2024-08-21 22:55:03
[KARAH RUCKER]
FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVE MATT GAETZ WON HIS PRIMARY TUESDAY — DEFEATING THE CANDIDATE BACKED BY FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY.
GAETZ BEATING OUT NAVY VETERAN AARON DIMMOCK IN THE DEEP-RED FIRST DISTRICT OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
MCCARTHY AND HIS ALLIES HAD TARGETED GAETZ — AS WELL AS THREE OTHER REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED TO OUST HIM FROM THE SPEAKERSHIP LATE LAST YEAR.
MCCARTHY DID CLAIM ONE WIN — HELPING TO DEFEAT HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS CHAIRMAN BOB GOOD from VIRGINIA EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
while SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE NANCY MACE AND ARIZONA’S ELI CRANE WON EACH OF THEIR RACES.
