Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) easily swept past their Republican rivals in deep-red Wyoming’s Aug. 20 primary elections.
In Alaska’s primaries, four House candidates—including incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska)—emerged from a 12-candidate nonpartisan scrum to secure general election berths in the state’s ranked voting system.
Barrasso, seeking a fourth Senate term, was declared the winner by The Associated Press (AP) with just 5 percent of the vote counted at 8:01 p.m. (MT) with 68.9 percent of the tally, or 3,342 votes. Rancher and businessman Reid Rasner had 23.3 percent and John Holtz less than 8 percent.
He faces Democrat educator Scott Morrow, uncontested in his party primary, on Nov. 5….