A 'Dumpster Fire' Ex-Con And A Russia-Loving Dem: What To Watch In 2018's First Big Primary Night
By Cameron Joseph | May 8, 2018 6:00 am
The first big multi-state primary election night of 2018 is here, with major implications for the battle to control the Senate and a key swing-state governorship.
West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina voters head to the polls on Tuesday. Republican voters in three states will pick their nominee in top Senate races — with at least one possible “dumpster fire” candidate in the mix. But Democrats have their own worries in Ohio, where a well-known iconoclastic Democrat has an outside shot at winning his state’s gubernatorial nomination in spite of his strange defense of Russia, praise of President Trump and ties to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Here’s the full run-down of what to watch in each state:
WEST VIRGINIA — GOP Senate primary, House primary
Republicans feel renewed panic that their voters might be about to choose a man who just got out of jail for his role in the deaths of 29 mine workers to be the party’s nominee against Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) — a potential nominee referred to as a “dumpster fire” who can’t win the general election.
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