2022 Primary Election Night Coverage Megathread (9/13 - GRAND FINALE - DE, NH, RI)

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I’m not very familiar, what are the coalitions in this race? Herbster is like Mandel with hardcore conservative rurals, Lindstrom is like Dolan with urban areas, and Pillen is like Vance being acceptable everywhere and dominating a few random spots?

Flip Herbster and Pillen. Pillen is the Club for Growth/Americans for Prosperity candidate; Herbster was originally the "old Nebraska establishment" candidate, but pivoted towards running as a Trumpier guy.

Pillen was the candidate of current Governor Ricketts, who might be the Nebraska establishment at this point, but is generally a ways to the right of where the NEGOP is, or where they wanted to be in 2014.

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Democrats have also already demonstrated some fear of O'Dea since they decided to try to spend heavily to get him to lose the primary, which both failed and -- at least in terms of organizations that might've been cool to him in a general given how moderate he is -- worked to shore up his right flank. Seems like a good candidate for the year and place.