N SWEEP: Democratic meddling during the GOP primaries paid off big time on Election Day
The Democrats’ strategy to spend millions to support pro-Trump candidates during Republican primaries seemed to have paid off Tuesday, as the party won all the races it chose to meddle in.
All six Republican candidates who benefited from the meddling in their primary wins fell to their Democratic counterparts. These races include key House and gubernatorial races as well as the New Hampshire Senate race.
Democrats spent more than $40 Million to boost six GOP candidates. All of them expressed support for former President Donald Trump or were backed him.
In New Hampshire the incumbent Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan defeated Republican and former Army general Don Bolduc. Bolduc was the Democrat-aligned Senate Majority PAC candidate of choice to face what many considered one of the most vulnerable Senate members.
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The group, which was aligned to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spent at most $3.5 million attacking moderate Republican state lawmaker Chuck Morse to boost Bolduc, who Democrats considered the easiest candidate to face Hassan.
In New Hampshire, Democratic incumbent Rep. Annie Kuster defeated Republican Bob Burns. In his primary race against George Hansel, Burns received $94,000 from Democrats Serve, a new Democratic Party PAC.
Hillary Scholten, Democrat, defeated Republican John Gibbs to win the race for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District. This seat was held by anti-Trump Republican Rep. Peter Meijer. Meijer narrowly lost to Gibbs in the August primary, after Trump publicly supported him in what was seen by many as a backlash against Meijer’s vote to impeach Trump.
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent $425,000 advertising to boost Gibbs. Gibbs is often referred to as a member the “extreme” wing, with a particular ad highlighting his conservative credentials.
Three top gubernatorial elections were affected by Democrats’ interference. They all went in the party’s favor on Tuesday: in Maryland, for Republican Dan Cox, in Illinois, for Republican Darren Bailey, as well as in Pennsylvania, for Republican Doug Mastriano.
The Democratic Governors’ Association spent almost $2 million on July advertising Cox against Kelly Schulz, a former Maryland state lawmaker. Kelly Schulz was supported by the outgoing Republican governor. Larry Hogan.
Bailey won his primary three weeks before Cox’s win. He was also supported by the DGA and incumbent Democrat Governor. J.B. Pritzker spent $35,000,000 to help Bailey beat Richard Irvin, a moderate Republican mayor from Aurora, Illinois.
Mastriano won his primary in May with more $840,000 in ads that were run by his opponent, the Democratic Pennsylvania Governor-elect Josh Shapiro.
The House of Representatives is expected to be controlled by Republicans, but control of the Senate is still up for grabs.