Steve Sisolak wins Democratic primary for governor in Nevada
Four states held primary elections Tuesday, and in one of the most closely watched races in South Carolina, CBS News projects Russell Fry wins the 7th-District Republican primary, defeating incumbent Rep. Tom Rice, who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. Rice vehemently defended his impeachment vote, telling
Trump had issued a statement Saturday saying that Mace is"despised by almost everyone" and said she"fights Republicans all the time and is not at all nice about it." But on Tuesday night, Trump issued a statement on Truth Social saying"Katie Arrington was a long shot but ran a great race and way over performed. Congrats to Nancy Mace, who should easily be able to defeat her Democrat opponent!"Republican incumbent Sen.
On the Democratic side, Cunningham, who lost his House seat to Mace in 2018, won the primary, defeating state Sen. Mia McLeod and several others. Laxalt, who lost the governor's race in 2018, also has endorsements from a number of high-profile Republicans, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Donald Trump Jr., who came to Nevada to campaign with Laxalt.
Fifteen Republicans are on the Republican primary ballot for governor. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, former boxer Joey Gilbert, former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee and entrepreneur Guy Nohra are so far leading the field.