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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* In theory, former Sheriff Mark Lamb’s congressional campaign should have failed miserably. The Arizona Republican was running in one of the state’s most conservative and most religious districts, and he faced allegations that he sent sexual messages to women who were not his wife and even threatened to use law enforcement resources to silence one of his accusers.
Lamb denied the allegations, received Donald Trump’s support and won his primary race easily, offering a reminder about the modern Republican Party’s striking tolerance for likeminded candidates who have been caught up in sex scandals.
On the same day, several Republican election deniers also won key statewide GOP primaries in Arizona, including Rep. Andy Biggs, who won the party’s gubernatorial nomination; Alexander Kolodin, who won a secretary of state primary; and state Senate President Warren Petersen, who will serve as his party’s nominee to run for state attorney general.
* In Maine’s closely watched Senate race, former state Senate President Troy Jackson moved one step closer to winning the Democratic nomination this week, now that his competitive rivals have dropped out of the contest. Meanwhile, a new poll from the University of New Hampshire found him leading incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, 49% to 46%.
* Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields hoped to run for re-election in Louisiana, but now that Republican legislators have gerrymandered the state map, the incumbent congressman announced this week that he has little choice but to give up his seat. Fields will run instead for his old state Senate seat.
* In Nebraska’s Senate race, Cindy Burbank, the Democratic nominee, has successfully removed herself from the ballot and will not compete in the general election. This was all part of a pre-arranged plan intended to boost independent candidate Dan Osborn.
* With roughly three weeks remaining before Minnesota’s statewide primaries, the latest KSTP/SurveyUSA poll found conspiratorial pillow salesman Mike Lindell leading the GOP pack in the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary. He now enjoys 35% support, nine points ahead of state House Speaker Lisa Demuth.
* Speaking of Minnesota, the same poll found Angie Craig and Peggy Flanagan tied with 40% support each in their Democratic Senate primary. Primary day is Aug. 11.
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