Voters in South Carolina, Nevada, Texas, Maine, and North Dakota have chosen their nominees on Tuesday for this year’s midterm elections. Former President Donald Trump was at the center of many of these primary elections.
In South Carolina, voters were split on Trump. In one of the House districts, voters ousted Rep. Tom Rice, who was one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump.
But in another district just south of Rice’s another one-time Trump critic, Rep. Nancy Mace, beat out a Trump-endorsed rival.
In ousting Rice, Trump settled another one of his personal political scores. It makes Rice one of many other Republicans who has been purged from the party after breaking with the former president in the aftermath of the violent insurrection on the Capitol.
In Nevada, Republicans chose a very vocal supporter of the Trump conspiracy lies about election fraud to become their nominee for the state’s top elections official. It adds Nevada to a growing list of those where election deniers are positioning themselves to take over the election machinery ahead of the 2024 presidential race.
Nevada is also a huge battleground state. President Joe Biden won in 2020 by just 2.4 percentage, and the state is expected to be a huge battleground once again in 2024. It will flex its muscles as a pivotal election state in this year’s midterms too, with two Trump-approved candidates nominated for two key races.
In the Rio Grande Valley, Republicans gained among Latino voters, which was showcased in a special election for a House seat. The Democrat Dan Sanchez lost to Republican Mayra Flores in the special election, flipping red a long-held Democrat House seat in Texas.
Maine is teeing up two key races. Former Republican governor Paul LePage is set to take on Democratic Gov. Janet Mills after they each advanced in their primaries. And for a congressional seat, there will be a battle between former Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who is trying to reclaim his former district, in a rematch against Democrat Rep. Jared Golden.
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