Colorado Sen. Kirkmeyer received 40.9% of the vote, while Thornton Mayor Jan Kulmann received 22.8% and Saine received 19.6% with 97% of the vote. Colorado is one of many states where Democrats have helped conservative or far-right candidates, betting it would be easier to beat them in the fall. That was the case with Saine, who was boosted by $ 46,000 in TV commercials from the Pelosi-run House Majority PAC. The ads underscored Saine’s support for former President Donald Trump’s allegations of voter fraud in 2020, as well as her anti-abortion and pro-gun rights stances. “Do we really want a conservative warrior as our next member of Congress?” went the script for an ad, which ended: “Lori Saine: She’s very conservative for Colorado.” Saine got 19.6% with 97% of the vote counted.AP/Brennan Linsley Elsewhere, Democrats spent more than $ 2 million on Colorado State Representative Ron Hanks ‘candidacy for the U.S. Senate, betting on him to knock out businessman Joe O’Dee over the GOP voters’ discontent with the moderate O’Dea’s stance on abortions. In Illinois, the Union of Democratic Governors spent a lot of time on ads supporting State Sen. Darren Bailey, who opposed the shutdown of Gov. JB Pritzker for COVID-19. In Pennsylvania, too, Democratic nominee Josh Sapiro spent more than six figures attacking Republican Sen. Doug Mastriano during the GOP qualifiers. Mastriano – who organized a bus trip to Washington for Trump supporters to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally that sparked the Capitol Uprising on January 6, 2021, and was spotted on video walking with his wife through abusers roadblocks – finally moved away from a crowded stadium to win the competition. Pelosi and the Democrats gave financial support to several Republican candidates who believed they would be easier opponents in the general election.AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite, Archive Some Democrats have warned against the tactic, saying it could fail in an intermediate environment that is expected to be hostile to the party. “This has to be done very carefully,” former Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, who successfully backed Republican Todd Akin in his primary before defeating him to run for re-election in 2012, told NPR this week. be careful what you wish “. Kirkmeyer will face Yadira Caraveo, the state legislator.
