McCain defeats Republican challengers to win Arizona primary

McSally, a Republican, won the seat in 2014 by only 167 votes. The 80-year-old McCain defeated former state Sen.

Kim Martinetti, a real estate broker, said she voted for someone other than McCain for the first time.

There was no immediate word from Reagan’s office about what went wrong Tuesday night.

The 5th District features a four-way race among Republicans who want to replace retiring Rep. Matt Salmon in the heavily GOP district in the eastern Phoenix suburbs.

So will her tepid support of Trump and Rubens’ challenge from the right hurt her in the primary? John McCain in the Arizona Republican primary, talks to voters at a campaign rally f. They are Gary Kiehne, Ken Bennett, Paul Babeu, Shawn Redd and Wendy Rogers.

A recent CNN/ORC International poll showed McCain with a 13-point lead over Kirkpatrick, although the race may tighten now that the primaries are over. According to initial unofficial Mohave County results posted late Tuesday evening, Ward had won 54 percent of the Republican votes compared to 38 percent for McCain. Even Republicans say Kirkpatrick could be a formidable candidate. McCain is seeking the Republican nomination in Arizona’s primary election. Kelli Ward of Lake Havasu City and two other Republicans.

Democratic U.S. Representative Raúl Grijalva, who represents Arizona’s third congressional district-which encompasses the UA campus-did not face a primary challenger. She’s an incumbent facing a tough re-election against Democrat Gov. Maggie Hassan.

Republican Rep. Paul Gosar easily beat back a primary challenge from a former Buckeye city councilman who received unexpected backing from an out-of-state group.

McCain was not only dogged by a primary opponent who called him a failed, career politician unfit to serve, he also was inundated with questions about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. The victor of the GOP primary is nearly assured a general election victory in the heavily Republican district. “A Public Policy Polling survey previous year prompted intense speculation about McCain’s future when it found 50 percent of Arizona GOP primary voters disapproving of his job performance”. “A segment of the Arizona primary electorate opposes John McCain nearly no matter who he’s running against”.

Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain prevailed Tuesday against his Republican primary challenger setting up the hawkish national security stalwart for a tough general election fight.

The embattled former Democratic National Committee chairwoman defeated a political novice backed by Bernie Sanders and funded by his supporters.

Literally one day after winning his primary, Sen. He’ll face the Democrat seeking Kirkpatrick’s seat, Tom O’Halleran.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has crushed three rivals to win the Republican nomination in his bid for a 7th term.

In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 photo, former Republican state Sen.

A judge has ruled that Arpaio’s officers racially profiled Latinos, and the sheriff was found in civil contempt of court for defying court orders in the case. “Trump’s strength has not parlayed into an anti-incumbency tendency in the Republican primaries”.

All nine U.S. House seats were also on the primary ballot, though just a few are tight races.

Meanwhile, Arpaio is seeking a seventh term with a full war chest of more than $10 million.

Only the Libertarian Party has a closed election. If McCain can successfully distance himself from Trump after tepidly sticking by him during the primaries.

But they are potentially vulnerable if the presidential election turns into a landslide.