Wednesday 29 June 2022 03:06 AM NY Gov Kathy Hochul cinches victory, Lauren Boebert wins nomination in ... trends now
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul easily won her state's Democratic gubernatorial nomination on Tuesday, nine months after being launched into the governor's seat after the resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
New York's first female governor beat back challenges from New York City’s elected public advocate, Jumaane Williams, and U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a moderate from Long Island.
Hochul enters the general election with a heavy advantage given that there are more than twice as many Democrats as Republicans in New York and the state has not had a Republican governor in 16 years.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul easily won her state's Democratic gubernatorial nomination on Tuesday, nine months after being launched into the governor's seat after the resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Here are other highlights from Tuesday's primaries across seven states:
Colorado
Right-wing firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert defeat her opponent state Sen. Don Coram in Tuesday's primary in one of a number of key races on Tuesday.
Boebert, a co-chair of the Second Amendment caucus who has proudly displayed her gun collection in Zoom Congressional hearings and TV appearances, won her primary in the solid-red third district of Colorado, in a testament her headline-grabbing brand of far-right politics there. In a speech the weekend, Boebert said she was 'I'm tired of this separation of church and state junk' and argued that
