Nine more candidates backed by former President Donald Trump officially advanced to the general election Thursday night, tying his 2022 record total at 181-10.
Associated Press officials named former Fox 10 Phoenix anchor Kari Lake the Republican nominee for governor in Arizona Thursday night after a two-day wait. With 88 percent of the vote mentiontedLake had 46.8 percent shooting, nearly a three-point lead over Karrin Taylor Robson’s 44 percent.
It’s fight time. https://t.co/LtmoB0tWMb
— Kari Lake for Governor AZ (@KariLake) August 5, 2022
In Tennessee, all eight candidates backed by former President Trump have officially advanced to the general election:
- Governor Bill Lee – GOP candidate for Governor
- Rep. Diana Harshbarger – GOP Candidate for First Congressional District
- Rep. Tim Burchett – GOP candidate for the second congressional district
- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann – GOP candidate for the Third Congressional District
- Rep. Scott DesJarlais GOP candidate for the Fourth Congressional District
- Rep. John Rose – GOP candidate for the sixth congressional district
- Rep Mark Green. GOP candidate for the Seventh Congressional District
- Rep. David Kustoff – GOP candidate for the Eighth Congressional District
The big night for Trump-backed candidates follows sweeping primary victories Tuesday in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan and Missouri. Blake Masters won the U.S. Senate primary in Arizona and will face Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) in the general election, while Tudor Dixon secured the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Michigan and is battling Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ( D-MI) drop. Moreover, Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI), who voted to impeach then-President Trump, was defeated by challenger John Gibbs, running his record over the past two days to 34-0.
Candidates endorsed by the 45th president now have perfect records in 28 states:
- Texas: 33-0
- Indiana: 6-0
- Ohio: 16-0
- West Virginia: 2-0
- Kentucky: 6-0
- Pennsylvania: 8-0
- Alabama: 6-0
- Arkansas: 5-0
- California: 7-0 [8-0 with Rep. Connie Conway’s (R-CA) special election victory]
- Iowa: 4-0
- Mississippi: 1-0
- Montana: 2-0
- New Jersey: 1-0
- South Dakota: 1-0
- Nevada: 2-0
- North Dakota: 2-0
- Virginia: 4-0
- Alaska: 1-0
- Colorado: 1-0
- Illinois: 4-0
- Oklahoma: 4-0
- Utah: 3-0
- Maryland: 1-0
- Kansas: 5-0
- Missouri: 4-0
- Michigan: 7-0
- Arizona (9-0)
- Tennessee (8-0)
Primary elections continue Tuesday in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.
