With two more primaries to go in New England, the picks so far in the six states that make up the east coast region show that far-right Republicans are winning in high-profile contested primaries.
The biggest upset came in Connecticut when newcomer Leora Levy, who won an unexpected 11th-hour Trump endorsement, beat out party favorite and moderate Themis Klarides for the party nomination for U.S. Senate.
The same happened in Massachusetts where Geoff Diehl won the gubernatorial ticket against moderate Republican Chris Doughty, and in Vermont where Christina Nolan, the favored contender lost to right-wing U.S. Army veteran Gerald Malloy, another newcomer to election politics….