Kaine! We're coming for you!
Posted on 06/13/2018 8:56:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump erased all doubts about who owns the Republican Party on Tuesday night as several Trump-backed candidates swept to victory in GOP primaries.
Primaries were held in Maine, South Carolina, Virginia, Nevada, and North Dakota. Po-Trump candidates win crucial races. The most notable among Trump's victories occurred in South Carolina, where former governor and current GOP incumbent Congressman Mark Sanford, a bitter critic of the president, went down to defeat.
In the most dramatic result in primaries across five states Tuesday, Sanford was the second incumbent House Republican to lose a primary this year – and the latest victim of intense divisions among the GOP in the Trump era.
Though he has a generally conservative voting record, his criticism of Mr. Trump as unworthy and culturally intolerant made him a target of the president's most dedicated supporters, who often elevate loyalty over policy.
Sanford was defeated by state Rep. Katie Arrington, who spent her campaign blasting Sanford as a "Never Trumper."
In Virginia, pro-Trump Senate candidate Corey Stewart easily dispatched several challengers to win the right to face off with the state's incumbent Democratic senator Tim Kaine.
Another interesting race is Nevada, where perennial candidate Danny Tarkanian, son of the legendary UNLV basketball coach, cruised to victory in the GOP primary to determine who will run in the open 3rd District. Tarkanian had originally wanted to run for the GOP senate nomination against incumbent Dean Heller. Heller had angered state Republicans and the president by voting against Obamacare repeal. But Trump and Heller mended fences, and senior Republicans convinced Tarkanian to drop his Senate bid and go for the 3rd District nomination. Heller, who easily won the primary, now has an even chance to keep the seat Republican.
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I have only once pulled the lever for a Democrat...it was for Graham’s opponent in the last election. Don’t even remember the guy’s name. I’m prouder of that vote than the ones I had to cast against Obama with McCain and Romney. After seeing Sanford go down last night, I wonder if Graham would succeed a next election. Trump is waking up SC...the GOPe is not funding SC a safe haven here any more.
“...kicked off the Trump Train..”?????
How can you get kicked off of a train you were never on??
More like he was run over by the Trump Train!!!!!
We have lots of good, strong Conservatives in SC that would be light years better than linda in the Senate.
Having open primaries is our problem. During the primaries, several people will run opposing linda. But on primary voting day the RATS cross over in droves and vote for linda. linda wins the primary and, since SC is a strong red state, goes on the win the election.
The SC legislature is beginning to grow some balls and are making noise about going to closed primarires.
Can't happen soon enough for me and lots of other Republican voters. But until the law is changed, linda has a job for life and she knows it.
He was hiding in the ladies' room.
bump
“He was hiding in the ladies’ room.”\
If he was they probably kicked his azz off!
Kind of like compound interest.
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