Republicans escape primary season without a Roy Moore repeat

Published September 1, 2018 4:00am ET



Senate Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief as the 2018 primary season has come and gone without any of their preferred candidates losing primaries to opponents they feared could have jeopardized their majority in the fall.

With the victory of Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., on Tuesday, Republicans endured what was viewed late last year as a potentially arduous primary season after Judge Roy Moore’s victory over former Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama and the rise of candidates promoted by Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist and Breitbart executive. In particular, Republicans feared writing off races in states like West Virginia, Arizona, and Nevada, but were able to come out unscathed.

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