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Republican Party candidates backed by former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) won or were leading in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary according to the provisional canvass, in a new show of strength by the former president.
New Hampshire is considered a swing state —which can swing to either the Democratic or Republican Party— and was also the first state in which Trump won a primary in 2016, when very few thought he could end up becoming President of the United States.
With 70% of the vote counted, the major U.S. media projected Karoline Leavitt as the winner in one of the two Republican primaries to represent the state in the House of Representatives.
Leavitt, who worked in the White House press office during the Trump presidency and is only 25 years old, beat Matt Mowers, who had already been a candidate in 2020, when he lost to Democrat Chris Pappas.
The most closely watched race tonight in New Hampshire, however, the Republican Senate primary, was still undecided past midnight.
In a tight battle, Trump’s favored candidate, controversial retired Army General Don Bolduc, was ahead of the establishment candidate, state Senate President Chuck Morse, by four points.
Morse has, among others, the support of New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, also a Republican.
In the third GOP contest Tuesday in this northeastern U.S. state, Trump’s candidate for the 2nd House District, Robert Burns, held a very slight lead over party apparatus favorite George Hansel.
Tuesday’s elections in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Delaware close the primary period for the November legislative elections in the USA.
During this process, Trump-backed candidates have generally enjoyed strong support among the Republican base, reflecting the strong pull the former president continues to have among conservative voters.
However, Trump has also reaped some very resounding defeats, especially in the case of the state of Georgia, where he is openly at odds with the governor, Brian Kemp, who nevertheless won by a wide margin in the party’s primaries and will seek reelection.
