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Pa. Lt. Governor John Fetterman Recovering After Stroke
Source: CBS News
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is recovering following a stroke, his campaign announced Sunday. Fetterman, who is running for the Democratic nomination for the state's U.S. Senate seat, did not suffer "any cognitive damage," a release from his campaign said. He went to the hospital on Friday after he "wasn't feeling well."

"I had a stroke that was caused by a clot from my heart being in an A-fib rhythm for too long. Fortunately, Gisele spotted the symptoms and got me to the hospital within minutes. The amazing doctors here were able to quickly and completely remove the clot, reversing the stroke, they got my heart under control as well. It's a good reminder to listen to your body and be aware of the signs," the release said.

Fetterman said he is feeling "much better" and on his way to a "full recovery." "They're keeping me here for now for observation, but I should be out of here sometime soon. The doctors have assured me that I'll be able to get back on the trail, but first I need to take a minute, get some rest, and recover," Fetterman said in the release.

Fetterman said his campaign for U.S. Senate is not "slowing down." Four Democrats are running for Senate nomination: Fetterman, U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta and Jenkintown council member Alexandria Khalil. The primary election is Tuesday...
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John Fetterman to undergo procedure to implant pacemaker days after suffering stroke
Source: WTAE TV4 Pittsburgh
John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor and a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, is set to undergo a procedure to implant a pacemaker, his campaign said.

"It should be a short procedure that will help protect his heart and address the underlying cause of his stroke, atrial fibrillation (A-fib), by regulating his heart rate and rhythm," his campaign said.

The procedure comes days after Fetterman announced that he was recovering from a stroke he suffered late last week. The 52-year-old said he went to the hospital on Friday after not feeling well and would remain a while for observation.

Earlier on Tuesday, Fetterman cast an emergency absentee ballot in Pennsylvania's primary election, his campaign said.
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Madison Cawthorn loses his re-election bid after a deluge of scandals.
Source: New York Times
Chuck Edwards, a three-term state senator and business owner, has edged out Representative Madison Cawthorn in the Republican primary for a House seat representing North Carolina’s 11th District. Luke Ball, a representative for Mr. Cawthorn, said late Tuesday that the congressman had called Mr. Edwards to concede.

The outcome served as a rebuke of Mr. Cawthorn, a right-wing firebrand and the youngest freshman in Congress, who was once seen as a rising star of the Republican Party. It is also a significant victory for the old guard Republicans in North Carolina and Washington who in recent months had been feuding with Mr. Cawthorn over his personal and political errors and foibles.

Mr. Edwards, 61, has served in the state Legislature since 2016 and has built a staunch conservative brand by pushing measures to overhaul tax laws, enact a constitutional amendment for voter identification, and require county sheriffs to work with immigration enforcement agencies.

He entered the race with a natural constituency of traditional Republican primary voters, as well as endorsements from Senator Thom Tillis and most of the members of the Legislature in his district. Like Mr. Cawthorn, he was born and raised in rural Hendersonville, a city of 14,000 south of Asheville. Mr. Edwards will now face Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, a Christian minister and organizer who is the Democratic nominee, for the House seat overseeing a largely rural and working-class Republican stronghold tucked against the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains.
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Doug Mastriano, a far-right 2020 election denier, is Pennsylvania Republicans' choice for governor.
Source: New York Times
Doug Mastriano, a central figure in former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania, won the state’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, making the general election a referendum on democracy in the place where American representative government was born.

The Associated Press declared Mr. Mastriano, a retired Army colonel and two-term state senator, the winner over a crowded field of Republican candidates. In the campaign’s final days, his opponents mounted an unsuccessful last-ditch effort to consolidate support around a rival, former Representative Lou Barletta. In his short time in public office, Mr. Mastriano, 58, has emerged as Pennsylvania’s leading far-right figure.

He funded buses to shuttle supporters to the rally on Jan. 6, 2021, that preceded the attack on the Capitol. During his run for governor, he has barred the news media from attending his campaign events and has appeared with proponents of the QAnon conspiracy theory. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Mastriano proposed a public registry of people who had tested positive for the virus, but he later campaigned against mask-wearing and vaccines.

On Saturday, after public and private polling showed Mr. Mastriano with a sizable lead over Mr. Barletta and the rest of the Republican field, Mr. Trump endorsed him, citing his fight to overturn the election. “We’re going to win on May 17,” Mr. Mastriano said at a rally last week in Erie, Pa. “And to quote a friend of ours, it’s going to be huge.”
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Kentucky Progressive Charles Booker Wins Democratic U.S. Senate Primary
by Brett Wilkins
May 18, 2022

Introduction:
(Common Dreams) Charles Booker—the progressive former Kentucky state lawmaker with a plan to tackle rampant inequality—cruised to victory in Tuesday's U.S. Senate Democratic primary, setting up a November contest against two-term Republican incumbent Rand Paul in which the challenger is vowing to "make history."

