Kuvomereza kwa Purezidenti Donald Trump kudzayesedwanso pama primaries angapo aku Republican Lachiwiri, komwe kudzakhalanso kuyambika kwa zisankho zazikulu za Senate ndi kazembe ku Georgia.
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Ovota apita ku zisankho ku Oklahoma, komanso District of Columbia, komwe nkhondo yomenyera meya yawonetsa magawano ambiri mu Democratic Party. Ndipo Alabama ndi Georgia ali ndi mavoti omaliza mumipikisano pomwe palibe wopambana yemwe adapambana mavoti ambiri pa Meyi 19.
Ku California, ovota mu 14th Congressional District adzayesa m’malo mwa Eric Swalwell wakale wa Democratic Rep, ngakhale kuti chisankho chapaderachi chikhoza kutsogolera chisankho chapadera mu August ngati palibe wopambana adzapambana mavoti ambiri a Lachiwiri a zipani zonse.
Nayi mipikisano yayikulu yomwe mungawone Lachiwiri:
Trump akusankha Georgia
Trump adachita kuvomereza kwa mphindi yomaliza mu Republican Senate runoff ku Georgia, akuthandizira GOP Rep. Mike Collins m’mawa kwambiri Lamlungu m’mawa. Collins akukumana ndi mphunzitsi wakale wa mpira Derek Dooley, ndipo wopambana adzakumana ndi Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff mu November pa mpikisano womwe udzakhala pakati pa nkhondo ya Senate.
Collins adamaliza koyamba mu pulaimale ya Meyi 19 ndi 40% ya mavoti ku 30% ya Dooley. Collins mwachangu adalimbikitsa kuvomereza kwa Trump pamawayilesi, kukonzanso imodzi mwa malo ake a TV kuti adziwe kuti ali ndi chithandizo cha Purezidenti.
Dooley, pakadali pano, ali ndalimbikitsidwa kuchokera ku Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Bwanamkubwayo ali pafupi kwambiri ndi banja la a Dooley – abambo a Dooley anali mphunzitsi wodziwika bwino wa mpira waku University of Georgia – ndipo Kemp ndi mkazi wake adalumikizana ndi Dooley panjira yochitira kampeni nthawi yonse ya pulaimale. Kemp adawonekeranso mkati Zotsatsa za Dooley kampenizomwe zapanga Dooley ngati mlendo wandale yemwe “adzagwira ntchito ndi Purezidenti Trump ndikuyika Georgia patsogolo nthawi zonse.”
Kemp adauza atolankhani Lolemba kuti “adadziwika bwino ndi purezidenti chifukwa chake ndimaganiza kuti tikufunika msilikali wandale pa mpikisanowu.” Ndipo mlendo wabwino kwambiri wandale anali Derek Dooley kuti amenye Jon Ossoff. Ndipo mwachiwonekere sanagwirizane nazo.
Dooley wakhala akugwiritsa ntchito Collins pa ma airwaves kuyambira pulayimale, koma Collins adanenanso kuti adachita bwino m’mapulaimale. Iye amaponyedwa ngati chizindikiro cha chithandizo champhamvu chapansi.
Collins adadzipanga ngati mnzake wodalirika wa Trump, akunena mkangano wothamangitsidwa kuti iye ndi “kavalo wantchito” ndipo amawona pafupipafupi panjira komanso pazotsatsa zomwe adalemba Laken Riley Act, njira yokakamiza anthu olowa m’mayiko ena yomwe inali bilu yoyamba yomwe Trump adasaina kukhala lamulo mu gawo lake lachiwiri.
Collins adayambitsanso mikangano ina. Iye posachedwapa adachotsa wogwira ntchito kwanthawi yayitaliBrandon Phillips, kuchokera zonse kampeni ndi ake ofesi ya Congressmalinga ndi Atlanta Journal Constitution, atafalitsa mawu onyoza m’malo mwa akaunti ya Collins pa X.
Phillips nayenso anali pakatikati pa a Komiti ya House Ethics ikufufuza kuti adziwe ngati Collins anagwiritsa ntchito molakwika ndalama za khonsolo polipira a Phillips pantchito ya kampeni komanso kugwiritsa ntchito chibwenzi cha Phillips, yemwe sanagwire ntchito kuofesiyo. Collins wanena kuti zonenazo ndi “zabodza.”
