What Went Down During The May 24 Primary Elections
In the race for GOP nominee for governor in Alabama, 77-year-old Kay Ivey is currently leading in her bid for a second term with 56.8 percent of votes. Behind her is Lindy Blanchard, the former ambassador to Slovenia under President Trump, with 19 percent of the vote, and Tim James, whose dad is Fob James, Georgia’s governor from 1979 -1983 and again from 1995-1999. James (the son) has 16 percent of the vote currently:
Latest count in Alabama’s GOP primary for governor
Results of Alabama’s Republican primary for governor, as of 10:13 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Kay Ivey* | 119,003 | 56.3% |
| Lindy Blanchard | 40,224 | 19.0 |
| Tim James | 34,083 | 16.1 |
| Lew Burdette | 11,088 | 5.2 |
| Dean Odle | 3,284 | 1.6 |
| Donald Trent Jones | 1,243 | 0.6 |
| Dave Thomas | 930 | 0.4 |
| Stacy Lee George | 751 | 0.4 |
| Dean Young | 617 | 0.3 |
And because it’s my main focus tonight, I’ll also note that Ivey said in a campaign ad that “fake news, Big Tech and blue state liberals stole the election from President Trump.”
In Arkansas, I find it interesting that Jake Bequette is only slightly outpacing Jan Morgan in the GOP primary. Bequette ran a full campaign and got millions of dollars in outside support from GOP mega-donor Dick Uihlein. Morgan had basically no money but is just 3.5 points behind him. She did win 30 percent in the GOP gubernatorial primary in 2018, though, so maybe this is a regression for her.
Latest count in Arkansas’s GOP primary for Senate
Results of Arkansas’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, as of 10:11 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| John Boozman* | 74,571 | 58.3% |
| Jake Bequette | 27,546 | 21.5 |
| Jan Morgan | 23,003 | 18.0 |
| Heath Loftis | 2,847 | 2.2 |