Former President Donald Trump stayed out of the race, issuing a tongue-in-cheek statement supporting "Eric" on the eve of the primary - leaving it up to voters' interpretation whether that meant Schmitt or Greitens. Schmitt, the attorney general, emerged from a crowded field that included two members of Congress, Reps. Greitens resigned in 2018 amid a sex scandal and accusation of campaign misconduct, and subsequently faced abuse allegations from his ex-wife, which he has denied. Eric Greitens, who was attempting a political comeback. Perhaps more significant than who won, though, in the deep-red state, is who lost: disgraced former Gov. Greitens' attempted comeback falls flat: Republicans in Missouri breathed a sigh of relief after state Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the wide-open Senate primary, according to a CNN projection.With 78% of the vote in on Tuesday night, nearly 700,000 people have cast ballots in the primary, a figure that already dwarfs the turnout in the 2020 presidential primary election. The biggest warning to Republicans, many of whom have trumpeted the overturning of Roe and backed pushes to pass stricter abortions laws, is perhaps the turnout in Kansas. While lawmakers in the state can still try to pass restrictive abortion laws, courts in Kansas have recognized a right to abortion under the state constitution. The "no" leaves the state constitution unchanged. But the win for the "no" vote in Kansas is proof of that and signals that the Supreme Court decision has further angered voters and possibly shifted the politics of the issue ahead of the November elections. Polls have long shown that voters overwhelmingly support protecting abortions rights. Kansas maintains constitutional right to abortion: Kansas voters sent a dramatic message on Tuesday, opting to maintain the right to an abortion in their state's constitution just weeks after the US Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe v.Here are some key takeaways so far from Tuesday's primaries: And in Michigan, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump was ousted, while the matchup was set for what will be one of the key gubernatorial races this fall. In Missouri, the political comeback of a former governor was shut down. Meanwhile, in Arizona, local elections officials were still counting votes to determine whether a slate of statewide candidates who were endorsed by former President Donald Trump and promoted his lies about election fraud won their Republican primaries. Wade and end the federal protection of abortion access. The vote in Kansas was one of the first tests of the potency of abortion rights at the ballot box since the Supreme Court's decision to reverse Roe v. Kansas voters handed abortion-rights advocates a massive victory Tuesday, surging to the polls to defeat a measure that would have allowed the GOP-led legislature to impose new restrictions. Read more about today's primaries in the posts below.Īlie Utley and Joe Moyer react Tuesday night after Kansas voters chose to protect abortion rights in their state. Meanwhile, two other Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are facing primary challengers in Washington.
Kansas voters have rejected an amendment to remove the right to an abortion from the state's constitution, CNN projects.The primary season continued Tuesday, with five key states - Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, Washington and Kansas - kicking off a pivotal stretch of August votes to choose party nominees less than 100 days until the general election.
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