U.S. Representative Roger Marshall beats arch-conservative Kris Kobach in Kansas Republican primary for Senate
FILE PHOTO: Republican gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach greets supporters shortly after the polls closed at his election night party in Topeka, Kansas, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Dave Kaup/File Photo
Marshall, 59, was supported by establishment Republicans who feared a polarizing figure like Kobach could lose the traditionally Republican seat to Democrats, who could gain control of the Senate. Kobach is an anti-immigration firebrand who advised President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign on immigration. He later served as vice chairman of Trump’s short-lived voter fraud commission.
Marshall will run in November against the Democratic nominee, state Senator Barbara Bollier, who won her primary easily earlier in the evening. She is a former Republican who is breaking fundraising records. Tlaib, 44, is a member of the “Squad” - four female freshmen who have become the face of the House of Representatives’ liberal wing.
In Arizona, voters in the Republican Senate primary picked Senator Martha McSally over challenger Daniel McCarthy, the New York Times said, in what is expected to be one of the most expensive Senate battles of the year.
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