6/9 Primary Recap

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Hello k-worded p***s, since I like to practice my media skills but no longer have a Politics and Media class for school (in which my final average was a 100), I figured I’d post a bit about it here. Please note that my intent is to remain as objective as possible on the politics themselves, but I will be providing analysis of the results, if that makes sense? Anyways here goes:

 

On an election night lacking any huge surprises or upsets, progressives netted some victories while incumbents of both parties emerged unscathed, and Republicans continued a streak of nominating women in high-profile congressional races- a key priority for many in the party. 

 

 

West Virginia was the site of two progressive triumphs at the ballot box on Tuesday, as Justice Democrats-aligned Paula Jean Swearengin and Medicare for All proponent Natalie Cline won races to represent Democrats in the Senate and 1st District races, respectively. Neither race in considered remotely competitive in the deep red state, especially as both candidates face well-funded incumbents and will run with Trump at the top of the ticket in a state that continues to overwhelmingly approve of his job performance. The far-left was not so lucky in the Governor’s race (yet another safe Republican seat) in the state, nor did they add to their ranks in Georgia, where establishment-backed Jon Osoff won just over 50% of the vote in a crowded Senate primary- avoiding a prolonged intra-party contest for the nomination and therefore increasing slightly his odds against Sen. David Perdue- or Nevada where Jennifer Eason’s- who “proudly supports Universal Healthcare”- attempt to oust scandal-stricken incumbent Rep. Steven Horsford fizzled.

 

In fact, no incumbent lost a re-nomination race in any state on Tuesday. Of the Georgia races that have gone to a top-two runoff- where no one candidate broke the 50% threshold- only one involves an incumbent and there’s no real reason to believe he’s in danger. 

 

 

Speaking of runoffs, the National GOP is in a bit of a bind over in Georgia’s 14th, where outspoken Q-Anon believer Marjorie Greene looks poised to easily survive a primary runoff. It’s unclear to what degree the conspiracy theory influenced voters, given that a recent survey estimated that the vast majority of Americans had never even heard of it, but the district hasn’t elected a Democrat in decades meaning House Republican leadership is likely to be welcoming Green as the newest member of their caucus in a few months’ time. 

 

 

As has become the norm this cycle, GOP women now represent some of the strongest candidates occupying spots in several top battleground seats including Georgia’s 6th (where former Rep. Karen Handel (R) and current Rep. Lucy McBath (D), a gun-control advocate, will (re)match up) and South Carolina’s 1st (where the first female Citadel graduate Nancy Mace (R)  will contest freshman Rep. Joe Cunningham’s (D) swing seat. Many in the party’s campaign wing have prioritized recruiting more female candidates in recent years, most notably Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who only recently formed a Super PAC to that end. 

 

 

And, of course, Joe Biden and President Trump added to their delegate counts by sweeping every state’s presidential polls, but with both nominations locked up, it’s all but a formality at this juncture.