Former White House political adviser Brian Jack won a Republican primary runoff election on Tuesday night and will move on to the general election in November.
Jack, who previously worked for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), received 16,915 votes, or 66 percent of the vote, while his opponent, Mike Duggan, received 8,727 votes, or 34 percent. The New York Times. Associated Press I called the race.
Ahead of the election, Fox News Reports Dugan, a former Georgia Senate Majority Leader, called Jack a “D.C. insider.”
According to the outlet, Dugan was referring to “out-of-state financial support” for Jack’s campaign, to which Jack responded by criticizing Dugan for his previous support of a 2015 transportation bill that would have increased gas taxes to fund infrastructure and maintenance improvements.
On the Democratic side, retired Lt. Col. Maura Keller received He received 13,237 votes, or 53 percent, while his opponent, Val Almonordo, received 11,730 votes, or 47 percent.
Jack and Keller will face off in November.
