特朗普演讲政治余波：亚利桑那州长初选与缅因州民主党提名

S PRIMARY ELECTIONS TOMORROW WHERE REPUBLICANS WILL CHOOSE A NOMINEE TO CHALLENGE THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN NOVEMBER. THAT'S WHERE WE START TONIGHT ON THIS POLITICS MONDAY WITH TAMARA KEITH OF NPR, AND JASMINE WRIGHT, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR NOTUS. AMY WALTER IS AWAY. GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH. WE WILL START IN ARIZONA. WE HAVE THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR. REPRESENTATIVE ANDY BIGGS IS THE FRONT RUNNER.

HE IS ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. REPRESENTATIVE DAVIS SCHWEIKERT IS RUNNING WITH A COMPETING VISION FOR THE PARTY. THE WINNER WILL TAKE ON ARIZONA'S CURRENT DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR, KATIE HOBBS. NO REPUBLICAN HAS LOST THE STATEWIDE PRIMARY IN ARIZONA WITH TRUMP'S BACKING. DOES THAT BODE WELL FOR ANDY BIGGS? TAMARA: IT'S YOUR DUST. PRESIDENT TRUMP -- IT SURE DOES. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT IN RED DISTRICTS IS LIKE A GOLDEN TICKET.

THE PRESIDENT AND HIS POLITICAL TEAM HAVE AT TIMES WORKED TO MOVE PEOPLE TO EVEN SHIFT DISTRICTS. WE SAW THAT IN ARIZONA WHERE A CANDIDATE WAS ENCOURAGED TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT AND THEN GOT THE TRUMP ENDORSEMENT RUN IN THAT DISTRICT, A DISTRICT HE DOES NOT LIVE IN. ESSENTIALLY, TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE MOVING THE PUZZLE PIECES TRYING TO SET THINGS UP SO THAT TRUMP LOYAL CANDIDATES WILL GET THROUGH THE PRIMARY.

NOW WHETHER THEY CAN WIN IN A GENERAL ELECTION IN A STATE, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICTS WHERE THE VOTERS ARE QUITE MODERATE, WHERE THE COMPOSITION OF THE DISTRICT IS QUITE MODERATE, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. THE RECORD IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG. AMNA: THE PRIMARY IS ONE THING, THE GENERAL IS ANOTHER. KATIE HOBBS BARELY GOT A WIN IN 2022 AGAINST KARI LAKE WHO WAS ALSO BACKED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OFTEN REPEATED THE LIES ABOUT THE STOLEN 2020 ELECTION.

WHO DO THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO RUN AGAINST HERE? JASMINE: ARIZONA HAS PROVEN THEY DON'T LIKE PUTTING FOLKS WHO DENIED THE ELECTION INTO HIGHER OFFICE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE'VE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS STATE BECAUSE WE SEEM FOLKS LIKE KARI LAKE AND OTHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN THE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GET THAT APPROVAL. TIME AND TIME AGAIN, ARIZONANS HAVE REJECTED THEM. KATIE HOBBS HAS A MIXED TRACK RECORD.

SHE'S VIEWED BY A LOT OF DEMOCRATS AS PROBABLY THE MOST VULNERABLE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR GOING INTO THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. BUT JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE KNOW THEY MOVED THAT RACE FROM A TOSSUP TO NOW LEAN DEMOCRATIC. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF ANDY BIGGS. HE IS FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES LIKELY TO GET THAT PRIMARY SPOT. COMING INTO THE GENERAL, THAT'S A HUGE QUESTION. SOMEONE BEING SO CLOSE TO DONALD TRUMP, PARTICULARLY IN AN ELECTION WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND THINK THE PRESIDENT IS NOT FOCUSED ON THE REAL ISSUES AT HAND.

AMNA: LET'S TURN TO MAINE. BIG NEWS THIS WEEK AFTER GRAHAM PLATNER WAS FORCED OUT. TROY JACKSON SEEMS POISED TO CLINCH THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TO REPLACE PLATNER. HERE'S A PART OF THE CAMPAIGN AT HIS TEAM POSTED LAST NIGHT.

WE ARE NOT FROM LEFT,