Primary Takeaways: Election Denier Wins, Bad Behavior Dooms Cawthorn
Newsy
Voters cast their ballots Tuesday in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon.
Former President Donald Trump's support was enough to elevate his Senate candidate to victory in North Carolina on Tuesday, while his pick in Pennsylvania remained in a tough fight in that state's Senate primary.
In a key congressional race, a Republican congressman's bad behavior finally caught up with him.
And in the Pennsylvania governor's race, a Trump-backed candidate who has spread lies about the 2020 vote count won the GOP nomination, putting an election denier within striking distance of running a presidential battleground state in 2024. But in Idaho, with incumbency on his side, the sitting governor weathered a primary challenge from his far-right lieutenant governor.
