Former President Donald Trump’s sway over the GOP's on the line in a Republican Senate primary runoff election in Alabama and two GOP congressional runoffs in neighboring Georgia
This is the third high profile Republican primary showdown the past two months where Trump and Cruz — who could become potential rivals in the 2024 GOP presidential nomination race — have backed rival candidates in Republican primaries.
Collins was endorsed last week by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, just three weeks after Kemp crushed former Sen. David Perdue, who was primary challenging the conservative governor with heavy support from Trump. Kemp topped Perdue by more than 50 points in last month’s Republican gubernatorial primary, which was a stinging defeat for Trump. Kemp had raised Trump’s ire for certifying the then-president’s razor-thin electoral defeat to now-President Biden in Georgia in the 2020 election.
"Trump’s ire has outweighed his influence in Georgia," veteran Georgia based Republican consultant Dan McLagan said. And pointing to the large slate of candidates Trump endorsed in Georgia’s primary, he noted"if you bet on six horses to win the Kentucky Derby, you’re guaranteed to lose five of them. And Trump wasn’t strategic picking his horses."
The winner will face off in November against Rep. Elaine Luria, a former U.S. Navy commander turned two-term Democratic congresswoman. Luria has been very visible this month, as the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been holding high profile hearings that have grabbed national attention. Luria is the only endangered Democrat sitting on the panel.
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