Three Republican primary candidates in Colorado who backed former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election lost their bids Tuesday to more moderate rivals, while a far-right candidate won the GOP’s nomination for the Illinois gubernatorial race, capping off another night of mixed results for Trump-supporting candidates.
Colorado state Rep. Ron Hanks, who attended the January 6 ‘Stop the Steal’ rally in Washington D.C. last year and supports Trump’s false claims about the 2020 elections, lost the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat to businessman Joe O’Dea, who has publicly acknowledged Biden’s victory.
Tina Peters, a Mesa county clerk who has been indicted for breaching vote-counting machines in an effort to prove Trump’s false claims about election rigging, lost her primary for the Colorado secretary of state to Pam Anderson, a moderate Republican and Trump critic.
The GOP primary for the Illinois governor’s race was won by far-right state senator Darren Bailey who will now take on the incumbent Democratic governor J.B. Pritzker in November.
Bailey's victory was partially aided by a risky strategy adopted by Pritzker and his Democratic allies, who spent $30 million to aid the far-right candidate who they perceive will be easier to beat in November.
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), one of the Republicans who voted against certifying the Presidential election results on January 6, won the GOP’s nomination for the New York Governor’s race, beating...
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