Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon will hold primaries on Tuesday, including several legislative showdowns that could shape key contests in the fall battle for control of the House. .
And in a move that will give Republicans some breathing room as they defend their fragile and razor-thin majorities, voters in California’s congressional districts will choose a successor to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
But in a day of coast-to-coast races, the one likely to garner the most attention is the Atlanta county prosecutor primary.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is leading the prosecution of former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election interference case, is being replaced by the Democratic primary from attorney Christian Wise Smith in a rematch of their race four years ago. is facing an election challenge.
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis watches a hearing in the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump case at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on March 1, 2024. (Alex Slitspool/Getty Images)
Willis has come under much scrutiny for his handling of the mass extortion case against President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he narrowly lost to President Biden in Georgia.
About two months ago, a judge ruled that Willis could continue to lead the prosecution of the case as long as special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom Willis appointed and had a romantic relationship with, resigns.
Willis is expected to fend off a challenge from local attorney Christian Wise Smith in the primary, but could face further attacks in the general election from Republican Courtney Cramer, an attorney intern for Trump. Highly sexual.
The judge in the Trump case, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, is also up for re-election and is facing a bipartisan challenge from attorney and radio host Robert Pattillo.
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Georgia does not hold gubernatorial or senate races this year, so the state’s 14 congressional districts will be the largest.
Controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has garnered attention as a Trump ally, is a Republican from Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, located in the state’s deeply conservative northwest corner. He is running unopposed in the primary election.
Four Democrats will face off against Greene in the November election.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, speaks to members of the media after the third round of voting in the first session of the 118th Congress on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 in Washington, DC, USA. Member of Parliament. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump is taking sides in the Republican primary for the open 3rd Congressional District seat in west-central Georgia. The former president has backed his former adviser Brian Jack, who is facing off against five rivals in the far-right red zone.
Two Democratic incumbents, Rep. Lucy McBath and Rep. David Scott, will face off in a primary election in metro Atlanta’s redistricting district. So does Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk.
In Oregon, two congressional primaries are pitting progressives and establishment Democrats against each other.
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In the deep-blue Portland-based 3rd Congressional District, two candidates are facing off in the race to succeed longtime Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer.
And in the 5th Congressional District, a key battleground district stretching south from the Portland suburbs that will likely help determine whether Republicans can maintain their majority, Democrats narrowly won two Republican Reps. Lori – Will choose a candidate to run against Chavez Delemer. years ago.
Meanwhile, Republicans plan to elect candidates for the state’s 4th and 6th Congressional Districts, with Republicans aiming to turn blue seats into red seats in November.
South of Oregon, California is holding an all-Republican special election to fill the remainder of Mr. McCarthy’s term in the red 20th District in the southern part of the state’s Central Valley.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, hours after being removed as Speaker of the House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Vince Fong, a state representative and former McCarthy area mayor, will face off against local county sheriff Mike Boudreau, backed by the former speaker of the House and supported by President Trump.
The winner would fill the seat by the end of the year, immediately increasing the Republicans’ current majority of 217-213 by one.
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Fong and Boudreau will face off again in November, each serving two more two-year terms.
On May 1, 2024, Republican Representatives Thomas Massie (Kentucky) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson held a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Demanding dismissal (Photo taken on May 1, 2024). AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
A notable race in Kentucky is the Republican primary for the 4th Congressional District, with Thomas Massie, who supported Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the Republican presidential primary and pushed for the ouster of current House Speaker Mike Johnson with Greene. A member of the House of Representatives is facing an election. A challenge from Trump supporter Eric Deters.
Presidential primaries will also be held in Kentucky and Oregon on Tuesday.
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