Panthawiyi, Kemp sakanatha kuyitanitsanso chisankho cha bwanamkubwa chifukwa cha malire a nthawi, komanso mpikisano wosankha GOP mpaka kuthamangitsidwa pakati pa Lt. amene angathe-MAGA winayo. Opambana adzakumana ndi Meya wakale wa Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms, wosankhidwa ndi Democratic, mu Novembala.
A Jones adalimbikitsa kuvomereza kwa Trump pa mpikisanowu, ndipo Purezidenti adamupangira ma telerallies awiri. Jones adakondwera kwambiri ndi a Trump kutsatira zisankho za 2020 pomwe anali pagulu la osankhidwa a Purezidenti omwe adavotera a Trump ku Capitol boma pambuyo poti mkulu wina watsimikizira kugonjetsedwa kwake ndi a Joe Biden.
Kemp adathandiziranso a Jones patangotsala masiku ochepa kuti ayambe. Atafunsidwa chifukwa chomwe adathandizira munthu wakunja pa mpikisano wa Senate koma osati mpikisano wa kazembe, Kemp adauza atolankhani Lolemba kuti ovota ali ndi malingaliro abwino pa kayendetsedwe kake, “ndipo tikufuna kuti izi zipitirire.”
Jackson adadziyerekezanso ndi purezidenti, akudziwonetsa ngati munthu wolemera wakunja, wochita bizinesi komanso wothandizira kusintha, nthawi zambiri amati, “Ndikhala bwanamkubwa wokondedwa wa Trump.” Biliyoniyo wawononga ndalama zake zoposa $100 miliyoni pa mpikisanowu, kudzaza mawawa aku Georgia ndi zotsatsa.
Palibe kutsimikizika pazomwe ovota aku Republican omwe adathandizira omaliza pachitatu ndi chinayi pampikisano woyambirira wa Meyi 19 adzachita – komanso ngati abweranso. Jackson adachita mwaukali anthu ovota omwe adathandizira Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ndi Woyimira Boma wamkulu Chris Carr, ndipo Carr adavomereza Jackson poyera, akuwonekera potsatsa kuti alankhule za thandizo lake. Raffensperger adapeza 15% yamavoti pachisankho cha Meyi 19, pomwe Carr adapeza 12%.
Msonkhano wa Senate ya Alabama
GOP pulayimale kuti alowe m’malo mwa Sen. Tommy Tuberville, yemwe akuthamangira kwa bwanamkubwa, adapita kumalo othamanga pakati pa Rep. Barry Moore ndi Jared Hudson, yemwe kale anali Navy SEAL. Moore, yemwe adavomerezedwa ndi a Trump, adamaliza koyamba mu pulaimale ya Meyi 19 ndi 39% ya mavoti, kutsatiridwa ndi Hudson pa 26%.
Kuthamangako kwawonetsa pafupifupi $ 7 miliyoni pazotsatsa, makamaka kulimbikitsa Moore, malinga ndi AdImpact. The congressman atatu akuti wapeza thandizo ku Defend American Jobs, wapamwamba PAC womangidwa makampani cryptocurrency, ndi gulu lina ndalama mwa zina ndi Conservative Club for Growth Action, amene anavomereza Moore. Magulu atero adavomereza kuvomereza kwa Trump ndipo adafuna kumuponya Hudson ngati “Mademokalase akuthamangira akavalo.”
Hudson ali adadziponya yekha monga “wankhondo yemwe adzamenya nkhondo limodzi ndi Purezidenti Trump.” Gulu logwirizana lakunja lagogodanso Moore ngati a “DC swamp king” ndipo adadzudzula a Congress “wamphamvu wakuba.”
