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2022 Primaries - round 1
Author: BobR    Date: 05/18/2022 13:16:50

The 2022 election season has begun in earnest. Five states held their primaries yesterday, with some interesting results that will make this fall yet again "the most important election of our lifetimes". Let's dive in...

Pennsylvania:
The Republican primary for Senate (to fill retiring Senator Pat Toomey's seat) had at least 7 contenders, and as of right now it's down to two: "Dr" Oz (endorsed by TFG) and David McCormick, who served in the Treasury Dept under Dubya. That race is too close to call.

On the Democratic side, PA Lt. Governor John Fetterman easily won the nomination.

1.3 M people cast a vote in the Republican primary, and 1.2 M voted in the Democratic primary for that Senate seat.

In the Governor's race, state Sen Doug Mastranio won on the Republican side. He was at the Jan 06 rally, although it's unclear whether he joined the crowd at the insurrection. On the Dem side, state attorney general Josh Shapiro ran unopposed.

North Carolina:
The big news here is that Madison Cawthorn burned his bridges, and was ousted by the voters of the state's 11th US House district by state senator Chuck Edwards. This gives the Dem candidate in the district a little more hope in November, but it's unlikely it will change parties.

For US Senate, Ted Bud - Republican US Congressman - won his primary to be the Republican Senate candidate. He is supported by TFG, so that's a bit nauseating. On the Democratic side, Cheri Beasley won her primary. She is a former chief justice for the NC Supreme Court, and could be the first black female senator from NC.

For this race, 724K Republicans voted, and 582K Democrats voted.

In other states' races of note:
Idaho Lt. Gov Janice McGeachin, a TFG-endorsed Republican, lost her bid to unseat current Republican Governor Brad Little. Governor Little is no sweetheart, but McGeachin is a complete nutjob, so yay to Idaho voters.

For this race, more people voted for the loser McGeachin than the total number of voters in the Dem primary for Governor, so it seems obvious that Little will retain his post in November.

PA Senator Rand Paul ® won against his primary challengers.

In Oregon, Democratic voters far outnumbered Republican voters.

Disclaimer and Caveat: These results are all incomplete, as some districts in the various states have not yet returned their results. It's also possible that in some states people who would normally vote for a particular party in the general election may have switched sides for the primary to vote out a particularly onerous candidate in the opposing party. That doesn't appear to be the case with these states, but it's easy enough to change your party registration temporarily.

Did I miss an important race? Let me know in the comments below.
 

10 comments (Latest Comment: 05/18/2022 16:13:04 by Raine)
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Comment by wickedpam on 05/18/2022 13:27:51
Morning

I kinda want to chalk up Dem turn out being low because all our candidates were great so people weren't too nutty about who won and will turn out in the main election (good lord I hope so)

Comment by wickedpam on 05/18/2022 13:43:35
FYI - gonna miss everyone tomorrow - have 2 interviews for jobs I'm kinda meh about but going for the experience. * sigh * I wish the places that had more interesting jobs would reach out, its been almost a month for some of them.

Comment by Will_in_LA on 05/18/2022 13:58:27
Quote by wickedpam:
FYI - gonna miss everyone tomorrow - have 2 interviews for jobs I'm kinda meh about but going for the experience. * sigh * I wish the places that had more interesting jobs would reach out, its been almost a month for some of them.


Good morning, bloggers!!!!

Good luck, Mala!!!

For myself, a good school contacted me yesterday and I will see when I can interview. It has middle school and high school openings. (I am more of a high school teacher but I will take a well-behaved and engaged middle school class over a rude and unengaged high school class.)




Comment by wickedpam on 05/18/2022 14:03:38
Quote by Will_in_LA:
Quote by wickedpam:
FYI - gonna miss everyone tomorrow - have 2 interviews for jobs I'm kinda meh about but going for the experience. * sigh * I wish the places that had more interesting jobs would reach out, its been almost a month for some of them.


Good morning, bloggers!!!!

Good luck, Mala!!!

For myself, a good school contacted me yesterday and I will see when I can interview. It has middle school and high school openings. (I am more of a high school teacher but I will take a well-behaved and engaged middle school class over a rude and unengaged high school class.)




Good Luck to you too Will


Comment by Scoopster on 05/18/2022 14:12:33
Mornin' all..

Doug Mastriano is the guy who led the PA state leg Repubs to hold a bunch of unofficial hearings featuring Rudy Guiliani and Sidney Powell.

Comment by Raine on 05/18/2022 15:05:07
Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all..

Doug Mastriano is the guy who led the PA state leg Repubs to hold a bunch of unofficial hearings featuring Rudy Guiliani and Sidney Powell.

Seditionist.

Comment by Raine on 05/18/2022 15:05:23
good morning all!

Comment by Raine on 05/18/2022 15:06:23
Quote by wickedpam:
FYI - gonna miss everyone tomorrow - have 2 interviews for jobs I'm kinda meh about but going for the experience. * sigh * I wish the places that had more interesting jobs would reach out, its been almost a month for some of them.
Good luck sister.


Comment by Raine on 05/18/2022 15:12:56
It really looks good for Fetterman in PA.

Comment by Raine on 05/18/2022 16:13:04
Here wego again...