Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

Persistent Election Integrity Worries Could Keep Republican Voters Home in Key Georgia Primaries

Even though early voting turnout in Georgia primary elections is trending higher than usual, many Republicans likely will sit out now and in November due to election integrity frustration, experts say. And that could flip the state from red to blue, giving Democrats control, some told The Epoch Times. What’s more, their reluctance to vote…


Democratic Candidate Challenges GOP Frontrunner in PA Governor’s Race on Jan. 6 ‘Insurrection’ Grounds

A Democratic state candidate is trying to disqualify outspoken Trump supporter Pennsylvania state Senator Doug Mastriano from the state governor’s race because he allegedly participated in an “insurrection” against the U.S. government. A new poll by the Trafalgar Group shows Mastriano is leading the field of nine candidates seeking the Republican nomination for governor of the Keystone…


Trump Endorsement is Powerful: Former Congressman Doug Collins

Former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins said receiving an endorsement from former President Donald Trump is powerful and was clearly evident in U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance winning the GOP primary. After being endorsed by the former president “just a little over six weeks ago, J.D. Vance was in fourth place and going nowhere,” but then…


Wikipedia Deletes Page of Top US Senate Candidate

Wikipedia editors deleted a page for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kathy Barnette after arguing she is not a notable person. Barnette’s page was later restored, but could be deleted at any time, editors said. Discussion was triggered in April 2021, when an editor said that the references on the page “do not establish notability beyond…


Tough-On-China Stances May Prove Critical for Midterm Candidates: Analysts

U.S. relations with China are an issue that increasingly commands the attention of voters, who are likely to cast their ballots in the November midterm elections largely on the basis of which candidates are toughest on China, experts say. But the same experts do not always agree as to whether jobs and trade, or national…


Will Nebraska Gov. Ricketts Carry More Weight Than Trump in GOP Primary?

Every June, Omaha hosts the College World Series, a tradition that draws hundreds of thousands to Nebraska’s largest city. The baseball event is more than a month away, but the heated Nebraska GOP gubernatorial primary has reached the bottom of the ninth inning as voters head to the polls on May 10. Nine candidates are…


Trump, Turnout Keys in West Virginia’s Hatfields-Vs-McCoys GOP Primary Between Incumbents

One incumbent has the support of the state’s Republican establishment and its leading industries and says his opponent is a carpetbagging professional politician with no interests beyond his own career. The other incumbent has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump and describes his opponent as a “RINO” out of step with the Make America…


Pompeo Joins Chorus of GOP Critics of Oz Turkish Citizenship

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a May 6 press conference raised concerns over the candidacy of Trump-backed Pennsylvania GOP Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz over his Turkish citizenship, joining a chorus of GOP critics of Oz’s dual citizenship. Oz, who is a dual Turkish and U.S. citizen, has been embroiled in controversy over…


Pompeo Joins Chorus of GOP Critics of Oz’s Turkish Citizenship

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a May 6 press conference raised concerns over the candidacy of Trump-backed Pennsylvania GOP Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz over his Turkish citizenship, joining a chorus of GOP critics of Oz’s dual citizenship. Oz, who is a dual Turkish and U.S. citizen, has been embroiled in controversy over…


Nebraska Gubernatorial Primary Offers Test of a Trump Endorsement

Twenty-two of the candidates endorsed by Donald Trump prevailed in Ohio and Indiana primary elections on May 3. Trump’s stamp of approval will receive its strongest challenge yet on May 10 when Nebraska voters head to the polls and decide on the GOP gubernatorial race. Cattle rancher Charles Herbster has led in the polls for…