{"id":2265875,"date":"2024-06-12T11:43:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T15:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backed-former-nascar-driver-wins-congressional-primary-in-dominant-fashion\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T11:46:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T15:46:28","slug":"trump-backed-former-nascar-driver-wins-congressional-primary-in-dominant-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backed-former-nascar-driver-wins-congressional-primary-in-dominant-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Endorsed Ex-NASCAR Driver Dominates Congressional Primary Victory"},"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\">14<\/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-former-nascar-driver-wins-congressional-primary-in-dominant-fashion%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=2265875&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>Austin Theriault, a \u200bformer NASCAR driver and current member \u2063of the Maine state House, won \u200bthe\u200b Republican primary in Maine&#8217;s\u2063 Second Congressional District with\u2064 substantial backing from former President Donald Trump. He secured 66.2% of the votes,\u2064 surpassing his fellow \u200bstate Representative, \u2062Michael Soboleski, who garnered 33.8%. Theriault now sets his sights on\u2063 facing Democratic Representative Jared Golden in the general election. Describing the primary victory as the &#8220;honor of my life,&#8221; Theriault expressed his \u200bcommitment to focusing on the \u200bneeds of Mainers over political and financial interests, criticizing the current federal governance under President Biden\u2063 and Rep. Golden. \u200bHe \u200cattributes significant \u2062support to his endorsement by Trump \u200cand plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-law-school-deans-criticized-students-for-being-excessively-white\/\" title=\"Ohio Law School Deans Criticized Students For Being \u2018Excessively White\u2019\">prioritize issues<\/a> like immigration, citing the impact of drugs and human\u200b trafficking despite \u200bMaine&#8217;s distance from \u2063the southern border.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 12, 2024 at 6:17am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A former NASCAR driver who had the support of former President Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in Maine\u2019s Second Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Theriault, who is currently a member of the Maine state House, defeated fellow state Rep. Michael Soboleski by a dominating 66.2 percent to 33.8 percent, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmtw.com\/article\/nascar-austin-theriault-trump-maine-election\/61077331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WMTW-TV<\/a> in Poland Spring, Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Theriault now faces Democratic Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/14-democrats-join-gop-condemn-bidens-open-border-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jared Golden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Theriault, 30, called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democrats-in-nyc-mayoral-race-rip-elections-board-over-135000-ballot-error-deeply-troubling\/\" title=\"Top Democrats In NYC Mayoral Race Rip Elections Board Over 135,000-Ballot Error: \u2018Deeply Troubling\u2019\">primary win<\/a> an \u201chonor of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI deeply appreciate the support and want folks to know: I am running to fight for you,\u201d he said, according to WMTW. \u201cIt\u2019s time to start putting people over politics. Too many Mainers have been forgotten and left behind by the political system in DC and the big money on Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that Jared Golden and Joe Biden have failed us, and we see the results every day,\u201d Theriault said. \u201cThe 2nd District is falling further and further behind and that\u2019s not acceptable to me. That\u2019s why I got in this race. We need to look at November as a good chance to get Maine\u2019s 2nd District back on its feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Theriault said his endorsement from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-campaign-releases-statement-hunter-biden-verdict-calls-biden-crime-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> was a major reason Republican voters supported him Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looked at [the race] and said, \u2018I think he\u2019s a good fit for the Second District,&#8217;\u201d Theriault said, according to WMTW. \u201c\u2018He\u2019s somebody that can go to Congress and get stuff done.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I deeply appreciate this honor. It\u2019s time to put people over politics! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iga5sz4swP\">https:\/\/t.co\/Iga5sz4swP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Austin Theriault (@AustinTheriault) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustinTheriault\/status\/1800852872730755559?\">June 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Theriault <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-nascar-drivers-congressional-run-endorsed-speaker-mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was also endorsed<\/a> by House Speaker Mike Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration is one of Theriault\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that we live thousands of miles away from the southern border, but it\u2019s a huge issue because of the drugs coming across and the human trafficking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Soboleski said he would issue a statement on Wednesday when asked of he would congratulate Theriault, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2024\/06\/11\/politics\/elections\/austin-theriault-mike-soboleski-2nd-district-primary-election-jared-golden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangor (Maine) Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will Austin Theriault win in November?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe unturned every stone we could,\u201d Soboleski said. \u201cUnfortunately, it didn\u2019t go our way, and the voters have decided what they want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Golden-Theriault race \u201cis certainly shaping up as one of the top 10 House races in the country, if not the top five,\u201d Mark Brewer, a political scientist with the University of Maine said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-maine-congress-primary-bf92e947e969d1f2cd0cb081ab30ce91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredibly evenly divided district, and there are increasingly few of those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Theriault\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinformaine.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign biography<\/a>, in 2017 he won the ARCA Racing Series national championship, and that since retiring from driving moved into racing management, \u201cmentoring, managing and training new drivers.\u201d He was elected to Maine\u2019s legislature in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>As a legislator, Theriault sought to impeach Maine Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maine-gop-state-rep-moves-impeach-secretary-state-shenna-bellows-removing-trump-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shenna Bellows<\/a> after Bellows ruled former President Donald Trump could not be on Maine\u2019s presidential ballot, citing a section of the 14th Amendment. The ruling was later set aside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI voted to impeach Shenna Bellows because she has proven that she can\u2019t do her job fairly. Secretary Bellows unilaterally took the ability to vote away from Mainers. That\u2019s unacceptable, and she should either resign or be removed from office. The people should pick their president \u2014 it\u2019s that simple,\u201d he wrote on his campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/austinformaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">lying leftist media<\/a> and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed trStephen A. Smith Lights Up Analyst Over WNBA Delusion, Caitlin Clark Jealousy &#8211; &#8216;Who Talks About the WNBA?!&#8217;uth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NASCAR driver Austin Theriault, endorsed by ex-President Donald Trump, won Maine&#8217;s Second Congressional District Republican primary. Theriault, a current Maine state House member, secured a commanding victory with 66.2% of the vote, defeating state Rep. Michael Soboleski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2265876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/theriault-sbs-trump-for-june-12-2024.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/theriault-sbs-trump-for-june-12-2024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265875","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2265875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2265876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2265875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2265875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2265875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}