Republican voters will effectively pick the next member of Congress for several open, deep-red seats in today’s primaries — including Alabama’s GOP Senate runoff, one of the strangest and most dramatic races of 2022. Katie Britt is expected to win that race. She’s a former top aide to retiring Sen. Richard Shelby and won Trump’s backing after he memorably un-endorsed Rep. Mo Brooks. In Virginia, the GOP will put forward nominees who aim to oust Dem incumbents in two House swing seats.
Voters in Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and the District of Columbia have big races on the ballot Tuesday. Republican voters will effectively pick the next member of Congress for a handful of open, deep-red congressional seats in Tuesday’s primaries — including a Senate seat in Alabama that’s been the …
POLITICO’s Steve Shepard demystifies this week’s election data in a video series. Next Tuesday’s primaries take the midterms into the Deep South, including the much-anticipated showdown between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Trump-backed challenger David Perdue. In the latest episode of “Inside the …
Trump said Brooks went “woke” by arguing it was legally impossible for the former president to be reinstated. Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded his endorsement of Alabama Senate candidate Rep. Mo Brooks, citing comments by the House Republican that the results of the 2020 election …
The former president continued to walk back his past public statements about the former Senate aide. Donald Trump has endorsed Katie Britt in Alabama’s Republican Senate race, calling her an “Incredible Fighter” and likely shoring up her already significant lead ahead of the June 21 runoff. The …
