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Thirteen Republicans are running to replace Representative Mark Amodei in his deep-red Nevada district. The contenders include David Flippo, an Air Force veteran endorsed by President Trump.
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Aaron Ford, Nevada’s attorney general and the Democratic nominee for governor, has talked a lot about his working-class upbringing — he grew up poor in Texas and, as a young single father, relied on food stamps and Medicaid. He’s betting his background will be an asset in a state where blue-collar workers swing elections. “I know what it’s like to struggle,” he said in an election night speech. “Where I come from, not many people make it out.”
Gov. Joe Lombardo of Nevada, who easily won the Republican nomination on Tuesday night, said in a statement that his administration had made progress on job growth, education and public safety, but acknowledged that “there is more to do.”
Gov. Joe Lombardo’s allies, in turn, are attempting to paint Ford as absent and out of touch, pointing to the significant time he’s spent out of the state while serving as attorney general. But ultimately, this race in a battleground state will most likely come down to the state of the economy and whether voters feel Lombardo has done enough to improve their lives.
Nevada Democrats had long hoped for this matchup. Ford’s path to the nomination faced questions at times — there was a possibility last year that former Gov. Steve Sisolak could jump into the race, and Alexis Hill’s candidacy made things more interesting — but he ultimately faced little resistance. The party sees Ford as a working-class champion who will be able to hammer Joe Lombardo, the incumbent governor, over Nevada’s sluggish economy.
Aaron Ford has won the Democratic primary for governor of Nevada, according to The Associated Press. Word of the win is slowly making its way through his election night party, with supporters cheering and waving signs. The race call makes it official — Ford will face Gov. Joe Lombardo in November — but the Democratic nominee has been in general election mode for months, criticizing Lombardo and largely ignoring his primary opponent, Alexis Hill, a Washoe County commissioner. I’m told Ford will address the crowd shortly.
The Republican primary for governor in Maine will also be decided by ranked-choice voting. Bobby Charles, who served in the State Department under former President George W. Bush, has a sizable lead over the rest of the field, but is well short of 50 percent. Jonathan Bush, a cousin of Bush, and Benjamin Midgley are splitting much of the remaining vote, although there are several other candidates in the race as well.
In the Democratic primary for Maine’s Second Congressional District, no candidate has a clear lead in the competitive three-way race to succeed Representative Jared Golden, a Democrat known for frequently bucking his party. Joe Baldacci, a state senator who has the backing of national Democrats, currently leads, though that could change as more results are reported outside his home district in Bangor.
More than 8,000 people voted for Mark Sanford in a Republican primary for a South Carolina congressional race he dropped out of in April. Sanford, who once had an aide explain his disappearance as governor before making a return to Congress that was ended when President Trump endorsed a primary rival in 2018, still got about 12 percent of the vote, good for fourth place in an 11-candidate field.
Within minutes of Graham Platner’s nomination as the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, Senate Republicans’ campaign arm rolled out a website bashing him as “untrustworthy, unhinged and unfit for Maine.” The website lays out a series of unflattering revelations about Platner’s past, including offensive Reddit posts that he has apologized for and a tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol that he later covered up, giving a preview of the kind of attacks that are likely to dominate the general election race.
President Trump congratulated Senator Lindsey Graham, his nemesis turned friend, for Graham’s “BIG WIN” over a crowded field of “very capable” primary challengers on Tuesday night.
Several Maine races, including the Democratic primaries for governor and the Second Congressional District, will be decided by ranked-choice voting. While ranked-choice voting is sometimes referred to as an instant runoff, we won’t learn those results for a week or two — in part because many towns still count ballots by hand, but also because the calculations can only be done once all ballots in the race have been counted.
We have a close race in northern Nevada, in a House contest that pits President Trump’s preferred candidate against one backed by state Republican leaders. David Flippo, who was endorsed by Trump, is leading James Settelmeyer, who is backed by Gov. Joe Lombardo and Representative Mark Amodei, by about 2.5 percentage points with nearly half of the vote counted. The two Republicans are vying to succeed Amodei, who is retiring.
While Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand were relatively reserved about Graham Platner’s winning the Maine Senate primary, Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee chairman, was far more enthusiastic.
Graham Platner is winning the Democratic primary for Senate in Maine by large margins almost everywhere that has reported so far, save a couple very small townships where only a few votes were cast. But the share of the vote he is receiving varies across the state.
At the election night party for Aaron Ford, Nevada’s attorney general and a Democratic candidate for governor, supporters and members of the Culinary Workers Union watched excitedly as the early returns showed Ford opening up a wide lead.
Polls have closed and results are trickling in from Nevada, where Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, and Aaron Ford, the attorney general and a Democrat, are expected to advance to a competitive general election contest.
Gov. Janet Mills of Maine, who suspended her Senate campaign in April, released a statement on the primary results that did not mention Graham Platner at all. Platner won the Democratic primary for Senate. “I am grateful to Maine people and incredibly proud of what we have accomplished together,” she said. “I will continue to fight with everything I have to improve the lives and livelihoods of Maine people.” She offered no endorsement in the Senate race.
Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, the leaders of the Democrats’ election efforts in the chamber, have been cool at best to Graham Platner’s candidacy. They both endorsed Gov. Janet Mills of Maine in the primary and offered lukewarm endorsements of Platner after Mills withdrew. Tonight, in a joint statement, the senators predicted Platner would be elected. “In November, Maine voters will elect Graham Platner, and we will win a Senate majority,” they said.
