RI-1: One Less Candidate: Democratic attorney Don Carlson has withdrawn from the special congressional election, just eight days before the September 5th special primary election conducted to replace resigned US Rep. David Cicilline (D). Reports surfacing that he was fired in 2019 from his position as an educator at Williams College due to “sexually inappropriate conduct” created enough negative publicity to force Mr. Carlson from the race before voting began, buy it is too late to remove his name will remain from the ballot.
The leading candidates for the party nomination appear to be former state Representative Aaron Regunberg and ex-Biden and Obama White House aide Gabe Amo. TX-23: Sheriff Decides not to Challenge Rep. Gonzales: Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland (R) announced yesterday that he would not follow through with plans to challenge two-term Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-San Antonio). Earlier in the year, Sheriff Cleveland had filed a congressional exploratory committee. In the Republican primary race are retired ICE agent Victor Avila and Medina County Republican chair Julie Clark, along with two minor candidates. Surprisingly, Democrats have yet to recruit a strong candidate in this district that has a history of flipping back and forth between the parties. Redistricting made the seat more Republican, however. The FiveThirtyEight data organization rates the seat as R+13, while Dave’s Redistricting App calculates the partisan lean at 52.5R – 45.4D. UT-2: Convention Choice Badly Trails in Poll: Dan Jones & Associates, a regular Utah pollster, just published the UT-2 special election survey conducted for the Deseret News and the University of Utah earlier in the month. The study (8/7-14; 471 UT-2 registered Republican voters) sees ex-state Representative and 2022 US Senate candidate Becky Edwards leading her two opponents with 32% of the vote. Former Republican National Committeeman Bruce Hough trails with 11% support, while congressional legal counsel Celeste Maloy, who won the special congressional district convention, is well back with only 9% support. The special primary election is scheduled for September 5th. State Senator Kathleen Riebe (D-Cottonwood Heights) is unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Incumbent Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Farmington) will resign his seat due to family matters on September 15th. The special general election will be held November 21st. Comments are closed.
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