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brooklynite

(94,527 posts)
Tue Sep 13, 2022, 05:05 PM Sep 2022

Pour one out for the last 2022 primary

Politico

Today is the beginning of the end: After a seemingly endless primary season, residents in Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island cast their votes in what will be the last round of voting before the focus shifts to the fall midterms.

It’s not an especially big day on the election calendar. But a marquee Democratic primary contest on the docket is full of intrigue. An incumbent is in a heated three-way contest where one of his chief rivals is seeking to become the first Latina governor elected in New England — and the other competitor has the blessing of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is seeking his first full term after taking over the post when two-term Gov. Gina Raimondo left to serve as President Biden’s Commerce secretary.

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