Never in nearly 42 years in Congress has Rep. Chris Smith had a primary quite like his last — when he spent the final weeks getting bombarded by angry constituents who felt he crossed former President Donald Trump
Rep. Chris Smith , who was first elected in 1980, was held under 60 percent in his primary election earlier this month. | Ken Cedeno/Pool via APNever in nearly 42 years in Congress has Rep. Chris Smith had a primary quite like his last — when he spent the final weeks gettingThe New Jersey Republican won renomination with his lowest primary
13 points weaker than their average colleague in their primaries, according to a POLITICO analysis of 2022 primary results so far. “The irony is the commission that I voted for would have avoided this current commission,” said Rep. Blake Moore , who won his primary — but, with votes still being tallied, has less than 60 percent support from GOP voters. “My challenger looks at this as an opportunity, thinking he can disingenuously persuade people otherwise. It’s just not accurate.”
The stats for the commission voters are stark. Heading into Tuesday’s primaries, more than half of the members who voted for the Jan. 6 commission got less than 60 percent of the vote in a GOP primary — dangerous territory for an incumbent. For comparison: Of the 102 House Republicans who had GOP primaries earlier this year, only 15 of them fell under that threshold.
In TV ads, debates and mailers, challengers seized on the Jan. 6 commission vote to cast the incumbents as insufficiently conservative. Some were even inspired to launch bids because of the vote.
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