Sentences with phrase «upset primaries these days»

You see a lot of upset primaries these days, so it could be that people could look at that and say, «Yeah, let's open it up.

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(CNN)- Less than a day after winning the Delaware Republican Senate primary in a surprising upset, Christine O'Donnell reached her earlier fundraising goal for the general election.

John Gomez ran unopposed for the GOP nomination in New York's 2nd House district primary race, and Christine O'Donnell upset Rep. Mike Castle after receiving a late nod from Palin five days before Delaware's GOP Senate primary.

One issue that progressive activists are upset with the incumbent governor about — and that came into stark relief around the time of the 2016 Clinton - Sanders primary — is the state's antiquated election laws, including lack of early voting and same - day registration, and party - change deadlines extremely far in advance of the applicable vote.

Alabama provided enough spills and thrills for all three states as voters ousted party switching Rep. Parker Griffith and handed Rep. Artur Davis, who entered the day as a clear favorite in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, an upset loss.

Though they didn't produce Primary Day upsets at the top of the Democratic ticket, gubernatorial challenger Zephyr Teachout did earn 35 percent of the vote, Lieutenant Governor hopeful Tim Wu, 40 percent.

By the end of the day, I cared far more about my spouse's immediate condition than the election results, but the rest of the state focused more on two statewide upsets, one in the Republican primary for state superintendent: incumbent John Huppenthal was beaten soundly by Diane Douglas.