House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., got a bit of breathing room on Tuesday night when Republican Michael Rulli won the special election to replace retired Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio. Rulli is an Ohio state senator and a small business owner who touts himself as a “big natural gas guy,” according to the Ohio Capital Journal. His family started and runs …
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Attorney General Merrick Garland is fighting back. The Republican-led House of Representatives intends to hold him in contempt of Congress this week – if it can muster the votes. Remember, it’s all about the math. A senior House leadership source told Fox the vote would be Wednesday. But when asked, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wouldn’t quite commit to that. …
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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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The United States today, effectively and enduringly, is not one but three nations. There is a “Red America” a “Blue America,” and an “I don’t care” America. Rarely do those in Blue or Red America agree on matters political, or reconcile with friends and family estranged because of politics, and increasingly they do not congregate together.What used to be differences …
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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 …
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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, …
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Political newcomer Ronald Russell was projected to win the Republican primary for Maine’s 1st Congressional District as of late Tuesday. Russell, who grew up on a Fort Fairfield, farm and returned to the state in 2021, said during his campaign that his run for office is an attempt to “get the country back on track.” Russell defeated fellow first-time candidate …
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RENO, Nev. – Afghanistan war veteran Sam Brown has won Nevada’s Republican Senate primary and will now face off against a tough incumbent Democrat in the November general election. Brown led former U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Jeffrey Gunter by around 24 percentage points when The Associated Press called the race. The campaign turned increasingly ugly in the months preceding the …
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Mark Burns, an evangelical pastor backed by former President Trump, has advanced to a runoff for Republican nomination for South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District to replace outgoing Rep. Jeff Duncan. Seven Republicans were vying for the typically Republican seat, but no true frontrunner had emerged ahead of the primary. Ultimately, Trump’s endorsement may provide a boost to get Burns the …
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Sheri Biggs, a nurse practitioner who won the backing of Gov. Henry McMaster, advanced to a runoff in the crowded race for the Republican nomination to replace outgoing GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan in South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District. Biggs was among seven Republicans in contention, but no true frontrunner emerged ahead of the primary. Biggs, a lieutenant colonel in the …
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