During his speech, Alan Wilson, who is advancing to a runoff for governor of South Carolina, gave his supporters a lighthearted warning. “I’ll be calling you first thing in the morning, but you made this possible,” he said. “You put the gas in the car for us to take our vision for the state of South Carolina that the status quo will happen no more, and I want to thank you. You supported me financially by allowing us to get this message out to the people of South Carolina, so thank God for my journey that God provided, and I am here.”
Nancy Mace’s concession in the Republican primary for governor capped off a headspinning few years in national politics, defined by dramatic stunts and flip-flopping policy positions.
Addressing a large crowd of excited supporters during a vibrant watch party on the patio of a restaurant in Columbia, Alan Wilson thanked the attendees profusely for their support and their donations. He invited his vanquished opponents — Ralph Norman, Rom Reddy and Nancy Mace — to join his race for governor, which will go to a runoff against Pamela Evette, the lieutenant governor, in two weeks. He complimented each of them on their campaigns, despite what he called some “rough moments” during debates. He was especially complimentary of Mace, who endorsed him earlier in the evening, calling her “the maverick who shook things up.”
Pamela Evette, the lieutenant governor of South Carolina, is addressing the crowd at her watch party. She thanked Gov. Henry McMaster, whom she called a friend and mentor. And then she thanked President Trump.
Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, said national pundits and members of the political establishment “keep looking for that one story, that one headline, that one moment in my life that they can define the campaign by.”
Chants of “Let’s go Pam!” have broken out at the Greenville, S.C., watch party for Pamela Evette, who is advancing to a runoff for governor. We expect her to speak any minute now.
Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, thanked Gov. Janet Mills in his speech, saying she had dedicated a “lifetime of service” to the state and that he was “eternally grateful” to her. Mills, a Democrat, also ran for Senate, but Platner drove her out of the race by the end of April. Addressing anyone who felt “let down” or “disappointed” after the primary, he said, “It is my job to earn your trust, faith and support.”
The Democratic primary for governor in Maine is a tight four-way race, with Troy Jackson leading in northern Maine, where he’s from, as well as in Portland; Nirav Shah leading in much of the rest of southern Maine; and Shenna Bellows and Hannah Pingree, two party stalwarts, pulling a significant share of the vote as well. The race will be decided by ranked-choice voting, according to The Associated Press. That process usually takes a few weeks.
Alan Wilson, the South Carolina attorney general who has advanced to a runoff for governor, addressing a rowdy crowd of supporters moments ago in Columbia, S.C.
As South Carolinians look ahead to the Republican runoff for governor, one important thing to look out for is who the losing candidates endorse between Alan Wilson, the state attorney general, and Pamela Evette, the lieutenant governor. The latter has received biggest endorsement of all: President Trump’s.
Graham Platner has won the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, according to The Associated Press. He just took the stage at his election night party, hugging his mother.
Graham Platner’s mother, Leslie Harlow, delivered a brief speech at his election night party in Maine. She said the night was “surreal,” and that her son had been on a “big journey.” She did not address the reports about her son’s personal life that have surfaced during the campaign, but she said Maine had “healed him” and that he would protect the state. “I am very proud to be Graham Platner’s mother,” she said.
I’m told President Trump called Pamela Evette and promised to do whatever was necessary to help her win the runoff, which will be held on June 23.
Alan Wilson, the attorney general of South Carolina, has advanced to a runoff in the governor’s race. He is wasting no time trying to build alliances with those who voted for other candidates. “I will fight for you, your family and the conservative values we share,” he said in a statement.
Nancy Mace, in her concession speech, said her congressional vote to release the files on Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier, cost her the governor’s seat.
Senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of President Trump, has clinched the Republican primary, avoiding a runoff. The senator and his allies had spent more than $15 million on advertising, warding off a challenge from Mark Lynch, who had accused Graham of not being loyal enough to the president. Trump, however, had endorsed Graham and rallied for him on Monday night.
Only a handful of small, rural towns in Maine have reported results, and they may not represent what’s to come from more populous, liberal areas. But so far, Graham Platner’s challengers in the Democratic primary for Senate are capturing a relatively small but notable share of the vote.
State Representative Jermaine Johnson has won the Democratic primary for governor outright, avoiding a runoff. Because South Carolina is a deeply conservative state and has had a Republican governor since 2003, he will face an uphill battle to win the governor’s mansion.
Representative Nancy Mace has conceded the race for governor, endorsing Alan Wilson in a speech before dozens of supporters in Charleston, S.C. The Associated Press has not called the race.
A rowdy crowd of supporters waited for Alan Wilson, the attorney general of South Carolina, to show up at his watch party in Columbia, S.C., and for results that would favor his candidacy for the governorship. Early indications are that he could well make the runoff.
Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press.
By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Neil Berg, Matthew Bloch, Lily Boyce, Irineo Cabreros, Nico Chilla, Nate Cohn, Annie Daniel, Saurabh Datar, Andrew Fischer, Martín González Gómez, Jasmine C. Lee, Alex Lemonides, Zach Levitt, Ilana Marcus, Alicia Parlapiano, Dan Simmons-Ritchie, Caroline Soler, Charlie Smart, Luke Vrotsos and Christine Zhang. Additional contributions by Camille Baker, Tim Balk, Sarah Cahalan, Amanda Cordero, Patrick Hays, Eduardo Medina, Jacob Meschke, Jenna Russell, Reis Thebault and Jessica White. Edited by Wilson Andrews, Lindsey Rogers Cook, William P. Davis, Kenan Davis, Amy Hughes, Ben Koski and Allison McCartney.
Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press.
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