2022 primary results: Illinois, Colorado, New York hold first elections since Roe overturned

Eight states are holding main or runoff elections on Tuesday, the primary elections because the Supreme Courtroom overturned the landmark case Roe v. Wade.

In Colorado’s third Home District, CBS Information projected Rep. Lauren Boebert will win the Republican main. Boebert, a controversial conservative freshman member of Congress, had former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. 

Trump loomed massive over the race to be Colorado’s high elections official. The present Secretary of State, Jena Griswold, a Democrat, is unopposed in her main. CBS Information projected Pam Anderson wins the Republican nomination for secretary of state in Colorado. 

Anderson had confronted two Republican challengers: Mike O’Donnell and Tina Peters. When requested by the Colorado Solar if the 2020 election was “stolen,” one of many candidates, Peters answered sure.

“It is a private opinion primarily based on the proof that I’ve seen and gone by way of and primarily based on what I do know from our stories. I do imagine there could have been sufficient fraud that it turned the election,” she instructed the newspaper.

Peters was indicted earlier this yr in a safety breach of her county’s election system. She has additionally been barred by a choose from overseeing the 2022 elections in Mesa County partly due to the breach,

One in all her opponents, Mike O’Donnell, instructed the Colorado Solar he could not “say sure or no” to the query of whether or not  the 2020 election was stolen. Anderson, a former Jefferson County clerk and recorder and the previous government director of the Colorado County Clerks Affiliation, was the one GOP candidate to reply no.

In Illinois, redistricting has spawned some incumbent vs. incumbent races. CBS Information tasks Rep. Sean Casten will win the Democratic nomination, defeating a main problem from Rep. Marie Newman. Each have represented solely parts of the newly-drawn sixth District, which is taken into account solidly blue. 

Casten’s 17-year-old daughter died earlier this month. 

In Illinois’ fifteenth District, Rep. Mary Miller has Trump’s backing within the race in opposition to one other incumbent, Rep. Rodney Davis. Davis, who was one among 35 Republicans to vote to create a fee to analyze the Jan. 6 assault. 

Over the weekend, Miller stated at a rally – flanked by Trump – that the choice to overturn Roe was a “victory for White life by the Supreme Courtroom.” Her marketing campaign stated she misinterpret the ready remarks. 

Within the governor’s race, CBS projected incumbent Gov. J.B. Pritzker gained the Democratic main.

Within the Republican main, CBS Information projected Illinois Darren Bailey defeated Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who was funded by $50 million from GOP megadonor Ken Griffin. Griffin has stated he wouldn’t again the Republican nominee if it’s not Irvin and criticized Democratic teams for his or her exterior spending to spice up Bailey. “The unprecedented tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} spent by Pritzker and nationwide Democrats within the Republican Main to keep away from dealing with Richard within the Normal Election demonstrated he was the correct candidate,” Griffin stated in an announcement.In his concession speech, Irvin stated he hoped Pritzker “is improper in his evaluation that he can simply defeat the opponent he paid tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} to face.”

In New York, CBS Information tasks New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will win the Democratic nomination for governor. She had two main challengers: Rep. Tom Suozzi from Lengthy Island and New York Metropolis public advocate Jumaane Williams.

Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin, from jap Lengthy Island, has lengthy been thought of the frontrunner within the Republican race. He faces three challengers, Rob Astrorino, Harry WIlson and Andrew Giuliani, the son of Trump ally Rudy Giuliani. Trump hasn’t endorsed within the race. 

In Utah, two-term Republican Sen. Mike Lee, one among Trump’s closest allies, is dealing with two main challengers, former state lawmaker Becky Edwards and businesswoman Ally Isom. Neither  voted for Trump, in accordance with The Related Press.