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Primary Elections
Primary Election results...
On Tuesday, voters across the country propelled several pro-gun
candidates to victory in primary elections. In
Alabama's 3rd
Congressional District, the pro-gun community helped State
Representative Mike Rogers become the Republican nominee for this
November's general election. In
Iowa, redistricting moved current 5th
Congressional District U.S. Representative Tom Latham to the 4th
Congressional District, where he won the Republican nomination on
Tuesday.
New Jersey State
Assemblyman Scott Garrett won the Republican
nomination in the Garden State's 5th Congressional District - a seat being
vacated by retiring anti-gun Representative Marge Roukema (R). And in
New Mexico, State Senator John Arthur Smith defeated anti-gun Las Cruces
Mayor Ruben Smith to become the Democrat nominee for the 2nd
Congressional District. All four of these winners received the NRA-PVF
endorsement for their respective primary races.
In another Alabama race, there will be a run-off election to determine
the Democrat nominee for Alabama's 7th Congressional District on June
25. This race pits incumbent
U.S. Representative Earl Hilliard against
challenger Artur Davis. In 2000, when Hilliard faced the same
challenger, the gun-ban lobby formerly known as HCI made more than
$18,000 in independent expenditures on behalf of Davis. HCI likely
targeted Hilliard for defeat because of his votes against final passage
of the Brady Act and the ban on so-called "assault weapons" during the
103rd Congress, and his vote to repeal the "assault weapons" ban during
the 104th Congress.
...and the Next Round of Primary Elections
Maine,
North Dakota,
South Carolina, and
Virginia will hold primary
elections this Tuesday, June 11. NRA members in these states should
have already received information on candidates endorsed by the
NRA-Political Victory Fund for the primaries, so please be sure to go to
the polls and support pro-gun candidates for office, and encourage your
family, friends, and fellow firearm owners to do the same. NRA members
in these states who have not received this information can call the
NRA-ILA Grassroots Division at (800) 392-8683.
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