{"id":1488201,"date":"2022-05-23T08:59:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488201"},"modified":"2022-05-23T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:00:05","slug":"trump-backed-candidates-are-81-3-in-primaries-ahead-of-races-in-alabama-arkansas-and-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backed-candidates-are-81-3-in-primaries-ahead-of-races-in-alabama-arkansas-and-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Backed Candidates are 81-3 in Primaries Ahead of Races in Alabama, Arkansas, and Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-backed-candidates-are-81-3-in-primaries-ahead-of-races-in-alabama-arkansas-and-georgia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Republican candidates who have earned former President Donald Trump\u2019s much-coveted endorsement are 81-3 in midterm primary races following 23 victories and two losses in last week\u2019s contests in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Idaho.<\/p>\n<p><b>Pennsylvania<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The much-anticipated primary for the Republican Senate nomination in Pennsylvania between Trump-endorsed candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz and businessman David McCormick\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/21\/team-mccormick-expects-to-defeat-oz-in-pennsylvania-recount-battle\/\"><span class=\"s2\">remains<\/span><\/a>\u00a0too close to call and is likely headed for a recount. Oz led by a margin of \u201c<\/span><span>1,078 votes <\/span><span>out of more than 1.3 million cast as of Saturday,\u201d Breitbart News noted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Republican operative David Urban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/21\/team-mccormick-expects-to-defeat-oz-in-pennsylvania-recount-battle\/\">told<\/a> SiriusXM\u2019s <em>Breitbart News Saturday<\/em> he believes McCormick will prevail over Oz.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20446841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/Mehmet-Oz-Feb-20-2022-Dr-Oz-Show-ap.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Mehmet Oz speaks at a town hall-style event at the Newtown Athletic Club, Feb. 20, 2022, in Newtown, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Marc Levy)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cI would say \u2026 when all of these ballots that were cast are counted, McCormick will be ahead, as we head into the recount, when they\u2019re all counted,\u201d Urban said. \u201cNow, again, that\u2019s going to be a couple days here, but they\u2019ll be done this coming week is my suspicion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20990738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22133685976419.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20990738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22133685976419.jpg\" alt=\"David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Lititz, Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Lititz on Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Doug Mastriano <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Politics\/status\/1526742435623276544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1526742435623276544%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/17\/election-night-livewire-pennsylvania-north-carolina-kentucky-idaho-oregon-vote-in-contentious-primaries\/\"><span class=\"s2\">secured<\/span><\/a> the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania following a late endorsement from former President Donald J. Trump over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20948398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/05\/wi\/ap\/10\/supreme-court-abortion-pennsylvania-sen-doug-mastriano-franklin-takes-forum-repu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20948398 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/supreme-court-abortion-pennsylvania-sen-doug-mastriano-franklin-takes-forum-repu-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin takes part in a forum in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, April 1, 2022. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span> \u201cThere is no one in Pennsylvania who has done more, or fought harder, for Election Integrity than State Senator Doug Mastriano,\u201d Trump wrote in a statement released Saturday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe has revealed the Deceit, Corruption, and outright Theft of the 2020 Presidential Election, and will do something about it,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cHe will also Fight Violent Crime, Strengthen our Borders, Protect Life, Defend our under-siege Second Amendment, and Help our Military and our Vets.\u00a0He is a fighter like few others, and has been with me right from the beginning, and now I have an obligation to be with him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prior to the 45th President\u2019s backing, Mastriano was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/14\/trump-endorses-doug-mastriano-in-pennsylvanias-gop-gubernatorial-primary\/\">polling<\/a> well. In a Trafalgar Poll that sampled 1,080 likely G.O.P. voters between May 6-8 and has a margin of error of 2.99 percent, Mastriano garnered the support of 27.6 of respondents \u2013\u00a0precisely 10 percentage points higher than Lou Barletta, who received the second-most support at 17.6 percent. <\/span><span>Mastriano will face Democratic nominee Joe Shapiro in the general election. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Per AP primary results, the rest of the Trump-backed candidates who proved victorious in Pennsylvania <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/05\/17\/us\/elections\/results-pennsylvania.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=styln-elections-2022&#038;region=TOP_BANNER&#038;context=election_recirc\">include<\/a>: <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Jim Bognet<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Republican nominee for the Eighth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. Scott Perry<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for the Tenth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. Lloyd Smucker<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for the Eleventh Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep.