The power of Donald Trump as a Republican kingmaker appears more in question than ever after a dismal night for many of his endorsed candidates in Georgia, highlighted by a huge loss in the GOP gubernatorial primary.
The Conservative Political Action Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Florida. Joe Raedle is the photographer.
One of the highest-profile races of the election season was the GOP primary for governor in Georgia, where Brian Kemp defeated David Perdue by a margin of 73.7% to 21.8%.
The Secretary of State voted to overturn the election results and held off a Republican primary challenge from Hice.
Attorney General Chris Carr trounced his opponent by more than 45 percentage points, while the pick for insurance commissioner attracted less than one percent of the vote in the GOP primary.
Two of Trump's picks for open congressional seats in Georgia will head to GOP primary runoffs.
Herschel Walker, a former football star, was cruising to victory in the GOP Senate primary in Georgia, but polling before the election indicated he would win by even more.
Georgia was the only state where Trump's endorsement struggles were limited. On Tuesday, his preferred candidates won contests in Alabama, Arkansas and Texas. Many ran without opposition.
Trump said on Truth Social that the 100 wins, 6 losses, and 2 runoffs were not possible to win.
Kemp, Raffensperger and other GOP incumbents in Georgia were attacked by Trump for refusing to overturn his loss in the state in the 2020 election. The tension in Georgia between Trump and GOP officials was expected to lead to highly combative, scorched-earth primary campaigns, but voters chose to side with popular incumbents. Results in high-profile races have been mixed for the former president, despite Trump boasting of his endorsement record. His candidates won races in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, but failed to win gubernatorial primaries in Idaho and Nebraska. Madison Cawthorn lost the GOP primary for his House seat last week, in perhaps the biggest upset of the midterm primaries so far.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp beat David Perdue in the primary.
Madison Cawthorn lost the GOP primary.
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