Democrats faced criticism this year for investing millions in the primary races of far-right Republican candidates, but their gamble appeared to pay off Election2022
All the Extreme Republicans Boosted by Democrats in the Primaries Lost Their Midterm Races
Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox; Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano; Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey; Republican candidate for Senator Don Bolduc Kenneth K. Lam—Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service/Getty Images; Spencer Platt—Getty Images; Brian Cassella—Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images; Scott Eisen—Getty Imagesemocrats faced criticism this year for investing nearly $19 million in the primary races of far-right Republican candidates, but their gamble appeared to pay off on election night.
It was a risky strategy. Rachel Orey, associate director of the Elections Project at the at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, called the Democrats’ investments in far-right Republicans “irresponsible politics.” “It’s incredibly short sighted to support… extreme election deniers,” she told TIME in an interview prior to Election Day.
By Tuesday evening, Republicans Dan Cox and Darren Bailey lost their gubernatorial races for Maryland and Illinois respectively, according to the Associated Press.
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