Meanwhile, in House primaries across the country, Republicans largely held to their incumbents, fending off challenges from candidates seeking to align more closely with former President Donald Trump.
California was the largest state to vote on Tuesday. But in many close races, final results won’t be known for days or weeks as mail-in ballots, the way most votes are recorded in the state, won’t be counted until Election Day. . Over the weekend, voters who have had signature problems on ballots have time to “heal” those problems.
Preliminary matches were also held Tuesday in Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New Jersey and South Dakota.
Here are six takeaways from that day’s racing:
Poutin’s defeat against the progressive movement of lawyers
The removal of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin may not have had national repercussions (local issues and voter sentiment will vary from city to city), but this loss is a clear signal against the movement. progressive lawyer who helped propel Boudin to victory in 2019.
The way voters in liberal strongholds feel about their cities, especially the rise in homelessness, is a warning to national Democrats that this is more instructive about how they vote than the actual rates and data of delinquency.
Against the backdrop of concerns about police misconduct, criminal justice reform and mass incarceration, Boudin’s success three years ago marked a high point in selecting more progressive lawyers for top jobs. But his tenure was limited by the coronavirus epidemic and crime among San Franciscans, especially property crime, was not a priority for the district attorney and was out of control.
Voters delivered a swift verdict on Boudin on Tuesday, signaling that his lax approach to certain types of crime is unacceptable.
However, the loss is far from certain for liberal cities that elect progressive lawyers. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krosner won re-election and former New York State and Federal Attorney Alvin Brock became Manhattan District Attorney in 2021, both winners for the progressive lawyer movement.
Republican incumbents often hold off challenges from the right.
House Republicans faced primaries from the right, mostly from those in office accused of not supporting Trump enough, who might have won or survived Tuesday’s race.
South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson blocked the challenge from state Rep. Toffee Howard, who criticized his vote to testify in the 2020 election and accepted Trump’s lies about voter fraud.
New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith has set up a challenging panel that includes conservative radio host Mike Crispy, backed by Trump allies including moderate Republicans who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, Roger Stone and Rudy Giuliani.
In the California Open primaries, regardless of party affiliation, the top two spots for the November general election were won by MPs David Valadao and Young Kim, two Republicans who won the close race, both ahead of challenge from loyalists. to Trump. . , although there are still more votes to count.
A bet to see a House Primary in Montana. When asked about Ryan Zinke, a former congressman who resigned over a corrupt position as Trump’s interior secretary, and his residence, he narrowly led former state Sen. Al Olzewski as the ballots were counted Wednesday morning.
A Mississippi Republican faces an insurgency
Representative. Steven Palazzo failed to win the majority needed to avoid a primary race for his Mississippi Gulf Coast seat.
It’s still unclear who Palazzo will face on June 28, and Jackson County Sheriff Mike Essel pushed Hancock County businessman Clay Wagner into second place earlier Wednesday. Danger.
He may have misused congressional and campaign funds, sent staff on personal missions, and tried to use his office to help his brother rejoin the Navy.
He decided to sign a lawsuit against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, which aims to end voting by proxy in Congress. Problem: Palazzo then put the practice to good use, prompting hypocritical accusations from his opponents.
Capper showed up late during the campaign, begging at a candidate forum, citing “meetings dealing with national security” and being undermined by posting photos online of himself eating with his son at a local restaurant during the event.
Los Angeles mayoral race advanced to second place
The race for Los Angeles’ next mayor won’t be decided until November, with neither businessman Rick Caruso nor Rep. Karen Boss managing to win more than 50% of the vote on Tuesday night.
Caruso and Bass built on the need to deal with homelessness and crime, but approached the problems with different solutions and styles that could define their campaigns through November.
Caruso, a real estate developer who has worked for years to get private power in Los Angeles, argued that the city was “in a state of emergency,” with “widespread homelessness” and “people living in fear for their safety.” . Caruso has promised to increase the size of the Los Angeles police force, which is working against the “police withdrawal” effort.
Pass, a longtime congressional woman and former member of the California State Legislature, increasingly ran as a progressive, highlighting her relationship with the city and her service in representing it.
But Caruso’s strong opinion Tuesday will serve as a warning to traditional Democrats who are running on the basis of their record, especially if most of that time has been spent in Congress, where Democrats and Republicans are now seen as not being the same.
New Jersey is governed by a democratic institution. Again.
It was a loathsome night for progressive outsiders in the Democratic primary in New Jersey, where the party’s heavyweights — and the machines that defend their influence — enjoyed a string of victories.
In the 10th congressional district, delegate Donald Payne Jr. defeated Imani Oakley, former director of the New Jersey Assembly Working Families, as a left-wing challenger. Oagley raised money with a better-than-expected clip, but Payne benefited from reinforcements from established partners, an endorsement Oakley did not receive from progressives.
Payne’s low profile on Capitol Hill, where he took his late father’s place a decade ago, could have attracted progressive groups to the North Jersey district if he had shown signs of weakness on Tuesday. But his magnificent name change will help avoid another better-organized challenge in two years.
Senator from New Jersey A bad story for progressives in the nearby 8th congressional district who crushed Bob Menendez’s son, Robert Menendez Jr., David Ocambo Grozels and Anne Rosbero-Eberhardt.
Mendes Jr., who has not been in office, is on track to replace outgoing Rep. Albio Cyrus, who, to the reverence of local law enforcement brokers, backed the younger Mendes from the start, effectively predicting any chance of a competitive race.
A rising star is burning in Iowa
In 2018, Abby Finkenawer rode the national blue wave as a member of Congress and a rising star in the Iowa Democrats.
Four years later and after two losses, Finkenauer burned it all down.
He lost to former Congresswoman Mike Frank in the Senate Democratic primary on Tuesday, setting the stage for a race between the retired Navy admiral and Republican Sen. Chuck Crosley, his eighth longtime run for law. But the main story for the Democrats is how a candidate for a candidacy attack blew his chance.
Democrats have long doubted that if Grossley runs, he will be unseated by Finkenawar or any Democrat in Iowa. But when he announced it last year, Finkenauer was seen as an obvious favorite: a former member of Congress with deep ties to the president. Joe Biden, who won the Lean Republican district in 2018, but lost a close rivalry two years later.
Then came the campaign failures, most importantly Fingenawar’s campaign drastically reduced the number of signatures needed to get on the primary ballot, which opened the door for a challenge to his appearance. Democrats qualified only after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in April that he could appear, overturning a lower court ruling.
The loss of Finkenauer is another example of how quickly someone coming up in a game can go down.
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