Moore anakumanapo ndi zina mafunso okhudza utumiki wake ku Alabama National Guard ndi Army Reserve. A 2024 kalata Cholinga cha Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz adalemba Moore ngati sejenti wopuma pantchito. Kampeni ya Moore adayika zolemba zake zankhondo pa intanetizomwe zikuwonetsa kuti Moore adachotsedwa mwaulemu ndi udindo wa cadet, koma pamalipiro omwewo monga sergeant ogwira ntchito. Kampeni ya a Moore idadzudzula okonza kalatayo chifukwa chofotokoza molakwika ntchito yake, ponena kuti sanapume pantchito koma adatulutsidwa mwaulemu. Kampeniyo idati Moore “sanadzitchulepo kuti ndi Staff Sergeant wopuma pantchito.”
Moore adanenanso mu a 2020 kampeni yotsatsa kuti “anali m’nsapato zankhondo,” ngakhale kuti sanapite kunkhondo. Kampeni ya Moore idazindikira kuti mamembala a National Guard amasewera nsapato zankhondo, kupereka ulalo kwa nsapato patsamba lake la kampeni. Moore Adatumiza kanema pa social media momwe akuti, “Sindinachitepo ndewu ndipo sindinanenepo kuti nditero.”
Palinso kuthamangitsidwa kwa chisankho cha Democratic chomwe chili ndi loya Everett Wess ndi wabizinesi Dakari Larriett, koma a Democrats akukumana ndi phiri lokwera m’boma lofiira kwambiri.
Mayeso ambiri a Trump ku Oklahoma
A Trump nawonso atenga mbali pa mpikisano wolowa m’malo mwa bwanamkubwa waku Republican Kevin Stitt, yemwe akuchirikiza wakale Seneta Mike Mazzei m’mapulaimale omwe munali anthu ambiri ndikumutamanda ngati “wankhondo wa MAGA.” Malo omwe ali ndi anthu ambiri aku Republican akuphatikizanso Attorney General Gentner Drummond, Purezidenti wakale wa Nyumba ya boma Charles McCall ndi wabizinesi Chip Keating.
Pakadali pano, mpikisano wa lieutenant kazembe amakangana Stitt ndi a Trump, omwe adavomereza Mneneri wakale wa Nyumba Yamalamulo TW Shannon. Bwanamkubwa wotuluka wavomereza a David Ostrowe, wamkulu wa boma.
Kusankha kwa Trump ku Senate ku Oklahoma, GOP Rep. Kevin Hern, akuyembekezeka kukhala panjira yothamanga pa mpikisano wokalowa m’malo mwa Sen. Markwayne Mullin wakale, yemwe Trump adamutenga kuti atsogolere Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo cha Kwawo. Hern akukumana ndi osankhidwa angapo m’mapulaimale, koma palibe m’modzi mwa otsutsa omwe adakweza kapena kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri.
Kuthamanga ndi kotheka m’ma primaries ku Oklahoma, komwe omaliza awiri apamwamba akupita ku Ogasiti 25 kubwereza ngati palibe amene wapambana mavoti ambiri.
Mademokalase akumenyana ku DC
Washington, DC, Lingaliro la Meya Muriel Bowser lopuma pantchito lidadzetsa mpikisano wodzaza ndi anthu komanso mkangano waukulu pakati pa kukhazikitsidwa kwa Democratic ndi mapiko omwe akupita patsogolo. Mpikisanowu ukhoza kuchititsa kuti mzinda wina waukulu wa US utsogoleredwe wodzitcha yekha demokalase socialist.
Zotsatira za ma primaries a demokalase Lachiwiri mu mzindawu zitha kudziwika kwa masiku angapo. Ngati palibe munthu amene wapambana mavoti ambiri pachiwerengero choyambirira cha mavoti osankhidwa oyamba, mpikisano umapita ku mavoti osankhidwa, zomwe zitha kukhala zotalika popeza Chigawo chimavomera mavoti kwa masiku 10 chisankho chitatha.
Opambana pamapulaimale a Democratic akuyembekezeka kukhala pachiwonetsero champhamvu mu Novembala mumzinda wabuluu, ndipo awiri omwe ali patsogolo ndi membala wa Council Council Janeese Lewis George ndi wakale City Councilmember waku Kenya McDuffie. Vincent Orange, yemwe kale anali membala wa khonsolo, nawonso akupikisana nawo, monganso ena ambiri omwe akufuna.
