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Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, moved one step closer to a fourth Senate term after trouncing two GOP challengers in a primary contest Tuesday evening. Risch, 83, comfortably won Idaho’s Republican primary shortly after polls closed, the Associated Press reported. He was endorsed by President Donald Trump, who has cruised to victory in the solidly Republican … Read more

Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Democratic primary outright, while Republicans Burt Jones and Rick Jackson will face off The Republican primary campaign for Georgia governor will go to a June runoff, with the lieutenant governor Burt Jones facing off against healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson – and locking out Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state and … Read more

Thomas Massie, who repeatedly broke with Trump, lost to retired Navy Seal Ed Gallrein who was recruited into the race by the president. Key US politics stories from Tuesday 19 May at a glance Donald Trump displayed his supremacy over the Republican party on Tuesday when voters in northern Kentucky rejected the maverick congressman Thomas … Read more

Former state House Minority Leader Christine Drazan won Oregon’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, emerging from a crowded field of candidates seeking the chance to flip the governor’s mansion in a state Democrats have controlled for nearly four decades. The Republican field included former Portland Trail Blazers player and businessman Chris Dudley, state Rep. … Read more

Opponents of a $1.776 billion taxpayer-backed “anti-weaponization” fund projected a quote from one of the Founding Fathers onto the Justice Department building in protest.

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has won the Democratic primary in Georgia’s race for governor, NBC News projects

Democrats see four districts as essential in midterms bid to retake House as 16 representatives seek re-election Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Primaries across Pennsylvania clarified key battlegrounds for November’s midterm elections on Tuesday. Sixteen of the state’s 17 US representatives are seeking re-election, and Democrats are zeroing in on four … Read more

The former Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson filed the claim a day after the Justice Department set up the nearly $1.8 billion fund.

The Republican Senate primary in Georgia is heading to a runoff, NBC News projects, with Rep.

Navy veteran Ed Gallrein praised President Trump during his victory speech after defeating Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. Gallrein added that the winners are “the Republicans of Kentucky congressional district four and their families,” which he says he “will be a champion for in Washington.”