{"id":1532143,"date":"2022-06-29T10:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1532143"},"modified":"2022-06-29T10:05:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:05:23","slug":"primaries-decided-in-colo-ill-n-y-okla-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/primaries-decided-in-colo-ill-n-y-okla-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Primaries decided in Colo., Ill., N.Y., Okla., Utah"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fprimaries-decided-in-colo-ill-n-y-okla-utah%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=1532143&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--><div id=\"attachment_2723372\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2723372\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2723372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AP22180149154746.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, walks out with his family in the background to declare victory to supporters during a Utah Republican primary-night party Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in South Jordan, Utah. Lee defeated two challengers in the primary. (AP Photo\/George Frey)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2723372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, walks out with his family in the background to declare victory to supporters during a Utah Republican primary-night party Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in South Jordan, Utah. Lee defeated two challengers in the primary. (AP Photo\/George Frey)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 6:16 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, June 29, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>The Trump endorsement has reaped substantial wins for Republican candidates across the country. This comes as general election match ups solidified in Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, New York and Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>In Utah, Sen. Mike Lee declared Republican voters had chosen freedom after he decimated his primary opponents after securing more than 60 percent of the vote. In November, the two-term senator is favored the win in his race against independent and 2016 presidential hopeful Evan McCullin who has been endorsed by a number of Utah Democrats .<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in neighboring Colorado, conservative firebrand Lauren Boebert thrashed her moderate challenger, state Sen. Don Coram, by nearly 30-points. She will take on former Aspen City Councilman Adam Frisch in November.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cYou don\u2019t mess with God-fearing women who put their country first, who stand up for what\u2019s right, will not bend over backwards to the establishment and let their people get run over,\u201d Boebert exclaimed amid her primary victory speech. \u201cThose days are over!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, 2020 election skeptic Joe O\u2019Dea will attempt to end incumbent Colorado Sen. Michael Bennett\u2019s aspirations of attaining a third term.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Oklahoma saw no-nonsense conservative Sen. James Lankford take another step towards re-election, while Rep. Markwayne Mullin emerged from a special election primary to replace retiring Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe\u2019s\u2019 seat. Also, despite the controversy surrounding his pro-life governance, Governor Kevin Stitt has asserted his constituents are pleased with the current path of the sooner state.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to seeing who my opponent is in the general and then having a great conversation with Oklahomans about the direction they want our state to go,\u201d Stitt stated. \u201cAnd I\u2019m confident Oklahomans love the direction that we\u2019re going.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrat New York Governor Kathy Hochul easily warded off challenges from NYC public advocate Jumaane Williams and Rep. Tom Suozzi. On the right side of the aisle, Rep. Lee Zeldin managed to defeat Andrew Giuliani with 43 percent of the vote for the Empire State\u2019s GOP gubernatorial nomination.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2723374\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2723374\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2723374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AP22178819782081.jpg\" alt=\"FILE \u2014 Lee Zeldin appears during New York&#039;s Republican gubernatorial debate, at the studios of Spectrum News NY, June 20, 2022, in New York. New Yorkers are casting votes in a governor&#039;s race Tuesday, June 28, 2022, that for the first time in a decade does not include the name \" Cuomo \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2723374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2014 Lee Zeldin appears during New York\u2019s Republican gubernatorial debate, at the studios of Spectrum News NY, June 20, 2022, in New York. (Brittainy Newman\/Pool via AP, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The biggest upset of the night came from Illinois, where state Sen. Darren Bailey won the state\u2019s Republican governor primary despite the GOP establishment donating millions to his opponent\u2019s campaign. Bailey\u2019s toughest opponent, Richard Irvin, received $50 million from GOP donor and Citadel founder Ken Griffin. The dark horse candidate is looking to unseat Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker, who he has been called the worst governor in America.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe were outspent my tens-of-millions of dollars in the primary and look what happened,\u201d said Bailey. \u201cThis is how it\u2019s done\u2026here\u2019s tip and some advice for J.B. Pritzker: start packing, friend.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Twelve Trump-endorsed candidates from Tuesday\u2019s primaries will appear on general election ballots. His current primary election endorsement track record stands at a 93 percent success rate.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/at-least-46-migrants-found-dead-in-18-wheeler-in-texas\/\">Dozens Of Migrants Found Dead In 18-Wheeler In Texas<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, walks out with his family in the background to declare victory to supporters during a Utah Republican primary-night party Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in South Jordan, Utah. Lee defeated two challengers in the primary. (AP Photo\/George Frey) OAN NEWSROOMUPDATED 6:16 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, June 29, 2022 The Trump endorsement has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1532143","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\/1532143","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\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532143\/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=1532143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}