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We covered elections in seven states Tuesday, including statewide primaries in Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia and statewide primary runoffs in Texas. Here’s a look at some noteworthy results from battleground races:

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Jones wins primary for Ga. lieutenant governor, solidifying GOP ticket

ATLANTA — Georgia state Sen. Burt Jones won the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor without having to compete in a runoff after his top rival, Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller, conceded Friday.

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How many Republicans will acknowledge Donald Trump is a fraud?

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A brutal slog awaits: Georgia candidates draw battle lines ahead of November race

ATLANTA — The policy divides in Georgia's marquee political races came into clearer focus after this week's primaries, as Republicans tied their opponents to President Joe Biden and Democrats condemned pro-gun GOP stances following another mass shooting.

Tribune News Service

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 24 (May 26, 2022)

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Republican Edition

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Trump is no kingmaker in the Republican party. That is increasingly clear

This week’s primaries showed that voters value delivering on priorities above endorsements

The Guardian - US

An update on this week’s battleground primary results

Welcome to the Thursday, May 26, Brew.

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Editorial: Trump's failure to take revenge on responsible Republican officials is encouraging

Former President Donald Trump chalked up some victories in Tuesday’s primaries, but he suffered a trio of defeats where it most mattered: Georgia, epicenter of Trump’s efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. Three Republicans on whom Trump had declared war for refusing to do his vote-fixing dirty work…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Patricia Murphy: How Brian Kemp cracked the Trump code for Republicans and won

ATLANTA — Pay attention, Republican elected officials, both local and national. And open your ears, GOP voters wondering where your party has been since 2016. Also, right-of-center family members with that crazy uncle who keeps coming to Thanksgiving, this one's for you.

Tribune News Service

Abrams-Kemp slugfest promises to be pricey, long and ugly

The governor's race in Georgia between Republican incumbent Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams promises to be a brutal battle that will further amp up the state's charged political environment

The Independent UK

Trump drains GOP of cash in Georgia loss

GOP blows through millions of dollars to ward off MAGA-friendly candidates

Salon

Tuesday’s Republican primaries did not go as Trump had hoped

Some of the Trump-endorsed candidates won. But for the most part it seems like his sway in 2022 may have peaked

The Guardian - US

Trump-backed candidates lose but Trumpism wins in US primaries

Georgia losses add to losing record for Trump’s candidates, but his hard-right politics is winning among Republicans.

Al Jazeera

3 reasons Trump's influence took a big hit in Tuesday's primaries

You'd be hard-pressed to find two Republican incumbents who drew more of Donald Trump's ire than Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Both won big on Tuesday.

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The Independent UK

'Trump is in the past': Mounting losses show limits of power

Donald Trump began May with a decisive win for a favored candidate in Ohio, catapulting a Senate hopeful to a primary victory

Tribune News Service

Donald Trump's revenge tour is derailed in Georgia

ATLANTA — No state has been at the center of Donald Trump's obsession with overturning his 2020 election defeat so much as Georgia. And Tuesday's primary results offered more of a rebuke than an embrace of his attempt to reshape the state GOP.

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Incumbent Kemp defeats Perdue and three others in Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary

Incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp defeated former U.S. Sen. David Perdue and three other candidates—Catherine Davis, Kandiss Taylor, and Tom Williams—in the Republican primary election for governor of Georgia on May 24, 2022. With 57% of precincts reporting, Kemp had 73% of the vote, followed by Perdue with 23%. No other…

The Guardian - US

Colbert on the Texas school shooting: ‘Prayers won’t end this, voting might’

Late-night hosts discussed the deadly Uvalde shooting and looked at Trump v Pence as they back different Georgia candidates

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The Independent UK

Brad Raffensperger wins GOP Secretary of State primary in Georgia despite Trump opposition

The Secretary of State frequently clashed with Trump regarding the former president’s lies about the 2020 presidential election.

The Guardian - US

Georgia primaries deliver blow to Trump’s grip on Republican party – live

Several candidates who supported the ex-president’s big lie of election fraud were defeated but the Maga wing also had successes

Axios

Trump endorsements collapse in Georgia

Georgia was ground zero for Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Irish Mirror

Donald Trump suffers stinging losses in Georgia Republican contests

Results of Georgia Republican contests suggest Donald Trump's influence is not as great as it once was

The Guardian - US

Trump-backed nominees lost in Georgia, but can Republicans escape the specter of Maga?

The ex-president’s losses helps the GOP create the illusion of moving on, even as they continue to push a radical rightwing agenda

The Independent UK

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Five key takeaways: the US midterm elections

Races from Georgia to Texas were a litmus test of Trump’s hold on the Republican party with some significant losses

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