GOP
noun
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The two finished atop a crowded field that also featured Attorney General Chris Carr and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who both struggled to break through in a GOP contest overshadowed by the feud between the two front-runners.
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Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
The two are locked in a bitter fight for the GOP nomination that will be decided in a May 26 runoff.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2026
Republican State Treasurer Stacy Garrity is set to be the GOP’s standard bearer for governor.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 19 May 2026
The possibility of a prolonged GOP primary fight has appeared to improve the picture for Ossoff, and a special election in Georgia in April saw a massive leftward swing that could also bode well for the Democrat.
—Zak Hudak, CBS News, 19 May 2026
San Diego County supervisor Jim Desmond led with 29%, followed by GOP businessman Kevin O’Neil with 10%, followed by Campa-Najjar and van Wilpert, each supported by 9% of voters.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
Republicans are still favored to hold the Texas seat, but Democrats have pointed to the bruising GOP primary as a potential opening.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Then the grad-school-era drive from Clinton headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Houston for the 1992 GOP convention with a Mario Cuomo speechwriter suspected years later of writing Primary Colors.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Nebraska Democrats decried his last-minute candidacy as an example of the GOP meddling in their primary with a scheme to siphon votes away from Osborn in the fall.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
The two are locked in a bitter fight for the GOP nomination that will be decided in a May 26 runoff.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2026
Republican State Treasurer Stacy Garrity is set to be the GOP’s standard bearer for governor.
—Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 19 May 2026
The possibility of a prolonged GOP primary fight has appeared to improve the picture for Ossoff, and a special election in Georgia in April saw a massive leftward swing that could also bode well for the Democrat.
—Zak Hudak, CBS News, 19 May 2026
San Diego County supervisor Jim Desmond led with 29%, followed by GOP businessman Kevin O’Neil with 10%, followed by Campa-Najjar and van Wilpert, each supported by 9% of voters.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
Republicans are still favored to hold the Texas seat, but Democrats have pointed to the bruising GOP primary as a potential opening.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Then the grad-school-era drive from Clinton headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Houston for the 1992 GOP convention with a Mario Cuomo speechwriter suspected years later of writing Primary Colors.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Nebraska Democrats decried his last-minute candidacy as an example of the GOP meddling in their primary with a scheme to siphon votes away from Osborn in the fall.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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