Republican primaries fill up as GOP eyes big gains

Crowded Republican primaries for Senate are growing more crowded by the day as ambitious conservatives move to seize political opportunity as the party’s 2022 prospects soar amid President Joe Biden’s struggles.

In Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, states where competition for the Republican nomination for Senate is competitive and the field of candidates robust, new candidates are emerging. The rush of fresh Republican contenders for higher office is coinciding with growing voter dissatisfaction with Biden and generic-ballot polling for Congress that suggests the GOP could sweep the Democrats from power in the midterm elections.