Tuesday’s primary elections featured the inaugural stop in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 revenge tour — the first opportunities he’s had to unseat Republicans whom he considers disloyal for refusing to acquiesce in his baseless fraud claims.
But it was clear early on that his hopes of retribution had fallen flat, at least when it came to incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia. The former president personally recruited Kemp’s challenger, former Sen. David Perdue, and donated millions to prop up his pick. But Kemp won a convincing victory that was called just 90 minutes after the polls closed.
Trump may have more luck in ousting Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is locked in a tight race with Rep. Jody Hice, a vocal proponent of 2020 election lies.