GOP vs Freedom: SC House primary elections features 32 races between conservative caucuses (primary Tuesday!)

The Herald ^ | 6/7/24 | Joseph Bustos, Anna Wilder

[cotton1706]

For much of the last three years of legislative sessions, hard-line conservative state House members have clashed with Republicans on whether they’re conservative enough.

Now those clashes will play out at the ballot box.

More than 30 seats represent the battlefield for the Republican Caucus versus hard-line conservative Freedom Caucus in Tuesday’s legislative primary elections. The outcomes of these primary races may influence how conservative the House gets, how well the chamber functions, and whether hard-line members gain or lose influence.

ecause most state Legislative districts are drawn in favor of one party over another, the winners of primary races often decide who will win November’s general election.

In the June 11 primaries, 32 districts feature Republican-held seats with a GOP-caucus aligned candidate against a Freedom Caucus aligned candidate.

Of the 32 seats that represent the Freedom Caucus-GOP caucus battleground, 14 are held by the Freedom Caucus members and 18 are held by those in the House GOP caucus.

[buckalfa]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/4th-district-race-extends-gop-212202548.html

Not a state legislative race, but this Congressional primary pits a Gaetz backed challenger versus vs Trump backed incumbent.

[PermaRag]

The truly high-profile congressional primary in South Carolina pits newly-reborn conservative Nancy Mace against a Kevin McCarthy stooge. Mace is the first stop on McCarthy’s “revenge tour” against conservatives — including Matt Gaetz — who dethroned him and caused him to burst into tears, take his binky and crawl home to California.

Trump will endorse an incumbent House RINO over a conservative challenger 9.5 times out of 10, and I strongly support Gaetz.... but in this case Timmons, who is likely to win the primary, is fine. He’s no squish. Adam Morgan, whom Gaetz is touting, is a solid conservative too, but there’s no reason I can see why Timmons needs to go.

[buckalfa]

Thank you the summary.