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Trump loyalty tests, major battlegrounds and more: What to watch in Tuesday’s elections


Kampeni ya Purezidenti Donald Trump yoletsa kusagwirizana m’chipani chake ikukumana ndi mayeso odziwika kwambiri pomwe akuyang’ana Rep. Thomas Massie ku Kentucky Lachiwiri, pomwe ofuna ku GOP m’dziko lonselo akuyang’ana kuti athandizire kuvomereza kwake pama primaries.

Pakadali pano, kukakamiza kwa Trump kuti agonjetse a Republican omwe adamuwoloka adapambana m’ma primaries ena a Meyi, kuthamangitsa zigawo zingapo za Indiana kuyambira ndikumaliza ntchito ya Sen. Bill Cassidy Loweruka ku Louisiana.

Koma ndi Massie yemwe adakopa chidwi kwambiri ndi Trump Pakati pa mikangano mobwerezabwereza ndi zovuta zingapo, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ndale za Trump zigwiritse ntchito kampeni. Zoyimba za Massie zotsutsana ndi omwe kale anali a Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein adagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri zotsatsa kuposa nyumba ina iliyonse m’mbiri ya US, malinga ndi kampani yotsatsa malonda AdImpact.

Choyimbirachi ndi chomwe chikupikisana kwambiri pachisankho m’maboma asanu ndi limodzi Lachiwiri: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon ndi Pennsylvania.

Kukhulupirika kwa Trump ndikwapamwamba kwambiri m’mitundu ina, nawonso, a Republican amasankha osankhidwa pamipikisano yapadziko lonse lapansi monga ma primaries ofunikira a gubernatorial ndi Senate ku Georgia. Wopambana mu mpikisano wa Senate ya Georgia adzakumana ndi Sen. Jon Ossoff wa Democratic mu umodzi mwa mipikisano yovuta kwambiri ya chisankho chapakati pa nthawi.

Pakadali pano, ovota akuyamba kukonza nkhondo yoyang’anira Nyumbayi m’njira yayikulu, kusankha osankhidwa pamipikisano yamabwalo ankhondo yomwe ingathandize kusankha ambiri mu kugwa, komanso pamipando yotetezeka momwe opambana pama primaries ovuta adzakhala panjira zolowera ku Congress mu 2027.

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Trump mayeso

Trump avomereza anthu khumi ndi awiri omwe akufuna kukhala muofesi ya federal kapena mipikisano ya kazembe ndi ma primaries Lachiwiri, koma Mpikisano wa Massie uli pakatikati.

Massie adapita ku Washington ngati “phwando la tiyi” waku Republican mu 2012 ndipo wakhala akukayikira kwambiri ndalama zomwe boma limagwiritsa ntchito komanso zosokoneza zakunja. Izo zamupanga iye a munga m’mbali mwa Trump M’mawu ake onse ku White House, posachedwapa pankhani zankhondo yaku Iran, kukakamiza kumasula mafayilo okhudzana ndi Jeffrey Epstein yemwe adapezeka ndi milandu yokhudzana ndi kugonana komanso kusaina kwa msonkho ndi ndalama za Trump chaka chatha.

Trump ndi ogwirizana nawo akuluakulu adalimbikitsa kuyesetsa kwakukulu kuti alimbikitse Gallrein. Pafupifupi $ 33 miliyoni agwiritsidwa ntchito potsatsa, makamaka kuchokera ku ma PAC apamwamba omwe akuthandiza onse ofuna kusankhidwa, komanso magulu a pro-Israel otsutsana ndi Massie.

Kuvomereza kwa a Trump kudzayesedwa m’ma primaries Lachiwiri, ndipo nthawi zina, omwe amawakonda akuyembekezeka kukakamizidwa kulowa m’ma primaries.

Amaphatikizanso zomwe adasankha paudindo waku Georgia, pomwe adavomereza Lt. Gov. Burt Jones pampikisano wolowa m’malo a GOP Gov. Brian Kemp. Woyang’anira zaumoyo wa mabiliyoni a Rick Jackson ali ndi adasokoneza ma airwaves aku Georgia mu mpikisanowu, womwe ukuphatikizanso Mlembi wa boma a Brad Raffensperger, omwe adasemphana ndi Trump pambuyo pa chisankho cha 2020, ndi Woyimira Boma wamkulu Chris Carr.

