About this episode
The episode discusses recent election updates, including primary results and Trump's endorsements, with insights on GOP dynamics and redistricting issues.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.gdpolitics.com The full episode is available to paid subscribers. Once you become a paid subscriber, you can connect your account to your preferred podcast player here . We’ve got a jam-packed election update episode for you today. In Tuesday night’s primaries, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie lost to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein. Massie did much better than other Republicans who have crossed Trump, but he still went down by 10 points. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Democratic primary for Georgia governor outright, while Republicans will head to runoffs in both the governor’s race and the race to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff this fall. Looking ahead to next week, Trump has finally endorsed in the Texas Senate runoff, backing Ken Paxton after seemingly being ready to endorse Sen. John Cornyn months ago. The betting markets now have a general election against James Talarico looking like a pure toss-up. We talk about why Trump settled on Paxton, despite the conventional wisdom that he would be a weaker general election candidate, and how loyalty matters inside the GOP as Trump loses ground with the…
People in this episode
Host: Galen Druke
Guest: Jacob Rubashkin
Topics covered
- election update
- primaries
- Trump endorsement
- GOP loyalty
- redistricting
- political analysis
Keywords
- Trump
- primaries
- endorsement
- GOP
- election
- redistricting
- politics
- Georgia
- Texas
- loyalty
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Organizations: GD POLITICS, Supreme Court
Places: New Jersey, Texas, Georgia, California, Iowa, Montana
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