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What Went Down During The June 28 Primary Elections
Ten candidates who have either denied or questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election have already won Republican primaries tonight. However, some of the highest-profile Big Lie believers — like Hanks and Peters in Colorado — have lost.
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 Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma and Utah, as of 10:30 p.m. Eastern
| CANDIDATE | OFFICE | Big Lie Position | % REPORTING | VOTE SHARE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Hanks | CO Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 80% | 44.6% | ✗ Lost |
| Greg Lopez | CO Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 80 | 46.9 | ✗ Lost |
| Tina Peters | CO SoS | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 79 | 26.7 | ✗ Lost |
| Jennifer Qualteri | CO-01 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 40 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Lauren Boebert* | CO-03 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 91 | 63.6 | ✓ Won |
| Ken Buck* | CO-04 | ❓Raised doubts | 80 | 75.2 | ✓ Won |
| Robert Lewis | CO-04 | ❓Raised doubts | 80 | 24.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Doug Lamborn* | CO-05 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 83 | 49.7 | ✓ Won |
| Dave Williams | CO-05 | ❓Raised doubts | 83 | 31.6 | ✗ Lost |
| Rebecca Keltie | CO-05 | ❓Raised doubts | 83 | 12.6 | ✗ Lost |
| Erik Aadland | CO-07 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 84 | 48.0 | Leading |
| Laurel Imer | CO-07 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 84 | 15.6 | Trailing |
| Lori A. Saine | CO-08 | ❓Raised doubts | 53 | 19.6 | Trailing |
| Peggy Hubbard | IL Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 56 | 23.5 | Trailing |
| Matthew “Matt” Dubiel | IL Sen. | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 12.7 | Trailing |
| Robert “Bobby” Piton | IL Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 56 | 8.9 | Trailing |
| Jimmy Lee Tillman II | IL Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 56 | 4.9 | Trailing |
| Darren Bailey | IL Gov. | ❓Raised doubts | 63 | 54.9 | ✓ Won |
| Gary Rabine | IL Gov. | ❓Raised doubts | 63 | 6.2 | ✗ Lost |
| David Shestokas | IL AG | ❓Raised doubts | 55 | 21.5 | Trailing |
| Eric Carlson | IL-01 | ❓Raised doubts | 65 | 40.5 | Leading |
| Geno Young | IL-01 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 65 | 14.4 | Trailing |
| Ashley Ramos | IL-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 45 | 28.9 | Trailing |
| Niki Conforti | IL-06 | ❓Raised doubts | 61 | 10.4 | Trailing |
| Scott R. Kaspar | IL-06 | ❓Raised doubts | 61 | 6.8 | Trailing |
| Robert “Rob” Cruz | IL-06 | ❓Raised doubts | 61 | 5.8 | Trailing |
| Chad Koppie | IL-08 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 52 | 13.3 | Trailing |
| Catalina Lauf | IL-11 | ❓Raised doubts | 46 | 29.1 | Leading |
| Mark Joseph Carroll | IL-11 | ❓Raised doubts | 46 | 21.0 | Trailing |
| Susan L. Hathaway-Altman | IL-11 | ❓Raised doubts | 46 | 12.4 | Trailing |
| Mike Bost* | IL-12 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 4 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Terry Martin | IL-13 | ❓Raised doubts | 54 | 8.7 | Trailing |
| James T. “Jim” Marter | IL-14 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 61 | 23.4 | Trailing |
| Jack Lombardi II | IL-14 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 61 | 15.1 | Trailing |
| Jaime Milton | IL-14 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 61 | 10.5 | Trailing |
| Mary Miller* | IL-15 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 83 | 57.6 | Leading |
| Darin LaHood* | IL-16 | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 63.7 | ✓ Won |
| Michael Rebresh | IL-16 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 56 | 8.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Lee Zeldin | NY Gov. | ❓Raised doubts | 28 | 42.9 | Leading |
| Andrew Giuliani | NY Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 28 | 24.2 | Trailing |
| Markwayne Mullin | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 59 | 44.5 | Leading |
| Jackson Lahmeyer | OK Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 59 | 26.5 | ✗ Lost |
| T.W. Shannon | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 59 | 17.0 | Trailing |
| Nathan Dahm | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 59 | 11.8 | Trailing |
| Luke Holland | OK Sen. (special) | ❓Raised doubts | 59 | 11.1 | Trailing |
| Joan Farr | OK Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 59 | 5.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Scott Pruitt | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 59 | 5.0 | Trailing |
| Adam Holley | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 59 | 0.5 | Trailing |
| Mark Sherwood | OK Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 59 | 13.5 | ✗ Lost |
| Avery Frix | OK-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 87 | 14.7 | Leading |
| Johnny Teehee | OK-02 | ❓Raised doubts | 87 | 13.0 | Trailing |
| John Bennett | OK-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 87 | 11.3 | Trailing |
| Wes Nofire | OK-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 87 | 6.3 | Trailing |
| David Derby | OK-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 87 | 5.5 | Trailing |
| Dustin Roberts | OK-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 87 | 4.9 | Trailing |
| Pamela Gordon | OK-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 87 | 3.0 | Trailing |
| Frank D. Lucas* | OK-03 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 58 | 61.1 | ✓ Won |
| Wade Burleson | OK-03 | ❓Raised doubts | 58 | 30.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Tom Cole* | OK-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 63 | 69.7 | ✓ Won |
| James Taylor | OK-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 63 | 27.1 | ✗ Lost |
| Stephanie Bice* | OK-05 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 45 | 67.7 | ✓ Won |
| Chris Stewart* | UT-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 47 | 64.2 | Leading |
| Burgess Owens* | UT-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 56 | 60.4 | Leading |
In Colorado’s 7th District, we’re still stuck at 84 percent of the expected vote, but Aadland’s lead seems pretty solid, with 48 percent to Reichert’s 36 percent.
Latest count in Colorado’s 7th District GOP primary
Results of the Republican primary for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, as of 10:27 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Aadland | 33,945 | 48.0% |
| Tim Reichert | 25,779 | 36.4 |
| Laurel Imer | 11,056 | 15.6 |
In Utah’s GOP primary for Senate, the AP has projected that Sen. Mike Lee has won renomination. Still, he has 57 percent of the vote with 55 percent of the expected vote reporting, with the comparably moderate challengers — former state Rep. Becky Edwards and businesswoman Ally Isom — taking 43 percent so far. That’s interesting because in theory some of Lee’s opposition in the GOP primary might break for independent challenger Evan McMullin in the general election. McMullin won the endorsement of the Utah Democrats to set up a mostly head-to-head race in Utah.