After pursuing a vendetta towards statewide Georgia Republican officers for greater than a yr, all of former President Trump’s endorsees did not unseat incumbents within the state on Tuesday. Gov. Brian Kemp bested his Trump-backed challenger by way of greater than 50 issues or even Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who wrote a guide about Trump’s try to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, received outright to keep away from a runoff. Trump’s endorsees in open races, comparable to Herschel Walker within the Senate number one and Burt Jones within the lieutenant governor number one, fared higher. On this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the staff recaps the night time’s contests in Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota.
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