A nail-biter contest between Bob Good (R-VA) and his Trump-backed challenger cast a question mark over an otherwise good election night for incumbent lawmakers.
Here are the Washington Examiner’s top takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries.Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., chairman of the conservative the House Freedom Caucus, speaks to reporters about allegations that the government spying on Americans, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. They say the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act should not be reauthorized due to constitutional abuses and warrantless spying.
“No matter the outcome, you’ve shown the DC Swamp that you won’t back down from standing for what’s right. Keep the faith and don’t stop fighting now,” Good wrote on X as the race was still being decided. But it wasn’t nearly enough to take down Cole, who won 65% of the vote with 87% of ballots counted, according to theIncumbent Rep. Frank Lucas comfortably defeated two Republican challengers in Oklahoma’s 3rd District Tuesday night. The called the race for Lucas, who won nearly 73.1% with 88% of votes counted, less than 20 minutes after polls closed.
Army veteran Eugene Vindman won the Democratic primary in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District to succeed outgoing Rep. Abigail Spanberger . Elsewhere, Navy veteran Missy Cotter Smasal won the Democratic primary for Virginia’s 2nd District, defeating fellow Democrat Jeremiah Denton.called the race at 8:04 p.m., with Smasal winning nearly 70% of the vote compared to Denton’s 29.9% with 61% of votes counted.
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