House candidate wins primary despite ending campaign, beating Trump endorsee
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Thomas Smith won Michigan's 8th District GOP primary on Tuesday — even though he had suspended his campaign in mid-July. Even more surprisingly: He defeated a Trump-endorsed candidate.
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The Republican primary in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District went a little bit sideways when President Donald Trump’s chosen candidate lost — to a candidate who’d suspended his campaign a month earlier. Trump endorsed U.S.
Republican voters in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District rejected Amir Hassan, the candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump, for the GOP nomination, choosing instead Thomas Smith, even though Smith suspended his campaign on July 16.
President Trump’s handpicked congressional candidate lost his primary to someone who dropped out weeks ago. Amir Hassan, a veteran and self-proclaimed “America First Patriot,” was touted by Trump as the preferred GOP choice to represent Michigan’s 8th district in the House of Representatives.
A little-known candidate soundly defeated President Donald Trump’s pick for a swing House seat Tuesday despite dropping out of the race one month earlier and barely campaigning. […]
Defenders of democracy as a rational system must seek evidence somewhere outside Michigan House District 8. According to NBC News, Republican candidate Amir Hassan, despite backing from President Donald Trump, […]
Amir Hassan posted a gracious video on Wednesday accepting defeat in the Republican primary for Michigan's 8th Congressional District. The candidate got an enthusiastic endorsement from President Donald Trump but lost to fellow Republican Tom Smith, who had dropped out of the race and backed a third…
Thomas Smith, whose name remained on ballot, beats Republican rivals in primary contest for eighth district Thomas Smith withdrew from the Republican primary contest for Michigan ’s eighth district last month. On Tuesday, he won the nomination.
A candidate who suspended his campaign a month ago, spent no money, and endorsed his own rival won Michigan’s 8th Congressional District GOP primary on Tuesday, handily defeating Amir Hassan, the candidate President Donald Trump endorsed. The victor, Thomas J.
Republicans began to coalesce around nominee Thomas Smith, whose defunct campaign shocked Trump-back Navy veteran Amir Hassan in Tuesday’s primary. Smith won Tuesday’s primary after suspending his campaign last month, but will now resume his campaign for the swing seat despite raising virtually no m…
Thomas Smith won Michigan's 8th District GOP primary on Tuesday — even though he had suspended his campaign in mid-July. Even more surprisingly: He defeated a Trump-endorsed candidate.
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