Trump-Backed Candidates Win Senate Primaries, Five Incumbents Lose
Republican state senators who opposed recent efforts to change the state's congressional map lost their primaries to candidates backed by President Trump. In Michigan, Democrats won a special election for a seat in the state Senate. The results follow recent efforts to redraw congressional maps. In Tuesday night's election, Trump-backed candidates won Senate primaries by approximately 15 percentage points.
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Sources · 7 independent
WAMU 88.5 DC
“Republican state senators who opposed recent efforts to change the state's congressional map lost their primaries to candidates backed by President Trump.”
KDKA 1020 Pittsburgh
“five of the seven senators running for re-election lost, and they weren't even close at all. The Trump-backed candidates kind of blew these incumbents out, winning by about 15 percentage points in these Senate primaries.”
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