{"id":2021976,"date":"2023-09-05T09:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-special-elections-in-utah-and-rhode-island-mean-for-republicans-in-congress\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T09:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:06:57","slug":"what-special-elections-in-utah-and-rhode-island-mean-for-republicans-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-special-elections-in-utah-and-rhode-island-mean-for-republicans-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Implications of Utah and Rhode Island special elections for GOP in Congress."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwhat-special-elections-in-utah-and-rhode-island-mean-for-republicans-in-congress%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=2021976&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--><h2>Utah and Rhode Island\u2062 Voters Prepare for Special Election\u2063 Primaries<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday, \u2062voters in \u2063Utah and Rhode Island will head to the polls for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-special-elections-in-utah-and-rhode-island-mean-for-republicans-in-congress\/\" title=\"Implications of Utah and Rhode Island special elections for GOP in Congress.\">special election primary voting<\/a>. These races are expected to be highly competitive and will set the stage for November&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-to-tip-scales-in-primaries-to-ensure-gop-wins-senate-what-i-care-about-is-electability\/\" title=\"McConnell To Tip Scales In Primaries To Ensure GOP Wins Senate: \u2018What I Care About Is Electability\u2019\">general elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Utah&#8217;s \u200d2nd Congressional District<\/h3>\n<p>In Utah&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District, \u200dRepublicans will choose from a three-way race that will\u2064 determine the influence of former President Donald Trump in the conservative state. This race is crucial for Republicans as they decide what\u200d weight an\u2062 allegiance to Trump holds.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple candidates are vying to replace Rep. Chris Stewart, who \u2063resigned in June due to his wife&#8217;s health concerns. Celeste Maloy, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-audio-think-tanks-star-lawsuit-witness-admits-to-tommy-robinson-that-they-bribed-him-for-testimony-against-us-congressional-staffer\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Think Tank\u2019s Star Lawsuit Witness Admits to Tommy Robinson That They Bribed Him For Testimony Against US Congressional Staffer\">congressional staffer<\/a>, won\u200d the GOP&#8217;s convention nomination and received an endorsement from Stewart \u200dhimself. Bruce Hough, \u200ca committeeman for the Republican National Committee, is running as a &#8220;movement \u2064conservative&#8221; with a \u2063focus on \u2062fiscal accountability. Former state Rep. \u2064Becky Edwards, who previously ran for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-asks-workers-to-volunteer-for-no-pay-during-summer-travel-surge\/\" title=\"American Airlines Asks Workers To Volunteer For No Pay During Summer Travel Surge\">national seat<\/a>, is\u2062 campaigning as an anti-Trump \u2064option.<\/p>\n<p>With nearly half of GOP voters still undecided, this race remains wide open. Edwards\u200d currently leads with 32% support, followed by Hough\u200b at 11% and Maloy at 9%.<\/p>\n<h3>Rhode Island&#8217;s \u200b1st Congressional District<\/h3>\n<p>In Rhode\u2063 Island&#8217;s \u200c1st\u2063 Congressional District, \u200dDemocrats outnumber Republicans, making \u200cit an uphill battle for GOP candidates. The historically blue seat has only voted for a Republican presidential nominee four times, and less than 15% of the population is \u200bregistered as GOP voters.<\/p>\n<p>Republican candidates Terri Flynn and retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Gerry Leonard are running relatively quiet campaigns. Leonard, endorsed by the Rhode Island Republican Party,\u200d is running on \u2062the platform that &#8220;Bidenomics&#8221; \u200bis not working. Flynn, a self-described &#8220;citizen candidate,&#8221; believes \u2063the economy is the\u200b nation&#8217;s biggest problem and advocates for overhauling the tax code.<\/p>\n<p>On the\u2064 Democratic side, several\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alaska-voters-to-use-ranked-voting-system-for-first-time-during-primaries-today\/\" title=\"Alaska Voters to Use Ranked Voting System for First Time During Primaries Today\">prominent candidates<\/a> are vying for the nomination, including Lt.\u2062 Gov. Sabina Matos, former state Rep. Aaron Regunberg, \u200dformer White House aide Gabe Amo, and state Sen. Sandra Cano. \u200dRegunberg currently leads\u2064 with \u200c28% support,\u200b followed by\u2063 Matos and Cano tied \u2064at 11%.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200c these primary elections\u2063 unfold, \u2064all eyes\u2063 will be on the outcomes, \u2063as\u200c they will shape\u2063 the political landscape\u200d leading up to\u2062 November&#8217;s general elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>will also participate in a special election primary. The outcome will reveal the level of support for Trump within the Republican Party. Both states&#8217; voters have the opportunity to shape the political landscape and influence the direction of their respective districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2021977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021976","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}