Georgia Republicans who fervently backed Donald Trump for president a few months ago ended up sticking with political insiders Tuesday as incumbents swept to victory in contested primary elections across the state.
Though nobody named Trump or Clinton was on the ballot, Georgia voters returned to the polls to give the state’s senior U.S. senator a shot at keeping his job in the fall election. Voters also handed victories to five GOP congressmen facing primary opponents as well as one member of the utility-regulating Georgia Public Service Commission.
Even a state lawmaker charged with drunken driving last month had little trouble winning.
A look at key primary races in Georgia:
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