Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

‘A Very Big and Successful Evening’: Trump Welcomes 100-6 Endorsement Record

Former President Donald Trump applauded for a 100-6 primary endorsement record in the run-up to the 2022 midterms, following a mixed result—including a series of setbacks—in Georgia on May 24. “Overall for the ‘Cycle,’ 100 Wins, 6 Losses (some of which were not possible to win), and 2 runoffs,” Trump wrote on May 25 on…


Kemp, Raffensperger Overcome Anger and Trump’s Disapproval in Georgia

Their feelings motivated by former president Donald Trump, many conservative Georgians are still angry that Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger didn’t do more to investigate claims of widespread fraud related to the 2020 election. That displeasure didn’t prevent the two incumbents from winning their respective GOP primaries on May 24. Kemp,…


Pennsylvania Officials Officially Announce Recount for GOP Primary for US Senate Seat

The Republican primary for a soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat representing Pennsylvania is headed to a recount, officials announced on May 25. The 902-vote difference between Dr. Mehmet Oz and businessman David McCormick is within the one-half of 1 percent margin that triggers a mandatory recount under state law, Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of State Leigh Chapman…


Incumbents Likely to Prevail in South Dakota Primary Despite Crowded GOP Field

Incumbents are expected to prevail in the Republican primary elections in South Dakota, recent polling data indicates. And, given that the state hasn’t elected a Democrat in decades, the incumbents are likely to sail to re-election in the general election in November. “They have slapped Democrats around in just about every campaign, even running unopposed…


Veteran Mounts Challenge Against Democrats in Midterms, Could Become Only Black Republican Woman in House

When Jennifer-Ruth Green, a black woman, won an overwhelming victory in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District Republican primary this month, she helped improve the chances that the GOP would take the once-reliable Democrat district in the general election. Not only did Green, a political newcomer, beat an accomplished politician, Blair Milo, who served as mayor of…


Moderate Rep. Cuellar Claims Victory Against Progressive Cisneros in Texas Primary Runoff

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) on May 25 claimed victory in the close Democrat primary runoff for the seat he holds representing Texas’s 28th Congressional District. “The results are in, all the votes have been tallied—I am honored to have once again been re-elected as the Democratic nominee for Congress,” Cuellar said in a statement. With all…


Facebook, Instagram to Reveal More on How Ads Target Users

WASHINGTON—Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much information about how campaigns, special interest groups and politicians use the platform to target…


Alabama U.S. Senate Race Ends in Runoff Between Katie Brit and Mo Brooks

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—A three-way race for the U.S. Senate on May 25 between Katie Britt, Rep. Mo Brooks (R), and Mike Durant ended with no candidate holding the 50 percent of the vote required to avoid a runoff. Britt and Brooks, the two frontrunners, will now have four weeks to campaign before a runoff election decides who…


Alabama US Senate Race Ends in Runoff Between Katie Brit and Mo Brooks

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—A three-way race for the U.S. Senate on May 25 between Katie Britt, Rep. Mo Brooks (R), and Mike Durant ended with no candidate holding the 50 percent of the vote required to avoid a runoff. Britt and Brooks, the two frontrunners, will now have four weeks to campaign before a runoff election decides who…


US Rep McBath Wins Democratic Nomination for Redrawn Georgia District

Rep. Lucy McBath is the projected winner in Georgia’s Democratic primary beating out fellow party nominee Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux in the state’s newly redrawn House District 7 near Atlanta. McBath, who has campaigned on a platform of gun safety, describes herself on Twitter as the “mother of Jordan Davis” who was shot and killed at a gas station…