Voters are at the polls now in Virginia, Oklahoma and Georgia.
Primary season is winding down but there are still a few hotly contested races to keep an eye on…
VIRGINIA
Is Rep. Bob Good (R) cooked? Good is trying to avoid becoming the first incumbent this cycle to lose to a primary challenger, but the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus has attracted some powerful enemies.
Former President Trump is backing Good’s challenger, state Sen. John McGuire (R), as retribution for Good backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the GOP presidential primary. Good backed Trump after DeSantis dropped out, but Trump said in a TruthSocial post on Tuesday that it was too little too late.
“He turned his back on our incredible Movement, and was constantly attacking and fighting me until recently, when he gave me a warm and ‘loving’ Endorsement — But really, it was too late! The damage had been done.”
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) PAC has also been supporting McGuire out of retribution for Good joining the effort to oust McCarthy from the Speakership.
There are still a few big Trump allies backing Good — Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), as well as former White House adviser Steve Bannon, who will soon report to prison.
We’ll find out tonight if that’s enough to save Good’s political career.
GEORGIA
Republican Chuck Hand, who was convicted of a misdemeanor for illegally demonstrating inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 and briefly served time in prison, made it into the runoff election against former Trump administration official and Army veteran Wayne Johnson.
Johnson took 44 percent support in last month’s primary, against 32 percent for Hand, forcing a runoff because neither candidate reached the 50 percent threshold.
The runoff will gauge GOP voter sentiments toward those who participated in the Jan. 6 riots.
The winner will take on 16-term incumbent Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.).
OKLAHOMA
Eleven-term Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, faces a primary challenger from the right in businessman Paul Bondar, who has spent millions of his own money. Trump is backing Cole in the fight.
But four other candidates in addition to Bondar are also challenging Cole, potentially sending the chairman to a runoff election if he fails to hit the 50 percent threshold.
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