16 GOP Primaries To Watch In North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Idaho And Oregon
Tuesday is the busiest election day of the year so far, as five states — Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania — hold their 2022 primaries. And for the GOP, it will be another test of whether to move on from former President Donald Trump. Coming off Nebraska last week — his first loss of the year — Trump has endorsed candidates in seven major primaries on Tuesday, which should give us a clearer answer as to his power in the party. And even in races where Trump has no skin in the game, Republicans are considering nominating someone in his incendiary, illiberal mold — which could make it harder for the GOP to pick up seats in November.
All told, it’s the highest-stakes primary day yet. Here are the 16 (!) Republican primaries to keep an eye on:
North Carolina
Races to watch: U.S. Senate; 1st, 11th and 13th congressional districts
Polls close: 7:30 p.m. Eastern
Trump’s first — and easiest — test will come in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, which is open this year because Sen. Richard Burr is retiring. Former Gov. Pat McCrory started the race way ahead in the polls, probably due to name recognition, but last June, Trump threw his weight behind Rep. Ted Budd, who at the time was polling in the single digits. That gave Budd a boost, but even Budd’s own polling found he was still trailing McCrory by a few percentage points as recently as the beginning of March. Trump noticed and even reportedly tried to get a third candidate, Rep. Mark Walker, to drop out in order to consolidate the Trumpist vote. (Walker has stayed put.)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/16-gop-primaries-to-watch-in-north-carolina-pennsylvania-idaho-and-oregon/
Seven primary races to watch on Tuesday
May 17 will mark the single busiest primary day to date this year, as voters in several states head to the polls to cast their ballots in some of the cycle’s biggest nominating contests.
At stake are hotly contested Senate nominations in crucial battlegrounds like Pennsylvania and North Carolina. The primaries will also be the latest test of former President Trump’s sway over GOP voters as he weighs another bid for the White House in 2024.
Here are seven races to watch on Tuesday:
Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary
The Republican race for the nomination to succeed retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is set to test whether Trump’s endorsement will be enough to propel celebrity physician Mehmet Oz, a first-time candidate and relatively recent arrival to Pennsylvania, over the finish line.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/seven-primary-races-to-watch-on-tuesday/ar-AAXjT6N
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