In May, Republican voters in Louisiana delivered President Trump one of his most resounding victories of the primary season, ousting Senator Bill Cassidy at his urging. Now, they are again weighing whether to elevate his preferred candidate as they head to the polls on Saturday for a runoff election that is expected to determine Mr….
President Trump’s grip on the Republican Party in the South, where he has enjoyed perhaps his greatest success lifting his chosen candidates over those he has perceived as disloyal, will be tested on Tuesday in three states featuring primary or runoff contests with candidates he backed. The top race of the day is in Georgia,…
President Trump endorsed Representative Mike Collins on Sunday in the Republican Senate primary runoff in Georgia, choosing a loyalist and immigration hard-liner over a former football coach who had angled for his support. By backing Mr. Collins over Derek Dooley, a former football coach at the University of Tennessee, Mr. Trump gives the congressman a…
President Trump, then former President Donald Trump, gestures to supporters at an election night watch party at the State Fairgrounds on February 24, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Also pictured is Republican South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, who is running for governor in 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty…
Derek Dooley campaigned in rural Georgia this month with a lifelong friend: Gov. Brian Kemp, who also happens to be the state’s most popular Republican. Yet Mr. Dooley remains, by his own admission, the underdog in the Republican Senate primary runoff. His opponent, Representative Mike Collins, who led after both advanced to a runoff in…
For eight decades since World War II, members of neo-Nazi parties have never been directly elected mayor of any town in Germany, amid a postwar effort to shape its national identity around a rejection of the Nazi era. On Sunday in a small town in eastern Germany, local residents are closer than ever to breaking…