Lewis George wakhala pa khonsoloyi kuyambira 2021 ndipo akutsamira mabungwe ndi omwe akupita patsogolo pakufuna kwake kukhala meya. Amayang’ana kwambiri za kuthekera ndipo omuthandizira ake akuphatikiza mutu wa mzindawu wa Democratic Socialists of America, makhansala anayi amizinda, magulu opita patsogolo monga Our Revolution and Working Families Party, ndi zina.
McDuffie, yemwe adakhala zaka zopitilira khumi ku City Council, adatsindika zomwe adakumana nazo ndikuyika malingaliro a Lewis George ngati zosatheka. Adanenanso kuti ndi wodekha pazaupandu chifukwa cha chithandizo chake cham’mbuyomu potumiza ndalama za apolisi kuti achite ziwawa. McDuffie amathandizidwa ndi mamembala awiri a khonsolo kuphatikiza Sen. Angela Alsobrooks waku Maryland, yemwe kale anali Attorney General Eric Holder, ndi magulu angapo ogwirizana ndi bizinesi.
Mpikisano wa woyimilira yekha Chigawo ku Congress ukhala wotsegukira koyamba kuyambira 1990, pomwe Democratic Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton akupuma. Ngakhale nthumwiyo siingathe kuvotera malamulo pa Nyumba ya Nyumbayi, nthumwiyo ndi mtsogoleri wamkulu wa anthu pankhondo zomenyera ufulu wa boma ndi ufulu wodzilamulira.
Malo omwe ali ndi anthu ambiri akuphatikiza makhansala amzindawu Brooke Pinto ndi a Robert White Jr., yemwe kale anali mkulu waofesi ya Clinton Administration Justice Kinney Zalesne, yemwe kale anali Wapampando wa Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gregory Jaczko ndi wakale wa Holmes Norton wothandizira Trent Holbrook.
California chisankho chapadera
Ovota nawonso adzapita ku zisankho ku chigawo cha 14 cha California kuti alowe m’malo mwa Eric Swalwell, yemwe adasiya ku Congress, yemwe adasiya ku Congress chifukwa cha nkhanza zogonana, zomwe adazikana.
Boma langochita mapulaimale omwe amakonzedwa pafupipafupi, pomwe ovota adasankha ma Democrats awiri – Sen. Aisha Wahab wa boma ndi membala wa Bay Area Rapid Transit Board Melissa Hernandez – kuti apite patsogolo pachisankho. Onse awiriwa ali pa chisankho chapadera, pamodzi ndi ena angapo.
Wopambana pachisankho chapadera adzakhala pampandowo kwa chaka chonse, zomwe zingapatse wopambana mphamvu pa chisankho chagwa. Pokhapokha ngati m’modzi apambana mavoti ambiri pa chisankho chapadera Lachiwiri ndikupambana mpikisanowo, awiri apamwamba adzapita ku chisankho chapadera cha Aug. 18.
Mipando yakunyumba yofiyira
Zisankho za Lachiwiri zipangitsanso mamembala awiri atsopano a Congress, okhala ndi mipikisano yotseguka m’maboma olimba a Republican.
M’chigawo choyamba cha Oklahoma, chomwe chili ndi Tulsa, Trump adathandizira m’busa Jackson Lahmeyer pa mpikisano wolowa m’malo mwa Hern. Pali anthu ambiri omwe akuphatikiza Rep. Mark Tedford ndi Kim David, wamkulu wa Oklahoma Corporation Commission komanso mtsogoleri wakale wa Senate ya boma.
Koma Lahmeyer wakhala pa chitetezo M’masiku omalizira a mpikisanowo pambuyo poti lipoti la nkhaniyo linamupangitsa kuvomereza kuti anatumiza mameseji kwa mkazi amene sanali mkazi wake amene anawoloka “malire.”
Ku Georgia’s 11th District kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Atlanta, pali GOP runoff kuti alowe m’malo opuma a GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk. Osankhidwa awiriwa ndi a John Cowan, dotolo wodzipezera ndalama yemwe sanachite bwino ku Congress mu 2020, ndi Rob Adkerson, wamkulu wa antchito a Loudermilk, yemwe ali ndi chilolezo cha abwana ake pampandowo.