DOnald Trump, kumanzere, ndi Burt Jones amalankhula pafupi ndi gulu la anthu mkati mwa lesitilanti
Purezidenti Donald Trump ndi Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones pamodzi ku Rome, Ga., pa Feb. 19.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images file

Mapulaimale omwe ali ndi anthu ambiri amapangitsa kuti pasakhale woyimilira m’modzi yemwe angapambane mavoti ambiri, kotero kuti ovotera awiri apamwamba apitilira mulingo wachiwiri wa June 16.

Meya wakale wa Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms atha kukakamizidwanso kuti alowe mu chisankho cha Democratic, popeza kuti pulayimale ilinso ndi anthu angapo, kuphatikiza Sen. Jason Esteves, yemwe kale anali Commissioner wa Labor ndi DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond ndi wakale Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, yemwe adatumikira ngati Republican koma kenako adasintha zipani.

Trump adathandiziranso Rep. Barry Moore pa mpikisano wa Alabama kuti alowe m’malo mwa GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville, yemwe akuthamangira kazembe ndi kuvomerezedwa ndi Trump. Tuberville akuyembekezeka kudutsa mu pulaimale yake, ndipo atha kukumananso ndi Sen. Doug Jones wakale, yemwe adamugonjetsa mu mpikisano wa Senate ya 2020, ngati Jones atapambana chisankho cha Democratic.

Moore akuyang’anizana ndi bwalo la Senate ya Republican kuphatikiza Woyimira boma wamkulu Steve Marshall, wakale wa Navy SEAL Jared Hudson ndi wamalonda Rodney Walker. Padzakhala chibwereza cha June 16 ngati palibe ofuna kuthandizidwa Lachiwiri.

Trump adathandizira kukhazikitsa pulayimale ya Kentucky GOP Senate pomwe adathandizira Rep. Andy Barr mwezi uno mu mpikisano wolowa m’malo mwa Sen. Mitch McConnell yemwe adapuma. M’modzi mwa otsutsa akuluakulu a Barr, wabizinesi Nate Morris, adamaliza kampeni yake atavomera kazembe wa Trump.

Woyimira boma wakale wakale a Daniel Cameron akadali pa mpikisanowu, ngakhale adatsata Barr ndi Morris popeza ndalama.

A Trump avomereza mipikisano ina, akuthandizira aliyense waku Republican yemwe ali ndi mwayi wovotera Lachiwiri kupatula m’modzi, Brian Fitzpatrick waku Pennsylvania, yemwe sanatsutsidwe m’masukulu ake apamwamba ndipo adatalikirana ndi Trump m’chigawo chake chofiirira.

M’mipando yowonekera yofiyira kwambiri, a Trump adavomerezanso wakale wakale wa Tennessee Health Commissioner Ralph Alvarado mu pulaimale yodzaza ndi anthu aku Republican kuti alowe m’malo mwa Barr m’boma la 6th ku Kentucky, Jim Kingston akufuna kuti akhale pampando wa Georgia 1st District omwe bambo ake adachitapo ndi Rep. Houston Gaines m’chigawo cha 10 cha Georgia.

Zodziwika za chipani pamzere

Ma primaries ena Lachiwiri amapempha ma Republican ndi ma Democrat kuti asankhe pakati pa omwe ali ndi zipani zawo.

Pampikisano wokangana kwambiri ku Georgia GOP Senate kuti atenge Ossoff, maseneta awiri – Reps. Mike Collins ndi Buddy Carter – adzipanga okha ngati ogwirizana a Trump. Winanso wamkulu, yemwe anali mphunzitsi wakale wa mpira waku koleji, Derek Dooley, adafuna kuvomerezedwa ndi a Trump, koma adakhazikitsanso “utsogoleri wosiyanasiyana” ku Washington, kuyitanitsa kusintha kofanana ndi malire amisonkhano komanso kuletsa malonda azamalamulo.

Dooley amathandizidwanso ndi Kemp, bwanamkubwa, yemwe adasemphana ndi Trump pachisankho cha 2020 koma adagonjetseratu wotsutsa wamkulu wothandizidwa ndi Trump mu 2022. Mpikisano udzakhalanso chinsinsi. Kuyesedwa kwa mphamvu ya Kemp mu Republican Party yake pomwe ubwanamkubwa wake ukutha ndipo akuganiza zokhala Purezidenti mu 2028.

