Florida primaries: governor matchup set; Democratic socialist shocks establishment-backed nominee in Senate race – as it happened
Dan J Sullivan Jr, a retired teacher, has denied the charge.Dan J Sullivan Jr, the second Republican candidate for Alaska Photograph: Sullivan for SenateAlso in the race is former US representative Mary Peltola. She faces several Black candidates, including rapper Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, who found fame with the 1989 hit “Me So Horny,” and former Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who faces criminal charges of stealing $5m in disaster relief funds. Cherfilus-McCormick, who has denied wrongdoing, resigned from Congress in April ahead of a possible expulsion.In other developments: Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary, Politico reports, citing Palm Beach County voting records.
- ▪Dan J Sullivan Jr, a retired teacher, has denied the charge.Dan J Sullivan Jr, the second Republican candidate for Alaska Photograph: Sullivan for SenateAlso in the race is former US representative Mary Peltola.
- ▪She faces several Black candidates, including rapper Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, who found fame with the 1989 hit “Me So Horny,” and former Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who faces criminal charges of stealing $5m in disaster
- ▪Cherfilus-McCormick, who has denied wrongdoing, resigned from Congress in April ahead of a possible expulsion.In other developments: Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary, Politico reports, citing Palm Beach County voti
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06.31 EDTRedistricting scrambles Florida primary as Alaska awaits Dan Sullivan vs Dan SullivanHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Attention turns to Florida and Alaska, where primaries later on Tuesday will highlight Republican-led redistricting efforts that have scrambled congressional maps.Today’s contests will also help shape the fiercely contested midterms this fall to determine control of Congress, where Republicans retain a narrow edge, and offer a referendum on president Donald Trump’s second term, AFP reported.In the Alaska Senate race, incumbent Republican senator Dan Sullivan, a Trump ally seeking a third term, is facing another candidate, curiously also named Dan Sullivan.Republicans have argued the second Sullivan, who’ll be appearing on the ballot as “Daniel J…
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