"We're going to beat Rand Paul. And let me be clear with you: We're going to blow Rand Paul out," Booker said during an appearance on The Young Turks. "We're gonna do it by doing two things. One, [by] inspiring a vision that encourages people to believe things can be better."

Booker touted his Kentucky New Deal, a plan to curb runaway inequality "which is really about us fighting for family, pushing the partisan divides aside, lifting up our common bonds, and really doing issue-based organizing."

"We're gonna work our asses off," the 37-year-old Louisvillian vowed.

"But on the second side of it, we're gonna beat Rand Paul by naming Rand Paul," he said. "A lot of people don't know what he does; he's a crisis actor, he's a contrarian, he's a fake libertarian, he stokes conspiracy theories."
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Andrea Salinas Wins Democratic Primary for New Oregon Congressional District
by Sam Stites and Troy Brynelson

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(OPB.org) State lawmaker Andrea Salinas won the primary race on Tuesday (May 17) to become the Democratic nominee for Oregon’s 6th Congressional District, according to early primary returns.

Salinas took on a packed field that included eight other candidates to become the first Democrat to appear on a general election ballot for the new district.

The state Legislature created the district after the 2020 census showed Oregon’s population had grown…
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Super PACs spent more than $12 million in advertising and direct mail campaigning on Flynn’s behalf. The revelation that most of that money was tied to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Samuel Bankman-Fried dominated headlines throughout the race.

Salinas overcame the funding gap to win the district’s Democratic nomination. Flynn conceded the race just before 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Source: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/17/ ... -district/
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Morgan McGarvey Gets Nod Over Attica Scott in Kentucky Democratic Congressional Primary
by Divya Karthikeyan
May 17, 2022

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(WFPL) Kentucky Senate Minority Leader Morgan McGarvey won the Democratic primary for the state’s 3rd Congressional district seat, easily defeating state Rep. Attica Scott according to initial returns.

Longtime Congressman John Yarmuth is not seeking reelection to the seat, which he has held since 2006. This is the first open seat race since 1994 in the Louisville-area district.

In what was projected to be a tough contest, both candidates ran on progressive platforms with little contrast between where they stand on major policy issues. But McGarvey and Scott had different takes on how best to work with Republicans in the state legislature and Congress.

During a victory speech Tuesday night, McGarvey said his experience as a Democratic leader in Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature will help him succeed.
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(Common Dreams) (S)tate Rep. Attica Scott...was endorsed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and Our Revolution...the winner—liberal state Senate Minority Leader Morgan McGarvey—is also a supporter of Medicare for All and other progressive priorities.
Source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/ ... ary-fights
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Valerie Foushee Dominates Democratic Primary in North Carolina 4th Congressional District
by Rusty Jacobs
May 17, 2022

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(WUNC) State Sen. Valerie Foushee easily won the Democratic nomination to run for North Carolina's 4th Congressional District, the seat being vacated by longtime progressive Rep. David Price.

Foushee now has the clear edge for the November General Election in a safely blue district that includes liberal bastions like Chapel Hill in Orange County, and all of Durham County.

According to unofficial results, Foushee got more than 46 percent of the vote, compared with 36-plus percent for runner-up, Nida Allam.

Results won't be official until after the 10-day canvas period during which county elections boards certify the results, finish processing and counting properly post-marked mail-in ballots and conduct hand-counts of ballots from randomly selected precincts.
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Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam...was backed by (Bernie) Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez.
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State Senator Don Davis Wins Democratic Primary for North Carolina 1st Congressional District
May 17, 2022

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SNOW HILL, N.C. (WITN) - State Senator Don Davis has won the Democratic primary for the 1st Congressional District.

Davis defeated Erica Smith, a former state senator by a two-to-one margin.

Davis is the former mayor of Snow Hill and will face the winner of the GOP primary in November.

Incumbent Rep. G.K. Butterfield decided to retire after the GOP-controlled state legislature redrew maps making the 1st District more favorable to a Republican candidate.
Source: https://www.witn.com/2022/05/18/davis-w ... -district/

Don Davis...benefited from more than $2.3 million in outside spending by the United Democracy Project, AIPAC's new pro-Israel super PAC.
Source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/ ... ary-fights

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In North Carolina’s 1st district, $2.8 million in outside spending helped defeat progressive Erica Scott...As a state legislator, Davis repeatedly voted with Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood and supported anti-choice measures. He is set to become the House’s most anti-abortion Democrat.
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