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What Went Down During The June 28 Primary Elections
Even as more results trickle in, we still don’t know the outcome of a few key races where progressive-backed candidates are running.
In Illinois’s 7th District, Kina Collins — who has support from Justice Dems, Sunrise Movement and Indivisible — is trailing Biden-backed incumbent, Danny Davis, 46 percent to 51 percent, with 65 percent of the expected vote reporting. In Illinois’s 17th District, the Indivisible and Our Revolution endorsed candidate, Litesa Wallace, is in second place with 21 percent of the vote, while meteorologist Eric Sorensen is in first place with 40 percent of the vote and 42 percent of the expected vote reporting. Jonathan Jackson is leading by 9 points in Illinois’s 1st District, with 76 percent of the expected vote reporting. Progressive- and EMILY’s List-endorsed candidate Marie Newman has lost in Illinois’s 6th District, but Delia Ramirez’s win in Illinois’s 3rd District is a big win for the Progressive Caucus.
How progressives are doing tonight
Senate, House and governor candidates endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Indivisible, Justice Democrats, Our Revolution, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Sen. Bernie Sanders or the Sunrise Movement in Democratic primaries and runoffs in Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah, as of 10:55 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Office | % Reporting | Vote Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Neguse* | CO-02 | 81% | 100.0% | ✓ Won |
| Jonathan L. Jackson | IL-01 | 76 | 28.7 | Leading |
| Delia Ramirez | IL-03 | 75 | 65.5 | ✓ Won |
| Marie Newman* | IL-06 | 79 | 29.0 | ✗ Lost |
| Kina Collins | IL-07 | 71 | 45.8 | Trailing |
| Junaid Ahmed | IL-08 | 45 | 27.9 | ✗ Lost |
| Litesa Wallace | IL-17 | 49 | 20.9 | Trailing |
| Jumaane D. Williams | NY Gov. | 69 | 20.0 | ✗ Lost |
With 84 percent of the expected vote in, ABC News is reporting that Erik Aadland is projected to win the Republican primary in Colorado’s 7th District. He will face state Sen. Brittany Pettersen in the fall.
As I wrote earlier tonight, female candidates arguably get a small boost in political environments where “women’s issues” are top of mind, largely because they are seen as more competent on those issues than men. Of course, whether renewed attention to abortion rights is helping women tonight is difficult to know, but it’s something to keep an eye on throughout this primary season and in November.
Thus far in primaries, the GOP continues to lag behind Democrats when it comes to nominating women, but that’s typical. Perhaps more interesting is that the GOP is lagging behind their 2020 numbers — according to the Center for American Women in Politics, Republican women are 18 percent of their party’s House nominees compared with 23 percent in 2020, and 7 percent of their Senate nominees compared with 26 percent in 2020.
Tonight, although their overall win record is low, in at least one key race a Republican woman did well. As Maggie covered, Esther Joy King is the projected winner in Illinois’s 17th District, where she will get to run against a Democrat in an open primary, thanks to a retirement. And Republicans will nominate Heidi Ganahl for Colorado governor, to face favored incumbent Jared Polis. In Illinois’s 11th District, Catalina Lauf is leading, as is Regan Deering in Illinois’s 13th District, however, according to Cook Political Report, both of these districts favor Democrats.
How Republican women are doing tonight
Women running for Senate, House and governor and their results in Republican primaries and runoffs in Colorado, Illinois, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma and Utah, as of 10:43 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Office | % Reporting | Vote Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Ganahl | CO Gov. | 80% | 53.1% | ✓ Won |
| Jennifer Qualteri | CO-01 | 40 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Lauren Boebert* | CO-03 | 95 | 64.1 | ✓ Won |
| Rebecca Keltie | CO-05 | 83 | 12.6 | ✗ Lost |
| Laurel Imer | CO-07 | 84 | 15.6 | Trailing |
| Barbara Kirkmeyer | CO-08 | 53 | 40.9 | Leading |
| Jan Kulmann | CO-08 | 53 | 22.8 | Trailing |
| Lori A. Saine | CO-08 | 53 | 19.6 | Trailing |
| Kathy Salvi | IL Sen. | 60 | 30.8 | Leading |
| Peggy Hubbard | IL Sen. | 60 | 23.7 | Trailing |
| Philanise White | IL-01 | 67 | 5.7 | Trailing |
| Ashley Ramos | IL-02 | 46 | 28.8 | Trailing |
| Malgorzata McGonigal | IL-05 | 59 | 44.7 | Trailing |
| Niki Conforti | IL-06 | 67 | 10.8 | Trailing |
| Catherine A. O’Shea | IL-06 | 67 | 9.9 | Trailing |
| Karen Kolodziej | IL-08 | 54 | 17.7 | Trailing |
| Catalina Lauf | IL-11 | 49 | 28.7 | Leading |
| Susan L. Hathaway-Altman | IL-11 | 49 | 12.3 | Trailing |
| Cassandra Tanner Miller | IL-11 | 49 | 7.2 | Trailing |
| Andrea Heeg | IL-11 | 49 | 7.0 | Trailing |
| Regan Deering | IL-13 | 55 | 35.3 | Leading |
| Jaime Milton | IL-14 | 64 | 10.3 | Trailing |
| Mary Miller* | IL-15 | 95 | 57.1 | ✓ Won |
| JoAnne Guillemette | IL-16 | 59 | 13.1 | ✗ Lost |
| Esther Joy King | IL-17 | 53 | 71.2 | ✓ Won |
| Joan Farr | OK Sen. | 61 | 5.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Laura Moreno | OK Sen. (special) | 61 | 1.8 | Trailing |
| Jessica Jean Garrison | OK Sen. (special) | 61 | 1.7 | Trailing |
| Moira McCabe | OK Gov. | 61 | 3.3 | ✗ Lost |
| Pamela Gordon | OK-02 | 87 | 3.0 | Trailing |
| Rhonda Hopkins | OK-02 | 87 | 1.7 | Trailing |
| Stephanie Bice* | OK-05 | 49 | 67.8 | ✓ Won |
| Subrina Banks | OK-05 | 49 | 32.2 | ✗ Lost |
| Becky Edwards | UT Sen. | 61 | 32.9 | ✗ Lost |
| Ally Isom | UT Sen. | 61 | 8.4 | ✗ Lost |
| Tina Cannon | UT-01 | 54 | 14.9 | ✗ Lost |
| Erin Rider | UT-02 | 56 | 32.8 | ✗ Lost |