Alabama’s two biggest primary contests on Tuesday could be decided by runoffs. alpolitics
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The Georgia GOP contests are a prelude to an intriguing November, when the winner of the governor’s race will face off against Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams and the winner of the GOP Senate primary will face off against Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock.early polling by Real Clear Politics“I think what has really hyped the Georgia race is Donald Trump,” said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia.
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush leaves the stage at a kick-off rally where he announced he will run for Texas Attorney General, June 2, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is likely to lose by a landslide to embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff for attorney general.
In Alabama, unlike Georgia and Texas, the Republican primary and forthcoming runoff will be tantamount to an election win. Alabama has only elected one Democrat in a statewide contest in the past 14 years: Doug Jones, during the 2017 special U.S. Senate election against former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was awash in controversy and scandal over reports that he had engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with teenage girls decades ago.
“So far, the contests have not been linked together,” said Quin Hillyer, a conservative senior columnist and editor for the Washington Examiner. “And in terms of any ideological battle, I don’t think they will be.” He added, “Because they are high profile and top-of-the-ticket races, they will have massive impacts on each other and that’s not very typical. The win within one campaign will affect he sailboats in the other.”, a strategy that played out with no repercussions as she cruised to victory during the 2018 primaries and general election.despite a call from Britt and Brooks for him to do so. Brooks sought to debate only with Britt, which Britt’s campaign opted not to do.
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