“I’m going to win the election, and I will accept that result,” Kari Lake, a candidate for governor of Arizona, said on CNN. Evan McMullin said on NBC that he would never caucus with either party.
Senator Mike Lee, in a surprisingly close race for re-election, has antagonized Mitt Romney and the state’s G.O.P. for years. His plea now? “Please, get on board.”
Democrats meddled to boost State Senator Darren Bailey in the G.O.P. primary for Illinois governor. But efforts to elevate far-right candidates in Colorado fizzled.