Nate Boulton, dropped out of the race after allegations of sexual misconduct. Hubbell says his priorities include improving wages, health care and education.Ī sixth candidate on the ballot, state Sen.
Much of Hubbell's campaign was self-funded, with him contributing $2.1 million of his own money in 2018. Hubbell's victory in Tuesday's primary over four other candidates followed a campaign in which he outspent all of his opponents. Those jobs include executive roles at Younkers department stores, Equitable Life Insurance and the ING Group. Hubbell hasn't been elected to office but has held numerous business positions he says make him well-positioned to lead state government. Retired Des Moines businessman Fred Hubbell has won the Iowa Democratic primary and a chance to face Republican Gov. He ran an ad with footage of Roby's Trump comment. In 2016, Roby criticized Trump after a 2005 recording surfaced of him making lewd comments about women, saying the behavior made him an unacceptable candidate and suggesting he step away from the presidential ticket.īright is a former Montgomery mayor who represented the district for two years as a Democrat before losing in 2010 to Roby. In campaigning for Tuesday's primary, she emphasized her record and working relationship with the White House. Roby faces Bobby Bright in a July runoff in Alabama's conservative 2nd district - where Trump loyalty has been a central issue. Martha Roby has been forced into a runoff in Alabama's Republican primary after challengers blasted her 2016 criticism of Donald Trump. They raised their two children in Los Angeles, where he grew up, and the couple now lives near her hometown of Meridian, Mississippi. Sherman is a venture capitalist and the husband of actress Sela Ward. He criticizes Republicans for cutting taxes and refusing to expand Medicaid. Louis, is an attorney and served one term in the state Senate before being elected in 2011 to the Republican-led Mississippi House, where he's now the Democratic leader. Mississippi last had a Democrat in the Senate in 1989.īaria, of Bay St. The Senate seat has been held since 2007 by Republican Roger Wicker. Her challengers had condemned her refusal to debate and indirectly questioned whether the 73-year-old governor could complete a four-year term.ĭavid Baria and Howard Sherman are headed to a June 26 runoff in Mississippi's Democratic primary for U.S. In her campaign, Ivey emphasized the state's robust economy, falling unemployment rate and the quieting of the scandal that had engulfed the state's previous governor.
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