<\/strong> <strong>John Joyce<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for the Thirteenth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. Guy Reschenthaler<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Republican nominee for the Fourteenth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. Mike Kelly<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for the Sixteenth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>North Carolina<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump-backed candidate Rep. Ted Budd handily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/17\/trump-backed-rep-ted-budd-wins-by-a-landslide-in-north-carolina-u-s-senate-primary\/\"><span class=\"s2\">won<\/span><\/a> the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, beating out former North Carolina Gov. Pat McRory. Budd currently serves the state\u2019s 13th District in the U.S. House of Representatives and earned Trump\u2019s endorsement back in June of 2021, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/05\/trump-backs-ted-budd-senate-bid-he-will-fight-like-hell-in-north-carolina\/\"><span class=\"s2\">noted<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span> \u201cThis gentleman is going to be your next senator. He\u2019s going to be somebody that you\u2019re going to be so proud of,\u201d the 45th President said at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20980682\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/April22-Republican-candidate-Senate-Ted-Budd-North-Carolina-AP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20980682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/April22-Republican-candidate-Senate-Ted-Budd-North-Carolina-AP.jpg\" alt=\"Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Ted Budd, of North Carolina, exits after speaking to the crowd before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C. (AP Photo\/Chris Seward)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Ted Budd, of North Carolina, exits after speaking to the crowd before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C. (AP Photo\/Chris Seward)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cHe will fight like hell. \u2026 He will fight like nobody fights, and a lot of you don\u2019t know him that well, but you\u2019re going to know him probably within about two minutes,\u201d Trump added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Budd will square off against Democrat Senate nominee Cheri Beasley come November.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Embattled North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/17\/chuck-edwards-unseats-madison-cawthorn-in-north-carolinas-11-district\/\"><span class=\"s2\">lost<\/span><\/a> his bid for re-nomination to challenger Chuck Edwards in the state\u2019s eleventh Congressional District. Cawthorn, a one-term congressman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-election\/hot-mess-madison-cawthorn-faces-judgment-day-north-carolina-rcna27906\"><span class=\"s2\">found<\/span><\/a> himself amid a myriad of controversies. Edwards, a state senator, received an endorsement from former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Per AP primary results, the other Trump-endorsed candidates who won their primaries in North Carolina include: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. Greg Murphy<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Republican nominee for the Third Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. Virginia Foxx<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for the Fifth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. David Rouzer<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for the Seventh Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. Dan Bishop<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for the Eighth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. Richard Hudson<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for Ninth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Rep. Patrick McHenry<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for the tenth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span><strong>Bo Hines<\/strong> \u2013 Republican nominee for the Thirteenth Congressional District<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>Kentucky and Idaho<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>President Trump went a perfect six for six in his Kentucky endorsements on Tuesday evening. Senator Rand Paul (R) won his nomination for reelection, trouncing his competition, while Trump-backed candidates \u2014 Reps. James Comer, Brett Guthrie, Thomas Massie, Hal Rodgers, and Andy Barr \u2014 earned nominations in each of their primaries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Republican Gov. Brad Little secured the nomination for his reelection campaign, beating out challenger Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who received Trump\u2019s endorsement. McGeachin marks just the third Trump-backed candidate to lose a race in the 2022 primary cycle, along with Cawthorn and Charles Herbster, who lost his bid for the nomination in the Nebraska gubernatorial race. Little will square off against Democratic nominee Stephen Heidt in the general election. Trump-backed incumbents Sen. Mike Crapo and Rep. Russ Fulcher both earned their respective nominations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last week, three of the four candidates backed by the 45th president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/05\/10\/trump-backed-candidates-58-1-midterm-republican-primaries\/\"><span class=\"s2\">secured<\/span><\/a> primary wins in West Virginia and Nebraska, while one candidate fell \u2014 marking the first blemish on Trump\u2019s otherwise perfect endorsement record to that point. The May 10 races followed primaries in Indiana and Ohio on May 3, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/05\/03\/22-trump-backed-candidates-win-primaries-ohio-indiana\/\"><span class=\"s2\">saw<\/span><\/a> all 22 Trump-backed candidates prove victories in their respective races. Back in March, Trump was perfect in his endorsement of Texas candidates, as all 33 candidates who received his nod either\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/01\/trump-endorsed-candidates-on-fire-in-texas-former-president-undefeated-in-primaries\/\"><span class=\"s3\">won<\/span><\/a>\u00a0their primaries or advanced to runoffs. Of all the May 3 races, perhaps J.D. Vance\u2019s victory offered the most to learn regarding the Republican parties landscape after he rode a late Trump endorsement to victory. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich told Breitbart News. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>JD Vance put in tremendous work and has immense political talent\u2014which put him in the position to earn the support of President Trump\u2014but it was the endorsement of President Donald J. Trump that took a candidate who many insiders said was in 4th and at single digits in the polls, and in only two weeks, propelled him into a commanding first place finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The 2022 midterm primary season continues Tuesday, May 24, in Alabama, Arkansas, and Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican candidates who have earned former President Donald Trump\u2019s much-coveted endorsement are 81-3 in midterm primary races following 23 victories and two losses in last week\u2019s contests in Pennsylvania, North<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}