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What Went Down During The June 28 Primary Elections
Here’s one last look at how all the election deniers and questioners on today’s ballots fared.
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 11:17 p.m. Eastern
| CANDIDATE | OFFICE | Big Lie Position | % REPORTING | VOTE SHARE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Hanks | CO Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 82% | 44.8% | ✗ Lost |
| Greg Lopez | CO Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 82 | 46.7 | ✗ Lost |
| Tina Peters | CO SoS | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 81 | 27.0 | ✗ Lost |
| Jennifer Qualteri | CO-01 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 40 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Lauren Boebert* | CO-03 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 99 | 64.4 | ✓ Won |
| Ken Buck* | CO-04 | ❓Raised doubts | 91 | 74.8 | ✓ Won |
| Robert Lewis | CO-04 | ❓Raised doubts | 91 | 25.2 | ✗ 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 | 88 | 47.9 | ✓ Won |
| Laurel Imer | CO-07 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 88 | 15.7 | ✗ Lost |
| Lori A. Saine | CO-08 | ❓Raised doubts | 59 | 19.9 | ✗ Lost |
| Peggy Hubbard | IL Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 71 | 24.1 | Trailing |
| Matthew “Matt” Dubiel | IL Sen. | ❓Raised doubts | 71 | 12.7 | Trailing |
| Robert “Bobby” Piton | IL Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 71 | 9.1 | Trailing |
| Jimmy Lee Tillman II | IL Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 71 | 5.0 | Trailing |
| Darren Bailey | IL Gov. | ❓Raised doubts | 80 | 55.0 | ✓ Won |
| Gary Rabine | IL Gov. | ❓Raised doubts | 80 | 6.1 | ✗ Lost |
| David Shestokas | IL AG | ❓Raised doubts | 69 | 21.4 | ✗ Lost |
| Eric Carlson | IL-01 | ❓Raised doubts | 68 | 40.6 | Leading |
| Geno Young | IL-01 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 68 | 14.5 | Trailing |
| Ashley Ramos | IL-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 54 | 27.8 | Trailing |
| Niki Conforti | IL-06 | ❓Raised doubts | 77 | 11.5 | Trailing |
| Scott R. Kaspar | IL-06 | ❓Raised doubts | 77 | 6.9 | Trailing |
| Robert “Rob” Cruz | IL-06 | ❓Raised doubts | 77 | 5.8 | Trailing |
| Chad Koppie | IL-08 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 60 | 13.2 | Trailing |
| Catalina Lauf | IL-11 | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 28.9 | Leading |
| Mark Joseph Carroll | IL-11 | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 21.1 | Trailing |
| Susan L. Hathaway-Altman | IL-11 | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 12.3 | Trailing |
| Mike Bost* | IL-12 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 4 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Terry Martin | IL-13 | ❓Raised doubts | 56 | 8.6 | Trailing |
| James T. “Jim” Marter | IL-14 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 74 | 24.0 | Trailing |
| Jack Lombardi II | IL-14 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 74 | 14.2 | Trailing |
| Jaime Milton | IL-14 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 74 | 10.2 | Trailing |
| Mary Miller* | IL-15 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 99 | 57.6 | ✓ Won |
| Darin LaHood* | IL-16 | ❓Raised doubts | 76 | 66.3 | ✓ Won |
| Michael Rebresh | IL-16 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 76 | 8.2 | ✗ Lost |
| Lee Zeldin | NY Gov. | ❓Raised doubts | 44 | 43.6 | ✓ Won |
| Andrew Giuliani | NY Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 44 | 23.0 | ✗ Lost |
| Markwayne Mullin | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 96 | 43.8 | Leading |
| Jackson Lahmeyer | OK Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 96 | 26.4 | ✗ Lost |
| T.W. Shannon | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 96 | 17.4 | Trailing |
| Nathan Dahm | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 96 | 12.0 | Trailing |
| Luke Holland | OK Sen. (special) | ❓Raised doubts | 96 | 11.2 | Trailing |
| Joan Farr | OK Sen. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 96 | 5.8 | ✗ Lost |
| Scott Pruitt | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 96 | 5.0 | Trailing |
| Adam Holley | OK Sen. (special) | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 96 | 0.5 | Trailing |
| Mark Sherwood | OK Gov. | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 97 | 13.3 | ✗ 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 | 59 | 61.1 | ✓ Won |
| Wade Burleson | OK-03 | ❓Raised doubts | 59 | 30.6 | ✗ Lost |
| Tom Cole* | OK-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 64 | 69.8 | ✓ Won |
| James Taylor | OK-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 64 | 27.0 | ✗ Lost |
| Stephanie Bice* | OK-05 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 59 | 68.3 | ✓ Won |
| Chris Stewart* | UT-02 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 84 | 72.1 | ✓ Won |
| Burgess Owens* | UT-04 | 🚫 Denied legitimacy | 56 | 60.4 | ✓ Won |
The Associated Press has called the Democratic primary in Illinois’s 17th District for Eric Sorensen. The former meteorologist is hoping for a sunny outlook in the general election against Republican Esther Joy King, but he’ll be facing heavy headwinds in this Republican-leaning national environment.
Well, as we get ready to shutter down the live blog, there’s one less race that’s hanging in suspense. ABC News reports that Markwayne Mullin and T.W. Shannon are projected to advance to a runoff in the Republican primary in Oklahoma’s special election for the Senate.