The Latest: Primary elections in Alabama, Oklahoma and Georgia further test Trump's influence
Barry Moore won the Republican nomination for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat after a runoff, with Trump’s endorsement among the factors described.

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The live-results roundup provides specific outcomes, campaign context and attributed comments from candidates, voters and political groups. It is generally precise and includes a correction, though its many short updates provide limited sustained context or competing analysis for each race.
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The roundup uses largely neutral election-reporting language, attributes opinions and campaign claims to their speakers, and covers candidates from both parties. Its attention to Trump’s endorsements reflects the article’s stated focus rather than a discernible partisan slant.
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Trump-backed Republican candidates Kevin Hern, Barry Moore and Mike Collins won Senate nominations in Oklahoma, Alabama and Georgia, respectively, while Rick Jackson defeated Trump-endorsed Burt Jones in Georgia’s governor’s race. The results offered a mixed test of Trump’s influence in primaries across several states and Washington, D.C.
The primary results included Republican Senate nominations for Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern, Alabama Rep. Barry Moore and Georgia Rep. Mike Collins. The article says Trump’s endorsements helped shape several contests, including the Senate races, while Democrats Everett Wess and Robert White also won their respective primaries in Alabama and Washington, D.C.
In Georgia’s Republican governor’s race, self-funded businessman Rick Jackson defeated Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. The article also describes other primary outcomes and voter views, including the upcoming general-election matchups for Senate in Georgia and Alabama.
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VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Moore in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Moore’s record.
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Collins's version of this story ↗President whose endorsements shaped several Republican primaries
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Hern's version of this story ↗Alabama senator whose seat is being vacated as he runs for governor
Candidate defeated by Wess in the Democratic Senate primary runoff
Outgoing D.C. delegate who is not seeking reelection
Georgia senator and Democratic candidate in the general-election Senate race
Alabama attorney general and defeated Republican Senate candidate
Former president mentioned in Collins’s criticism of Ossoff’s vote on a spending bill
Democratic winner of the Washington, D.C., primary for delegate to Congress
California state senator and candidate in the special election for Congress
Former representative whose resignation left a vacant House seat
Former Homeland Security secretary
Senate minority leader cited in a Republican super PAC’s criticism of Ossoff
Homeland Security secretary and former Oklahoma senator
Alabama senator mentioned as a fellow Enterprise native of Barry Moore
Democratic nominee for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat
Former football coach and defeated Republican Senate candidate in Georgia
Republican Senate candidate defeated by Barry Moore in Alabama
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21 OUTLETSBarry Moore won Alabama’s Republican Senate runoff, defeating Jared Hudson and securing the party’s nomination. Reports say he had President Donald Trump’s endorsement and is set to face Democrat Everett Wess in November. Center outlets mostly treat the story as an election result and look ahead to the general-election contest, though some revisit claims about Moore’s military service. Right-leaning outlets more often present the result as a test of Trump’s influence, with some giving Moore’s win an approving emphasis.
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