Nkhondo yomenyera moyo wa GOP ikuseweranso mumpikisano wodzaza anthu kuti Secretary of State wa Georgia alowe m’malo mwa Raffensperger.

Chipani cha Republican chili ndi a Gabriel Sterling, yemwe anali mkulu woyang’anira ofesi ya mlembi wa boma, yemwe anali pagulu poteteza boma pazisankho za 2020; Mtsogoleri wakale wa boma Vernon Jones, yemwe kale anali Democrat yemwe adabwereza mobwerezabwereza zonena zabodza za Trump za chinyengo cha chisankho mu 2020; State Rep. Tim Fleming, wamkulu wakale wa Kemp; Msilikali wakale wa Air Force Kelvin King, yemwe adathamangira Nyumba ya Senate popanda kupambana mu 2022; komanso Purezidenti wakale wa Georgia Libertarian Party Ted Metz.

Mademokalase amakumananso ndi zisankho zazikulu pama primaries ochepa ofunikira, m’mabwalo ankhondo komanso m’maboma otetezeka abuluu.

Chigawo chachisanu ndi chiwiri ku Pennsylvania chikuyembekezeka kuchita nawo mpikisano wampikisano wopikisana kwambiri wa House House kugwa uku, koma ma Democrat ayenera kusankha choyambirira chodzaza anthu ambiri, chodzaza ndi ochepa. ofuna odziwika omwe ali ndi malingaliro osiyanasiyana a mlanduwo.

Bob Brooks, mtsogoleri wa bungwe la ozimitsa moto mothandizidwa ndi Boma la Pennsylvania a Josh Shapiro ndi Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., akulemba uthenga wachuma ndikudziwonetsa ngati “wosankhidwa wantchito” yemwe amatha kukhumudwitsa ovota. Pakadali pano, yemwe anali woimira boma pamilandu Ryan Crosswell akuyesera kudzipanga yekha ngati yankho la kayendetsedwe ka “zopanda malamulo”.

Mtsogoleri wakale wakale wa Northampton County Lamont McClure komanso wothandizira wakale wa Senate Carol Obando-Derstine nawonso akuthamanga – ndipo McClure walandira ndalama zambiri zotsatsira zotsatsa kuchokera ku gulu lomwe limagwirizana ndi aku Republican.

Ndiye pali zigawo ziwiri zotetezeka za demokalase zomwe zili ndi minda yodzaza anthu ambiri, imodzi ku Pennsylvania ndi ina ku Georgia.

Chigawo chachitatu cha Pennsylvania, mpando wabuluu wakuya ku Philadelphia womwe ukuchotsedwa ndi Rep. Dwight Evans wopuma, mosakayikira ndiye kutsogolo pankhondo yolimbana ndi chipani cha Democratic Party pakati pa opita patsogolo ndi okonda miyambo.

Kumeneko, wapampando wakale wa chipani cha boma Sharif Street akuyenda mothandizidwa ndi Meya wa Philadelphia Cherelle Parker ndi mzinda wa Democratic Party, pomwe Rep. Chris Rabb wavomerezedwa ndi otsogola otchuka monga Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D.N.Y.

Ndipo Chigawo cha Georgia cha 13, chomwe chinasiyidwa ndi imfa ya Democratic Rep. David Scott, chikuwonetsa mpikisano wina wodzaza ndi anthu pampando wa buluu wakuya m’midzi ya Atlanta, ndi ofuna ku Nyumba Yamalamulo ya boma, boma la m’deralo ndi nyenyezi yakale ya TV yothandizidwa ndi Fulton County District Loya Fani Willis.

Nkhondo ya Nyumbayi ikuchitika

Lachiwiri lidzalimbitsa mpikisano wa kazembe wa Pennsylvania, womwe wakhazikitsidwa kwa miyezi ingapo kuyambira pomwe a Shapiro, bwanamkubwa wa Democratic, ndi msungichuma wa boma la Republican a Stacy Garrity akuyenda mosatsutsidwa. Trump adavomerezanso kampeni ya Garrity.

