Today is the last primary day ahead of the 2022 general election, and soon, after the final primary ballots are cast tonight, America will have ballot matchups set throughout the country, now under eight weeks or just 55 days until Election Day.
New Hampshire — GOP Senate Primary
The Granite State plays host to a couple of key races today, including a five-way Republican primary for the Senate seat.
New Hampshire is a key swing state and enjoys an elevated political status due to it being the host of the “First In The Nation” primaries in Presidential election years. One recent key moment in the race was when all five GOP primary candidates “said they could support codifying same-sex marriage at the federal level” in a recent debate.
The issue of same-sex marriage has reemerged in the national spotlight recently, as some liberals are afraid of the further overturning of the Supreme Court decision in the wake of the Dobbs decision on abortion earlier this summer that removed the precedent set by Roe in 1972. Therefore, they have pushed for congress to codify decisions such Loving, which ruled in favor of interracial marriage and Obergefell which ruled on same-sex marriage. Democrats are trying to paint themselves once again as champions for these rights, but enough Republicans are likely to vote with them on such legislation to codify those SCOTUS decisions into law.
New Hampshire's Republican Governor Chris Sununu — a moderate who enjoys a fair amount of popularity for a Republican governing a blue state and is running against three challengers in his own primary — stepped into the race with a last-minute endorsement of Charles (Chuck) Morse, the President of the New Hampshire Senate.
Vikram Mansharamani:
Don Bolduc:
WMUR reported earlier this month that “Don Bolduc, a retired Army general, has been leading in the polls for the Republican nomination. Morse is making the case to voters that he has the experience for the job.” That polling was done before the debate last month and Sununu's endorsement.
New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District:
This may be one of the closest watched House races of the year so far and to say it has gone down to the wire is an understatement. Two former top Trump aides face off in the race tonight. Karoline Leavitt and Matt Mowers are two well-known names in the Trump world. Leavitt worked at the White House as Assistant Press Secretary. Mowers worked at the State Department as a top aide to Secretary Mike Pompeo.
Mowers has gotten the support of the former President in the race, again and despite the fact that he lost the general election for the same seat in 2020. Mowers has also gotten endorsed by his old boss, Pompeo.
Leavitt's campaign picked up steam with early endorsement from two of her old bosses, Kaleigh McEnany and Elise Stefanik — for whom Leavitt worked as a Communications Director on Capitol Hill after leaving the White House. She has also gotten endorsed by Jim Jordan and Ted Cruz.
Leavitt campaigned last night with two current conservative freshman members of the House — Lauren Bobert and Byron Donalds.
This is the first year members of Gen Z turn 25 and are old enough to run for Congress, and they may be represented by both a Democrat and a Republican in November 2022 if Leavitt wins her primary tonight. A Gen Z Democrat is already running in this year's general election and seeing as he's in a heavily blue seat, he'll likely become a member of Congress. Leavitt may join him on the ballot, crossing a major demographic milestone for Republicans.
Both Mowers and Leavitt seemed confident going into today's primary, per interviews with local New Hampshire outlet WMUR yesterday.
Watch Mowers response:
And Leavitt's:
Neither Leavitt nor Mower's campaign staff responded to American Liberty News' requests for comment in time for publication.
Two other Northeastern states with primaries today are Delaware and Rhode Island.
Rhode Island — Democrat Gubernatorial Primary
Rhode Island Democrat Governor Dan McKee is seeking to win his first full term as governor after rising to the position when then-governor Gina Raimondo (D) exited the office to serve as the Biden administration's U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
McKee is facing four other challengers for the state's top post: current Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, former state Secretary of State Matt Brown, former CVS executive Helena Foulkes and physician Luis Daniel Muñoz.
Rhode Island is considered a heavily blue-leaning state meaning that tonight's winner is automatically favored in the general election. The latest polls report McKee leading the pack at 28% while Gorbea is running a close second, at 25%.
Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District
The race is on for Rhode Island's open seat in Congress after Rep. Jim Langevin (D) announced he would not seek reelection. The odds-on favorite to win the Democrat primary is state treasurer Seth Magaziner, who was endorsed by Langevin.
Magaziner is facing off against five other Democrat opponents vying for the open seat. Those include state General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, former state lawmaker David Segal, former Commerce Department official Sarah Morgenthau, small business owner Joy Fox and Refugee Dream Center founder Omar Bah.
There is only one Republican running for the seat, Allan Fung who is the mayor of Cranston. However, Republicans have remained hopeful about their chances of flipping the House seat. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) visited Rhode Island in August to raise money for Fung.
Delaware
In President Biden's home state, Republican Lee Murphy is moving towards a rematch with Democrat Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester for the state's at-large House seat. Murphy lost by 17 points in 2020.
Both the Republican and Democrat primaries were canceled so both Murphy and Rochester advanced to the general election for Delaware's At-Large Congressional District.
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