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Priming the Pump, part Whatever
Author: BobR    Date: 08/19/2026 13:13:58

Here we go again with yesterday's primary results...

Florida:
Current governor Ron DeathSentence is term-limited, so there were races in both party's primaries to replace him. On the Republican side, Byron Donalds (endorsed by Pedo McYamTits) won the primary. On the Dem side, David Jolly - a former Republican who switched parties - beat the other contenders. This will be interesting to watch, since both candidates could be considered conservative.
For Senate, progressive Angie Nixon managed to beat Alex Vindman, who had a very large profile after his testimoney to Congress during the first impeachment hearings. Republican Ashley Moody - the current assigned replacement for Marco Rubio - won the chance to make it official.

Alaska:
Alaska's primaries are interesting, because the primaries do not take party into account. The top vote-getters for each race advance to the General Election, which could mean Rep v Rep or Dem v Dem. For the open Senate seat, the top two were a Republican and a Democrat, with the Dem getting about 5% more than the Rep. This could be a seat flip for the Dems. For Governor, the top two were Dems, with 42% of the vote combined.

Wyoming:
Who cares? about 100K voted in the Republican primary, and just over 10K voted in the Dem primary.

That's it for this week - only four more states to go before November.
 

5 comments (Latest Comment: 08/19/2026 15:47:55 by Raine)
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Comment by Raine on 08/19/2026 13:41:01
Also, SC had a senatorial debate last night.

‘I’m Not That Informed on National Security,’ Graham Says in South Carolina Debate www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...

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— T.E. Barrett (@tebarrett.bsky.social) August 19, 2026 at 9:36 AM


Comment by Raine on 08/19/2026 13:46:58
Quote by Raine:
Also, SC had a senatorial debate last night.

‘I’m Not That Informed on National Security,’ Graham Says in South Carolina Debate www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...

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— T.E. Barrett (@tebarrett.bsky.social) August 19, 2026 at 9:36 AM
More to the point:

Darlene Graham just bumbled through one of the worst responses to a question during a political debate you'll ever see

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) August 18, 2026 at 11:05 PM



Comment by Raine on 08/19/2026 13:51:19

Darline Graham insisting that there’s 50 million people living in South Carolina reminds me of the time Dan Quayle misspelled “potato” and then we basically told him he couldn’t do politics anymore. My, how times have changed.

— Karly Kingsley (@karlykingsley.bsky.social) August 19, 2026 at 8:03 AM




Comment by TriSec on 08/19/2026 14:47:36
There is a ballot question in Mass this fall to transform our primaries. We're currently open. While there are party primaries, any voter can vote in any one. They used to check registration, but stopped that a while ago.

The proposal is to do away with parties entirely, and have ALL the candidates for each office on the ballot, with no affiliation listed.

The city of Waltham works this way now. City elections are non-partisan.

This does mean unexpected things can happen - a couple of closeted Trumpers got on city council a while back. But they were quickly exposed, and were voted out the following cycle.

Comment by Raine on 08/19/2026 15:47:55