Midterm primaries pit the establishment against outsiders
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Hey everybody, it's Rachel Matto here. Forgive me popping in deer feed like this, but I wanted to tell you that more than a dozen of us from MSNow are gonna be in Texas on Saturday, September 26th. I'm gonna be there, Lawrence O'Donnell will be there, so will Jen Saki and Stephanie Rule and Ali Velshi and Chris Hayes and Jacob Soboroff and Simone Sanders Townsend and and and a whole bunch of us are all gonna be there in Texas. Tickets start at just over 30 bucks. It's in Arlington, just outside Dallas. There's a ton to do there. If you come, you'll get to meet all of us. You'll also get to meet everybody else there, all these other great people from our great MS Now community. We'd love to see you. And if you buy a ticket to the Texas event, you will get access to our new MS Now membership free for a year.
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It is primary night in six states across the country, and polls are now officially closed in Wisconsin and Minnesota, where some of tonight's marquee races are happening. We've got Ali Velshi, of course, standing by at the big board wearing his special vest, as we have all come to love. And he's gonna bring us the latest results as they come in as well. We'll keep you very updated on those as we get any results. I've also got some of my favorite people to talk. Politics with here at the table. This is quite a group. They've probably been through, I don't know, approximately a hundred elections or more as a collective group. They know a lot of things. They've been watching all of this very closely. And there are a ton of interesting races and dynamics to keep an eye on tonight, including some that will test and maybe even confirm.
I mean, some of the big political trends that we have seen play out this year to date. So here Here are just a few, and there are a lot of things to watch tonight, but here are a few of the things that I'm watching tonight. First, there is the power of Donald Trump's endorsement inside his own party. His record of success within his party has been mixed at best this year. He has won some of the races, the primary races, his candidates have won that he where he has endorsed, and more recently, he has lost some of the primary races where he has endorsed. Just five days ago, we watched Trump. Trump-backed Congressman Andy Ogles lose his primary in Tennessee. Two days before that, Trump suffered an even more embarrassing loss in Michigan when his chosen candidate lost to an opponent who had already dropped out of the race.
And no matter what he says about the midterms, and he says a lot of things, you know he cares about the perception of his own power here, and that's an interesting thing to watch. Now in South Carolina, Trump threw his weight behind Darlene Graham, the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham. But Trump's endorsement didn't exactly clear the field there, not at all. I r a recent Emerson College poll even found that fifty-three percent of South Carolina Republican primary voters said Trump's endorsement has no impact on how they would vote. And remember, this is a very red state, one that has very much voted for Donald Trump in every time he has run for president. As of this hour we can report that Darlene Graham will not win enough votes to clinch the nomination tonight.
She wasn't expected to coming in tonight to tonight, to be fair, but she will advance to a runoff against Congressman Ralph Norman. But again, with the full backing of Donald Trump, Darlene Graham is barely cracking 30%. So the success of Trump endorsed candidates is definitely something to keep an eye on tonight. There are others to watch there too. Now on the Democratic side tonight, there's all it's also a test of whether or not voters will once again reject establishment backed candidates in favor of insurgents, in favor of people who don't feel like
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:48
2
What is the overall outlook for the midterm primary races in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Carolina, and Connecticut?
4:48–8:33
3
How is Donald Trump's endorsement power influencing Republican primary outcomes this cycle?
8:33–9:48
4
Why did Trump‑backed candidates like Andy Ogles and the Michigan nominee lose their primaries?
9:48–12:07
5
What does the South Carolina primary reveal about the impact of Trump’s endorsement on voter behavior?
12:07–17:27
6
How are Democratic primary battles shaping up between establishment candidates and insurgent progressives in Wisconsin and Minnesota?
17:27–24:24
7
What role are data‑center issues playing in Francesca Hong’s Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign?
24:24–38:02
8
How are early‑vote turnout patterns affecting the competitiveness of the Wisconsin governor’s race?
38:02–43:30
Speakers
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