Still, Trump’s chosen candidate for Arizona secretary of state, Mark Finchem, has maintained a lead. He’s a poster child for election deniers, and he could conceivably win in November should he clinch the nomination.
One win was the most technical yet: Trump announced late Monday that “ERIC has my complete and total endorsement!” It left voters to make up their minds as both Senate “ERIC” candidates rushed to thank Trump. In the end, state attorney general Eric Schmitt came out with the victory, much to the relief of top Republicans nationwide.
The former president also endorsed more down ballot candidates in Michigan than anywhere else, making good on his promise from when he visited the state in April: “This is not just about 2022… This is about making sure Michigan is not rigged and stolen again in 2024.”
Arizona wins so far
AZ04
Rep. Paul Gosar
Won with 64 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
Trump endorsed the incumbent representative the day after Gosar’s chamber passed a resolution to remove the congressman from committee assignments for posting an anime video appearing to attack Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Joe Biden.
Gosar has been on the margins within the House this year, even gaining rebuke from House minority leader Kevin McCarthy for speaking at a white nationalist event in March. But Trump said the congressman “he has been a loyal supporter of our America First agenda, and even more importantly, the USA.”
AZ08
Rep. Debbie Lesko
Unopposed. She voted to overturn 2020 election results.
Still pending in Arizona
- Kari Lake (governor)
- abraham hamadeh (Attorney General)
- Mark Finchem (Secretary of State)
- Blake Masters (Senate)
- David Schweiker (AZ01)
- Eli Crane (AZ02)
- wendy rogers (State Senate District 7)
- Rob Scantlebury (State Senate District 9)
- David Farnsworth (State Senate District 10)
- Anthony Kern (State Senate District 27)
- Janae Shamp (State Senate District 29)
Kansas wins
GOVERNOR
Derek Schmidt
Won with around 81 percent of the vote.
SENATE
Jerry Moran
Won with around 81 percent of the vote.
KS01
Rep. Tracey Mann
Unopposed. She voted to overturn 2020 election results.
missouri wins
MO03
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
Won with 70 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
MO06
Rep. Sam Graves
Won with 76 percent of the vote.
MO08
Rep. Jason Smith
Won with 82 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
Michigan wins so far
GOVERNOR
Tudor Dixon
Won with around 40 percent of the vote.
Trump gave a last-minute endorsement to Dixon last week, ahead of an already competitive and chaotic gubernatorial election, in which five contenders were disqualified and one was charged with misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6 riots. By the time Trump got involved, two of the front-runners had been removed from the race and Dixon had already attracted high-profile supporters, including former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ family.
Even so, Trump credited himself with boosting his campaign “like a rocket ship.”
“When I met Tudor Dixon, she was not well known, but I could tell she had something very special,” he said in his endorsement.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Matthew DePerno
Not chosen by a primary vote — expected to receive the party’s nomination at a convention later in August.
SECRETARY OF STATE
kristina karamo
Not chosen by a primary vote — expected to receive the party’s nomination at a convention later in August.
Karamo, who is part of the same coalition of secretary of state hopefuls as Finchem, gained prominence as a poll challenger in 2020 after claiming Michigan’s election machines were fraudulent. Trump said Karamo was strong on crime, adding, “Good luck, Kristina, and while you’re at it, check out the Fake Election results that took place in the city of Detroit.”
MI02
Rep. Bill Huizenga
Unopposed.
MI03
John Gibbs
Won with around 53 percent of the vote.
Gibbs, Trump’s former director of the Office of Personnel Management, faced a key rival: Rep. Peter Meijer, one of 10 House Republicans who voted in favor of impeachment.
As the congressman’s poll numbers dropped for his vote decision, Gibbs was able to overcome Meijer’s household name status and funding. Unlike Meijer, the “terrible representative of the Republican Party… [Gibbs] will not turn his back on Michigan,” Trump said in his endorsement.
MI04
Rep. John Moolenaar
Won with 65 percent of the vote.
MI07
Rep. Tim Walberg
Won with 67 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
MI09
Lisa McClain
Won with 79 percent of the vote.
MI10
John James
Won with 87 percent of the vote.
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 36
Steve Carra
Won with 40 percent of the vote.
state senate district 17
Jonathan Lindsay
Won with 61 percent of the vote.
state house district 51
matt maddock
Unopposed.
Still pending in Michigan
- Mike Detmer (State Senate District 22)
- Rachelle Smith (State House District 43)
- Jackie Eubanks (State House District 63)
- Kevin Rathbun (State House District 71)
- jon rocha (Write in candidate—State House District 78)
- angela riga (State House District 79)
- mike hoadley (State House District 99)
Still pending in Washington
- joe kent (WA03)
- loren culp (WA04)
ICYMI: A Maryland win on July 19
GOVERNOR
Daniel Cox
Won with 52 percent of the vote.
Cox is a former state delegate who chartered buses for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and regularly promoted Trump’s stolen election theories.
His win was a blow to the state GOP’s moderate wing and its ability to influence Maryland voters. But it was especially sweet for Trump, who backed Cox over term-limited Gov. Larry Hogan’s pick, Kelly Schulz. They all have history: Hogan repeatedly criticized Trump while he was in office, while Cox attempted to impeach the Maryland governor in February.
Trump took a hit at both Hogan and Schulz in a statement before the July 19 election, asking voters to “Get rid of Shutdown RINO Larry Hogan who is trying to get another RINO into office, Kelly Schulz.”