Kufuna kwa Shapiro kwa nthawi yachiwiri kudzakhala mpikisano wofunikira kuwonera chifukwa Pennsylvania ndi bwalo lankhondo losatha, koma zitha kukhalanso chiyeso champhamvu zake pandale pomwe akuyesa kuthamangira Purezidenti mu 2028.

Pamodzi ndi Chigawo Chachisanu ndi chiwiri, ma primaries a Lachiwiri akhazikitsa matchups mumipikisano ina itatu yakunyumba yaku Pennsylvania.

Meya wa Scranton, Paige Cognetti, akuthamanga mosagwirizana ndi pulayimale ya demokalase m’chigawo cha 8, komwe atengana ndi woimira Republican Rob Bresnahan, yemwenso akuthamanga mosatsutsidwa. Ndipo mlembi wakale wa TV wa Democratic Janelle Stelson akuyembekezeka kukumana ndi zotsutsa pang’ono panjira yake yobwereranso ndi GOP Rep. Scott Perry m’chigawo cha 10.

Ma Democrat alinso ndi choyambirira mu Chigawo choyamba kuti asankhe yemwe angatenge Fitzpatrick, malo omenyera nkhondo osatha omwe ali ndi mbiri yosagonjetseka yamasankho ku Philadelphia. Wopereka ndalama zapamwamba mu pulayimale ya Democratic ndi Commissioner wa Bucks County wovomerezedwa ndi Shapiro Bob Harvie, ndipo akukumana ndi otsutsa ochepa.

Mpikisano wina womwe uli m’mphepete mwa bwalo lankhondo la House ndi Oregon’s 5th District, komwe Commissioner wa Deschutes County Patti Adair ndi wothandizira wakale wa Republican a Jonathan Lockwood akupikisana kukumana ndi Rep. Janelle Bynum wa Democratic.

Mitundu ina kuti muwone

Ovota ku Georgia nawonso adzaponya mavoti awo m’mipikisano iwiri ya Khothi Lalikulu lamilandu, komanso gawo lachitatu lomwe wosankhidwayo akuthamanga mosatsutsidwa.

Malingaliro a bwalo lamilandu sangatengeke pamipikisano yosagwirizana ndiukadaulo Lachiwiri. Koma oweruza onsewa kuti asankhidwenso adasankhidwa ndi kazembe waku Republican, ndi omwe adawatsutsa amathandizidwa ndi ma Democrat odziwika.

Ovota akhazikitsanso ma matchups m’mipikisano ina yapadziko lonse lapansi, ngakhale sakuyembekezeka kupikisana mu Novembala.

Ku Oregon, a Republican adzasankha opikisana nawo kuti atenge Gov. Tina Kotek ndi Sen. Jeff Merkley. Mpikisano woyamba wa Kotek mu 2022 unali woyandikira kuposa masiku onse m’boma lomwe silinasankhe bwanamkubwa waku Republican kuyambira 1982, chifukwa munthu wodziwika bwino, wakale wakale wazamalamulo ku Democratic state adakhala wodziyimira pawokha. Chaka chino, osankhidwa apamwamba pa mbali ya GOP akuphatikizapo boma Sen. Christine Drazan, wosankhidwa wa GOP yemwe anataya Kotek mu 2022; wosewera wakale wakale wa basketball Chris Dudley, yemwe adasankhidwa kukhala bwanamkubwa mu 2010; ndi Rep. Ed Diehl.

Ku Kentucky, gulu la anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi chiyembekezo cha Senate akuphatikizapo msilikali wa Navy Amy McGrath ndi yemwe kale anali Rep. Charles Booker.

Ku Idaho, GOP Sen. Jim Risch ndi GOP Gov. Brad Little akuthamangira kusankhidwanso. Onse awiri adavomerezedwa ndi a Trump, ndipo Little adamuthandizira atagonjetsa woyimira kumbuyo kwa Trump pamapulaimale ake a 2022.

Anthu aku Republican akuyembekezeka kupambana mitundu yonse iwiri ya Idaho mu Novembala, ngakhale pali munthu wodziyimira pawokha pa mpikisano wa Senate, yemwe kale anali Rep. Todd Achilles, yemwe kale anali Democrat. Achilles ndi m’modzi mwa ambiri odziyimira pawokha akuthamangira Senate m’mayiko ofiira.