends primary debate with explosive allegation
Trump-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Trent Staggs closed out his time on stage at a Republican primary debate Monday night by accusing his opponent, Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, of insider trading. On March 4, 2020, Abbott Laboratories — a medical device company — was awarded federal funding to develop a COVID test. Curtis purchased stock in the company that same day, …
Read More »Will Hunter Biden guilty verdicts impact his father's rematch with Trump in 2024 presidential election?
President Biden issued a heartfelt statement after his sole surviving son was convicted in federal court in Delaware. “I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today,” Biden said Tuesday minutes after Hunter Biden was found guilty by a federal jury on …
Read More »Susie Lee hangs onto Dem nod in Nevada despite challenge from transgender opponent
Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., defeated her primary opponent in Nevada’s Tuesday election. Lee easily fended off a challenge from RockAthena Brittain, a biological man who identifies as a transgender woman. Her opponent did not receive any kind of backing or financial support from the Democratic Party, according to the Nevada Current. “I couldn’t even get the Human Rights Campaign to …
Read More »AOC slammed for saying 'false accusations' of antisemitism are 'wielded against people of color'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said during an online discussion she hosted on Monday that “false accusations of antisemitism are wielded against people of color.” The “Squad” member hosted an online livestream titled “Antisemitism and the Fight for Democracy” on X, admitting that the rise in antisemitism and attacks against Jews since Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel – where …
Read More »Trump gets warm reception and piles of campaign cash during sunny blue state swing
Former President Trump’s three days in Democrat-dominated California turned out to be lucrative in many ways. When all the money is counted, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is expected to haul in roughly $27.5 million from three fundraisers he held in California and one in Las Vegas, Nevada, late last week and this past weekend, a senior campaign official told …
Read More »Georgia Republican convicted in Jan. 6 riot walks out of House primary debate against ex-Trump admin official
Georgia Republican Chuck Hand, a congressional candidate convicted of a misdemeanor related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, walked out of a televised House primary runoff debate on Sunday. Hand, a construction superintendent and vice chair of the Taylor County Republican Party, is competing against fellow Republican Wayne Johnson, a former official in the U.S. Department …
Read More »Ex-intel officials double down on signing 'patriotic' letter against Hunter Biden laptop: 'Woefully ignorant'
Dozens of former intelligence officials who signed a letter warning Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop “has all the classic earmarks” of Russian disinformation are either declining to retract or doubling down despite the device being entered as evidence in his ongoing criminal trial. Fox News Digital reached out to all 51 individuals who signed the heavily scrutinized October 2020 letter, published …
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