Hard defeat for Sarah Palin – The current state of the US primary elections

In the 2022 mid-term elections, the United States will elect a new Congress and parts of the Senate. But first, many candidates have to pass the primary.

USA – There is still some time before a new congress is elected in the USA. But things are already getting exciting long before the mid-term exams take place on November 8, 2022.

There will be primary elections in all 50 states. In these so-called primaries, it is determined who the Republicans and Democrats will run on election day.

Midterms 2022: US midterm election schedule

Midterm 2022 in the USA: 35 seats in the Senate awaiting election

In mid-term elections, 35 states each occupy one seat in the United States Senate. The 34 regular elections were joined by an extraordinary election in Oklahoma with the announced resignation of Republican Jim Inhofe. Of these 35 seats, 14 are currently held by Democrats and 21 by Republicans. The primaries will determine who the parties nominate for the Senate seat in November. Primaries begin May 3 in Ohio and Indiana and end September 13 in New Hampshire.

The first primary in Ohio also led to Donald Trump triumph. The former president is active as a mid-term Republican kingmaker. In Ohio In fact, author JD Vance, who he approved, won the Republican primary well before original favorite Josh Mandel. Vance’s opponent on November 8 is Tim Ryan. The Democrat prevailed in the primaries of President Joe Biden’s party. In Indiana Incumbent Republican Todd Young and Democrat Thomas McDermott, Jr. did not object.

On May 17, he entered the Republican primary Pennsylvania to the expected nail biting. Candidate Mehmet Oz, supported by Donald Trump, narrowly prevailed over David McCormick. On May 24, Herschel Walker won the Republican primary Georgia won. The opponent in November will be the Democrat Raphael Warnock.

Midterm 2022: Senate primary results

Midterms 2022: Election to the Chamber of Deputies

All 435 seats are awaiting election in the US House of Representatives election. Members of Parliament are elected by direct vote in their constituency for two years. As the 2022 mid-term elections will be the first to use the 2020 U.S. Census seat allocation, all constituencies have been rebalanced. Democrats currently have a majority of 221 seats, Republicans hold 209, and five seats are vacant. These will be drawn up in five special elections in June and August. However, the winners of the special elections will only complete their term in the 117th United States Congress, which runs until January 2023.

Of particular importance here is the special election in Alaskawhere the arch-conservative former governor and candidate for vice president Sara Palin after the death of former Congressman Don Young for a vacant seat in the House of Representatives. Due to a change in the electoral law in 2020, the previous party primaries have been abolished. In the non-partisan primaries on June 11, the four candidates with the most votes among the 48 candidates qualified for the effective elections on August 16.

In fact, Palin got the most votes. With 27.0% of the vote, he was far ahead of Republican Nick Begich III (19.1%). The nonpartisan Al Gross finished third with 12.6 percent, but then withdrew his candidacy. Democratic Mary Peltola (10.1%) also qualified for the ballot. And Santa Claus? Santa Claus, whose real name is Thomas O’Connor, received 4.6%.

But then the extraordinary elections of August 16 brought a surprising result. Mary Peltola narrowly defeated Sarah Palin. The seat will then be reassigned mid-term on 8 November. Then Palin has a chance for revenge.

Midterms 2022: government elections

In the mid-term elections in the United States, governor posts will also be filled in 36 states. Democrats currently hold 16 seats and Republicans 20. Primaries begin March 1 in Texas and end September 20 in Massachusetts.

The first primaries were held on 1 March in Texas instead of. Republican incumbent Greg Abbott did not give his party opponents the slightest chance and prevailed with 66.8% of the vote. The result for the Democrats was even clearer. I hope Beto O’Rourke even got 91.32% of all votes. On May 10 he sat down Nebraska Carol Blood (Democrat) and Jim Pillen (Republican), who narrowly defeated Donald Trump-backed millionaire Charles W. Herbster.

The most important decision of May 24 has fallen Georgia. Here, Brian Kemp, backed by Trump’s deputy Mike Pence, prevailed with 73.54% of the vote against Trump-backed candidate David Perdue, who accounted for just 21.94% of the vote. Stacey Abrams will represent the Democrats. In Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) and Chris Jones (D) prevailed.

Midterms 2022: Primary results for governor posts

Midterm 2022: when the state primary will take place

• March 01: Texas
• 03. From: Indiana, Ohio
• May 10: Nebraska, West Virginia
• 17. May: Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania
• 24. Oil: Alabama, Georgia
• June 7: Iowa, California, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota
• 14. June: Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina
• June 21: Virginia
• June 28: Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, Utah
• July 19: Maryland
• 2. August: Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Washington
• 4. August: Tennessee
• 9. August: Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin
• 13. August: Hawaii
• 16. August: Alaska, Wyoming
• 23. August: Florida
• 6. September: Massachusetts
• 13. September: Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
• (Louisiana has no area codes, there will be regular elections on November 8, 2022)

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