Here are the GOP candidates Democrats have helped in primaries
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 07/23/22 6:00 AM ETDemocratic-aligned groups and candidates have spent tens of millions of dollars to influence GOP primaries across the country this year, hoping that their efforts will yield less-electable, more-controversial Republican nominees in the general elections.
And while those efforts appear to be paying off in some states, they’ve also stirred concern among some Democrats that these tactics run the risk of helping elect far-right candidates to high-level public offices, especially in a political environment that is largely working against Democrats.
Here’s a look at some of the GOP candidates that Democrats have helped in this year’s primaries.
Dan Cox, GOP nominee for Maryland governorThe Republican primary for Maryland governor amounted to a high-profile proxy war between two competing GOP heavyweights: Donald Trump and outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan, a rare Republican critic of the former president who won the governor’s mansion twice in a blue state.
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