Posted on 06/21/2022 3:29:39 AM PDT by cotton1706
Rep. Tom Rice’s loss to state Rep. Russell Fry last week marked the first primary defeat among the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump, invigorating other Trump-backed challengers as the political futures of four more incumbents who voted to impeach hang in the balance.
The marquee race will be Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) versus Trump-endorsed candidate Harriet Hageman, an attorney and former national committeewoman for the Republican National Committee who also has the support of more than 100 House Republicans, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.).
But before the Cheney-Hageman race on Aug. 16, primaries on Aug. 2 in Michigan and Washington state will test the strength of Trump endorsements against Reps. Peter Meijer (Mich.), Dan Newhouse (Wash.) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.).
Fry’s outright win of the vote in the solidly red South Carolina district encompassing Myrtle Beach came as a surprise to some political observers. Rice outraised Fry and spent nearly three times what Fry did on his campaign. Internal surveys from the Fry campaign and a Trafalgar poll showed Fry with double-digit leads over Rice, though not enough to avoid a runoff. But on primary day, he won 51 percent of the vote.
That could be a good sign for MAGA challengers in the four upcoming races, all of whom can point to bright spots in polls. But not all are well-positioned in terms of fundraising.
A January poll of Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District sponsored by the Democratic abortion rights group EMILY’s List found former Trump political appointee John Gibbs with an initial 13 percent support to 26 percent for Meijer, who was elected in 2020.
But after being informed of Meijer’s impeachment vote and Trump’s endorsement for Gibbs, Gibbs shot to the lead with 37 percent support to 19 percent for Meijer.
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The RINO Establishment ultimately has more money. So Liz Cheney has far outraised Hegeman and I’m sure several other RINO Establishment candidates will out raise their MAGA challengers. All the MAGA candidates have is the support of the majority of the voters..........
Losing a congressional seat it the LEAST of their problems. The impeachment coup plotters are going to be punished far more than that. Watch what happens next year. Their hell is only just now beginning. /spit
Wife and I voted this morning in the new VA 7th. No matter who wins the Republican nomination, they will be light years better than Spanberger.
It’s not enough to just beat RINOs. We need fighters. We need people to reverse the Democrat and establishment Republican agendas.
No more passive “conservatives”. No more talkers. We need activists in congress.
We need more people like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert and Jim Jordan.
“ The impeachment coup plotters are going to be punished far more than that. Watch what happens next year.”
Normally I’d be skeptical about the chances of Republicans fighting back. But we have a strong batch of MAGA types getting elected, so there’s hope at least.
Smelling blood in the water doesn't quite measure up to bodies floating face-down in the water, but at least it's a start.
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