What Went Down During The May 24 Primary Elections
Now is a good time to check in on how Republican women are doing tonight. As I wrote earlier, women make up 45 percent of the Democrats’ House nominees so far but just 19 percent of the Republicans’ nominees. And for Senate races, women are 14 percent of Democrats’ nominees, but no Republican women have won their party’s nomination yet. As we’ve written before, that’s in part because Republican women face more hurdles to earning their party’s nomination than Democratic women, including weaker networks and less financial support.
So far, Republican women aren’t doing great overall, but they are in some notable races. In the GOP Senate race in Alabama, former Business Council of Alabama President Katie Britt, who has support from VIEW PAC, Maggie’s List and Winning for Women, is leading with 44.4 percent of the vote share, but just 10 percent reporting. And I know we’ve been watching the Democrats’ runoff in Texas’s 28th District closely, but the GOP has a runoff there, too. That race is between two women, Cassy Garcia, who is leading, and Sandra Whitten. In Texas’s 37th District, another runoff, Jenny Garcia Sharon is leading.
How Republican women are doing tonight
Women running for Senate, House and governor and their results in Republican primaries or runoffs in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Texas, as of 9:55 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Office | % Reporting | Vote Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Britt | AL Sen. | 13% | 44.4% | Leading |
| Lillie Boddie | AL Sen. | 13 | 0.7 | Trailing |
| Kay Ivey* | AL Gov. | 14 | 57.3 | Leading |
| Lindy Blanchard | AL Gov. | 14 | 18.6 | Trailing |
| Beatrice Nichols | AL-07 | 0 | 0.0 | ✓ Won |
| Jan Morgan | AR Sen. | 37 | 17.8 | Trailing |
| Sarah Huckabee Sanders | AR Gov. | 38 | 81.7 | ✓ Won |
| Kandiss Taylor | GA Gov. | 69 | 3.7 | ✗ Lost |
| Catherine Davis | GA Gov. | 69 | 0.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Surrea Ivy | GA-04 | 19 | 17.4 | Trailing |
| Mallory Staples | GA-06 | 32 | 10.3 | Trailing |
| Meagan Hanson | GA-06 | 32 | 8.9 | Trailing |
| Suzi Voyles | GA-06 | 32 | 2.3 | Trailing |
| Paulette Smith | GA-06 | 32 | 1.1 | Trailing |
| Lisa McCoy | GA-07 | 43 | 14.8 | Trailing |
| Mary West | GA-07 | 43 | 10.1 | Trailing |
| Calina Plotky | GA-13 | 43 | 21.9 | Trailing |
| Dominika Hawkins | GA-13 | 43 | 19.7 | Trailing |
| Marjorie Taylor Greene* | GA-14 | 99 | 69.7 | ✓ Won |
| Jennifer Strahan | GA-14 | 99 | 16.6 | ✗ Lost |
| Cassy Garcia | TX-28 | 40 | 58.4 | Leading |
| Sandra Whitten | TX-28 | 40 | 41.6 | Trailing |
| Jenny Garcia Sharon | TX-37 | 34 | 58.8 | Leading |
In Texas’s 28th District, ABC News has Rep. Henry Cuellar now leading Jessica Cisneros, 53 percent to 47 percent, with roughly 63 percent of the vote recorded. Cuellar’s boost likely came from recently counted votes in Starr County, which swung more than 50 points to the right in 2020.
Notably, too, Nate, it’s a race where Trump sunk $2.5 million of his own campaign cash. That’s something he doesn’t usually do in races where he’s already endorsed a candidate. In other words, it’ll be hard for Trump to downplay that he didn’t care about this race.