What Went Down During The June 14 Primary Elections
By contrast, only three candidates who have acknowledged the legitimacy of the 2020 election won Republican primaries tonight. And Rep. Nancy Mace was the only one who won a Republican primary that was explicitly fought along Trump/anti-Trump lines.
How Big Lie opponents are doing tonight
Senate, House, gubernatorial, attorney general and secretary of state candidates who have accepted the legitimacy of the 2020 election, and their results in Republican primaries in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina, as of 1:35 a.m. Eastern
| CANDIDATE | OFFICE | Big Lie Position | % REPORTING | VOTE SHARE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hoeven* | ND Sen. | ✅ Accepted 2020 results | 73% | 78.4% | ✓ Won |
| Marvin Lepp | ND SoS | 🤔 Accepted with reservations | 64 | 32.2 | ✗ Lost |
| Kelly Armstrong* | ND-AL | ✅ Accepted 2020 results | 70 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| William “Bill” Hockstedler | NV Sen. | ✅ Accepted 2020 results | 37 | 1.5 | ✗ Lost |
| Kristopher Dahir | NV SoS | 🤔 Accepted with reservations | 36 | 5.7 | Trailing |
| Cresent Hardy | NV-01 | 🤔 Accepted with reservations | 56 | 12.7 | Trailing |
| Jane Adams | NV-01 | 🤔 Accepted with reservations | 56 | 5.4 | Trailing |
| Danny Tarkanian | NV-02 | 🤔 Accepted with reservations | 14 | 30.9 | Trailing |
| John Kovacs | NV-03 | 🤔 Accepted with reservations | 53 | 10.9 | ✗ Lost |
| Lauren Martel | SC AG | 🤔 Accepted with reservations | 87 | 34.3 | ✗ Lost |
| Nancy Mace* | SC-01 | ✅ Accepted 2020 results | 93 | 53.1 | ✓ Won |
| Tom Rice* | SC-07 | 🤔 Accepted with reservations | 99 | 24.7 | ✗ Lost |
Eleven candidates who have flirted with or fully embraced the Big Lie have won or are currently leading their primaries today. That includes Republican nominees for important races such as Nevada governor and secretary of state.
How Big Lie supporters are doing tonight
Senate, House, gubernatorial, attorney general and secretary of state candidates who have either denied or questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election, and their results in Republican primaries in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina, as of 1:35 a.m. Eastern
| CANDIDATE | OFFICE | Big Lie Position | % REPORTING | VOTE SHARE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Caruso | ME-02 | ❓Raised doubts | 40% | 39.4% | ✗ Lost |
| Adam Laxalt | NV Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 37 | 55.5 | ✓ Won |
| Sam Brown | NV Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 37 | 33.4 | ✗ Lost |
| Sharelle Mendenhall | NV Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 37 | 3.2 | ✗ Lost |
| William “Bill” Conrad | NV Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 37 | 1.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Joe Lombardo | NV Gov. | ❓Raised doubts | 37 | 43.1 | Leading |
| Joey Gilbert | NV Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 37 | 22.2 | Trailing |
| Dean Heller | NV Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 37 | 11.8 | Trailing |
| Guy Nohra | NV Gov. | ❓Raised doubts | 37 | 4.1 | Trailing |
| Tom Heck | NV Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 37 | 1.9 | Trailing |
| Fred Simon | NV Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 37 | 1.3 | Trailing |
| Eddie “Mr. Fix It Now” Hamilton | NV Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 37 | 0.7 | Trailing |
| Jim Marchant | NV SoS | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 36 | 37.3 | Leading |
| Jesse Haw | NV SoS | ❓Raised doubts | 36 | 18.9 | Trailing |
| Richard Scotti | NV SoS | ❓Raised doubts | 36 | 17.0 | Trailing |
| Gerard Ramalho | NV SoS | ❓Raised doubts | 36 | 5.6 | Trailing |
| Socorro Keenan | NV SoS | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 36 | 2.1 | Trailing |
| Sigal Chattah | NV AG | ❓Raised doubts | 36 | 48.3 | Leading |
| Tisha Black | NV AG | ❓Raised doubts | 36 | 42.6 | Trailing |
| Mark Robertson | NV-01 | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 30.2 | Leading |
| Carolina Andrea Serrano | NV-01 | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 15.0 | Trailing |
| Cynthia Dianne Steel | NV-01 | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 12.8 | Trailing |
| Morgun Sholty | NV-01 | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 5.5 | Trailing |
| Joel Beck | NV-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 14 | 7.5 | Trailing |
| Catherine Marie Sampson | NV-02 | ❓Raised doubts | 14 | 4.2 | Trailing |
| April Becker | NV-03 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 53 | 67.5 | ✓ Won |
| Clark Bossert | NV-03 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 53 | 9.4 | ✗ Lost |
| Noah V. Malgeri | NV-03 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 53 | 7.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Sam Peters | NV-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 51 | 48.2 | Leading |
| Ann “Annie” Black | NV-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 51 | 39.8 | Trailing |
| Henry McMaster* | SC Gov. | ❓Raised doubts | 92 | 83.3 | ✓ Won |
| Keith Blandford | SC SoS | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 87 | 24.5 | ✗ Lost |
| Alan Wilson* | SC AG | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 87 | 65.7 | ✓ Won |
| Katie Arrington | SC-01 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 93 | 45.3 | ✗ Lost |
| Lynz Piper-Loomis | SC-01 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 93 | 1.6 | ✗ Lost |
| William Timmons* | SC-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 99 | 52.7 | ✓ Won |
| Mark Burns | SC-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 99 | 23.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Michael Mike LaPierre | SC-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 99 | 17.1 | ✗ Lost |
| A. Sonia Morris | SC-06 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 58 | 25.6 | ✗ Lost |
| Russell Fry | SC-07 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 99 | 51.0 | ✓ Won |
| Barbara Arthur | SC-07 | ❓Raised doubts | 99 | 12.2 | ✗ Lost |
| Ken Richardson | SC-07 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 99 | 7.0 | ✗ Lost |
| Garrett Barton | SC-07 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 99 | 2.5 | ✗ Lost |
| Mark McBride | SC-07 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 99 | 2.1 | ✗ Lost |
Gilbert, an attendee at the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol who actually got an endorsement from the Nevada GOP, is running roughly 20 points behind Lombardo in the Republican primary for governor. But he’s already arguing that he’s losing because of voter fraud, which of course there is absolutely no evidence of — one consistent theme in Gilbert’s election fraud claims.