What Went Down During The May 24 Primary Elections
In the GOP primary for Minnesota’s 1st District special election, we’ve got 9 percent of the vote counted, and so far it looks to be a two-man race between former U.S. Department of Agriculture official Brad Finstad and state Rep. Jeremy Munson. Perhaps not so coincidentally, these are the two candidates who received support from outside groups: $1.5 million for Munson from a Sen. Rand Paul-affiliated Super PAC and the House Freedom Caucus, and $1.2 million for Finstad from the cryptocurrency-backed American Dream Federal Action. Finstad was also backed by $900,000 from the more moderate Republican group Defending Main Street.
Latest count in Minnesota’s 1st District special GOP primary
Results of the Republican primary for the Aug. 9 special election in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, as of 10:09 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Finstad | 1,838 | 52.6% |
| Jeremy Munson | 1,071 | 30.7 |
| Jennifer Carnahan | 221 | 6.3 |
| Matt Benda | 187 | 5.4 |
| Nels Pierson | 62 | 1.8 |
| Kevin Kocina | 60 | 1.7 |
| Bob Carney | 20 | 0.6 |
| J.R. Ewing | 14 | 0.4 |
| Ken Navitsky | 12 | 0.3 |
| Roger Ungemach | 9 | 0.3 |
With not quite 40 percent of the expected vote in, John Boozman is ahead in the Republican primary for Arkansas Senate, with 58 percent of the vote so far. Jake Bequette has 22 percent of the vote, and Jan Morgan, a former journalist and gun range owner, has 18 percent. I haven’t written much about Morgan yet, but she has been all-in on the Big Lie — and even took a bus of Arkansans to D.C. ahead of the Jan. 6 rally. She is unlikely to win this race, but she’ll probably maintain a platform as a far-right public figure in the state.
Latest count in Arkansas’s GOP primary for Senate
Results of Arkansas’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, as of 10:06 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| John Boozman* | 71,511 | 58.3% |
| Jake Bequette | 26,453 | 21.6 |
| Jan Morgan | 22,067 | 18.0 |
| Heath Loftis | 2,712 | 2.2 |