General Politics

Mike Kennedy on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for Utah's 3rd Congressional District to replace outgoing Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, becoming the immediate favorite to win the seat in November.

Kennedy beat fellow Republicans JR Bird, John Dougall, Case Lawrence and Stewart Peay in a packed primary pool for the district. Curtis is vacating his seat to run for U.S. Senate to replace outgoing Sen. Mitt Romney.

Kennedy, a state senator, had won the party’s nomination for the seat in April but faced challenges from other candidates who gathered...

John Curtis won Tuesday night's primary challenge in Utah, taking one step closer to potentially replacing retiring moderate Republican Sen. Mitt Romney.

Curtis was leading with 52% of the vote when the Associated Press called the race.

He will now proceed to the November general election and face Democratic nominee Caroline Gleich. Utah hasn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1970.

UTAH GOP CHOOSE TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATE AS NOMINEE TO REPLACE SEN. ROMNEY, BUT PRIMARY STILL TO COME

Runner-up candidate Trent Staggs was at 28.2%. Staggs...

New York state Sen. John Mannion, a former public school teacher, won the Democratic primary in New York's 22nd congressional district Tuesday night to face Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., in November.

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report ranks the district as one of the most competitive in the country, and Democrats are eyeing it as a prime pickup opportunity to retake control of the House next year.

His victory comes despite recent allegations that his New York State Senate office was a toxic work environment "including mistreatment, harassment...

Blake Moore emerged as Tuesday night's winner in Utah's 2024 Republican primary election for the 1st Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.

Moore will now proceed to the November General Election where he will challenge Democratic candidate Bill Campbell.

WATCH: THIS HOUSE PRIMARY IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY

Republican candidate Paul Miller, an electrician with no prior political experience seeking to appeal to the middle class, won more than 50% of the state delegation vote at the Republican convention in...

Spencer Cox emerged with the victory in the battle for the GOP nomination in Utah's governor's race, besting Phil Lyman in one of the more surprising primary challenges in the country.

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Lyman, a loyal supporter of former President Donald Trump's, mounted the primary challenge against Cox despite the incumbent's popularity in the state, with many conservative members of the state party becoming disillusioned with the governor's vetoes of conservative...

If convicted of spying, Evan Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in prison.

Trump is allowed to make comments about witnesses in the case, but still can't speak about court staff.

John Avlon won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New York's 1st Congressional District, NBC News projects.

In Tuesday's New York primary elections, Democratic voters on Long Island picked the former CNN anchor as the candidate who will challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Nick LaLota in a district that’s been controlled by the GOP for a decade.

Avlon defeated retired chemistry professor Nancy Goroff in the Democratic primary. The Long Island congressional district has become a priority for Democrats as the party tries to flip suburban...

Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah fended off a challenge from the right in his primary on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, defeating State Representative Phil Lyman, who had the endorsement of the state Republican Party.

Mr. Cox, a relative moderate, faced opposition from Mr. Lyman and G.O.P. colleagues who considered him not conservative enough. Mr. Cox has been openly critical of former President Donald J. Trump, and has not endorsed him as he runs for president for a third time.

At the state G.O.P. convention in Salt Lake City in the spring...

Representative John Curtis, a centrist Republican, won his party’s primary for U.S. Senate in Utah on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, beating a more conservative candidate endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump.

Mr. Curtis, who has held a House seat in eastern Utah since 2017, has portrayed himself as a moderate workhorse in the image of the senator whose seat he is vying to fill: Mitt Romney, a former presidential candidate who said he was retiring to make way for a “new generation of leaders.”

Mr. Curtis, 64, is perhaps not the...

Jeff Crank emerged with the victory in the heated race for the GOP nomination in Colorado's 5th Congressional District, besting Trump-backed Dave Williams in one of the most watched primary elections of the day.

Crank won the GOP nomination Tuesday with 67.9% percent of the vote, at the time the Associated Press called the race.

The race for the nomination was one of the most closely watched contests around the country, pitting state Republican Party Chair Dave Williams, a former state representative, against conservative activist Jeff Crank.

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A Republican incumbent backed by former President Trump has survived a challenge from the right in her deep-red

A former CNN anchor has won his Democratic primary in New York's 1st congressional district, setting up what's expected to be a high-profile fight against Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., in November.

John Avlon, who was also once a speechwriter for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, was up against former Stony Brook University professor Nancy Goroff. Goroff ran and lost in the district in 2020.

WATCH: THIS HOUSE PRIMARY IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY

Avlon was endorsed by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., the top Democrat...

Two-term Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York has the dubious honor of becoming the first

Republican candidate Gabe Evans, who received the backing of former President Donald Trump, defeated his primary challenger in the race to represent Colorado's 8th Congressional District in the House.

The victory by Evans, a current member of the Colorado House of Representatives, came after he was pitted against former state Rep. Janak Joshi in Tuesday's primary election.

Evans previously served in the U.S. Army and Colorado Army National Guard as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot and company commander, according to his campaign's website.

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