Trump's clout tested as primary voters decide elections in Maryland: LIVE UPDATES
Voters in Maryland took to the polls Tuesday to vote in primary elections across the state, with the GOP gubernatorial race serving as a direct test to Trump's strength within the party.
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The Associated Press projects that Dan Cox is the winner of Maryland's Republican gubernatorial primary in the race to succeed term-limited GOP governor Larry Hogan.
Cox, a state delegate, was endorsed and supported by former President Donald Trump.
Cox topped Kelly Schulz — a former state lawmaker who served as Maryland’s secretary of labor (2015-2019) and secretary of commerce (2019–2022) in the governor’s administration, was backed by Hogan — and two other candidates to capture the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Trump, on the eve of the primary, took aim at both Hogan — a vocal Republican Trump critic — and Schulz.
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Incumbent Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, who has served in Congress since 2017, has won his party's nomination to continue representing Maryland's 8th Congressional District in the House.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Maryland state Delegate Neil Parrott has defeated his Republican primary challengers to earn his party's nomination to represent the state's Sixth Congressional District in the House.
Parrott will face off against incumbent Rep. David Trone, the Democratic nominee, in the November general election.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Incumbent Democratic Reps. David Trone and John Sarbanes have defeated their primary challengers to clinch their party's nomination to represent the state's 6th Congressional District and the 3rdCongressional District, respectively.
The two will now advance to the November general election where they will face off against Republican challengers. While Sarbanes' GOP challenger has yet to be determined, Trone will face off against Maryland state Delegate Neil Parrott, the GOP nominee to represent the Sixth District.
The races were called by The Associated Press.
Chris Palombi has won the Republican nomination to represent Maryland's Fifth Congressional District in the House.
Palombi will now face off in the November general election against incumbent Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer, who has represented the Fifth District for more than 40 years.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during the House Democrats press conference on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Incumbent Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer, who has served in Congress since 1981, won his party's nomination in an attempt to retain his seat and continue representing Maryland's Fifth Congressional District in the House.
Hoyer will now face off against GOP nominee Chris Palombi in the November general election.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Several contentious primary elections took place in Maryland on Tuesday, but the results from several of those elections are expected to be delayed due to the state's mail-in ballot counting process.
In Maryland, elections officials are not permitted to process absentee/mail ballots until 10 a.m. on Thursday after the election, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Maryland is the only state that has this type of prohibition in place.
Ahead of the election, William G. Voelp, chairman of the State Board of Elections, warned that those awaiting results to roll in should "be patient."
Incumbent Democratic Reps. Kweisi Mfume and Dutch Ruppersberger have defeated their primary challengers to clinch their party's nomination to represent the state's 7th Congressional District and the 2nd Congressional District, respectively.
The two will now advance to the November general election where they will face off against Republican challengers.
The races were called by The Associated Press.
Chris Van Hollen has defeated his primary challenger, Michelle Smith, to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maryland.
The race was called by The Associated Press.
Maryland voters told Fox News on Tuesday that the economy remains a top priority for them as several key primary races took part in areas across the Old Line State.
Maryland GOP gubernatorial candidates Kelly Schulz and Dan Cox. (AP Photos)
Polls have officially closed in Maryland as several key primary races come to an end.
Trump-backed state Delegate Dan Cox faced off against Kelly Schulz, the state’s former commerce secretary who was endorsed by outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan, in the GOP gubernatorial race.
Key congressional races were held in different areas of the state also, with a focus being placed on the Democratic primary race in Maryland’s 4th Congressional District and the GOP primary race in the Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District.
Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Larry Hogan took aim at each other in Maryland's GOP gubernatorial nomination race to succeed the term-limited Republican governor.
Trump, who last year endorsed state Delegate Dan Cox, claimed in a statement last week that Cox "is doing a great job running for Governor of Maryland."
And the former president argued that "Dan will end Larry Hogan’s terrible RINO reign by defeating his "Never Trump" successor, another low-energy RINO, Kelly Schulz."
Hogan backed Schulz – a former state lawmaker who served as Maryland’s secretary of labor (2015-2019) and secretary of commerce (2019–2022) in the governor’s administration.
Hogan, in a Fox News interview, charged that Cox is a "crazy guy" who has "no business whatsoever running for governor and has no ability to win a race."
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Neil Parrott, a GOP candidate in the race to represent Maryland's Sixth Congressional District (Neil Parrot campaign)
Neil Parrott, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, aims to defeat his challengers in Tuesday's GOP primary election to represent the Sixth District, telling Fox News Digital that he is not concerned with the "out of state" endorsements that one of his primary challengers has received.
Asked whether he was worried about endorsements that have been given to Matthew Foldi, a 25-year-old journalist hoping to garner the GOP nomination to represent the Sixth District, Parrott said, "Not at all."
Foldi has racked up a number of endorsements from prominent Republicans, including ones from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., House GOP Conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan, and former Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell. Last week, Foldi received endorsements from Donald Trump Jr. and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
"His endorsements are people out of the state," Parrott said. "He's getting endorsements from people out in California, but that doesn't impact this district. People care about their pocketbooks, they care about who is invested in this area, western Maryland. He's not from here."
Parrott also took aim at incumbent Democratic Rep. David Trone, who he is likely to face in the November general election should he advance from the primary on Tuesday.
"He doesn't live in the district. Never has," Parrott said of Trone. "He's just not from here. He can't relate to the people in this district. He's not one of us. He's a D.C., inside the beltway elitist and that doesn't do a good job representing western and central Maryland."
"David Trone thinks that he can come in here and buy this seat," Parrott added. "He dumped in $2 million a couple months ago and this last month he's dumped in $10 million. ... His support is weak."
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Matthew Foldi is a candidate in the July 19 Republican primary election to represent Maryland's Sixth Congressional District in the House. (Matthew Foldi campaign)
Matthew Foldi, a 25-year-old journalist turned Maryland House candidate, is sounding off on his goal to unite the Republican Party and defeat what he considers an incumbent "part-time congressman" ahead of his party's primary election in the Old Line State on Tuesday.
Speaking to Fox News Digital about his efforts to garner the GOP nomination to represent Maryland's Sixth Congressional District in the House, Foldi, who announced his candidacy in the race in May, said Thursday that he and his campaign are working overtime to defeat his challengers, both Democrat and Republican.
"We are doing a massive marathon that we're sprinting," Foldi said, expressing optimism about the election. "Obviously, this has been a short campaign for us, but we've been putting up massive voter contact numbers all across the district."
Discussing his opposition in the race to represent the newly redrawn district that stretches from Germantown through Cumberland, Foldi said he is working to unite Republicans in the state and prove he is the best candidate to defeat incumbent Democratic Rep. David Trone in the November general election.
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Del. Dan Cox, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, talks to reporters, in Annapolis, Maryland, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Former President Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot Tuesday in Maryland’s primaries, but he’s front and center as the candidate he’s backing is one of the co-front-runners in the race for the Republican nomination for governor. Also a factor are national Democrats, who’d spent seven-figures to meddle in the GOP primary.
The other marquee contest is the crowded field of contenders vying for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, which includes a former U.S. Labor secretary who later served as Democratic National Committee chair, a former U.S. secretary of education, the state’s current comptroller, and a best-selling author who can count on Oprah Winfrey as a top supporter.
There’s also a couple of congressional primary showdowns that are grabbing some national attention as voters heads to the polls in blue state Maryland.
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