defined by the defeat of this man, incumbent congressman peter meyer. one of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump. and the victory of this woman, tudor dixon, former actress and conservative media figure and now a republican nominee for michigan governor, who scored the last-minute backing of the former president. meanwhile, in arizona, nbc has just projected the republican nominee for attorney general will be abraham hamaday, who was endorsed by trump. trump s pick for arizona secretary of state, mark fincham also sailed for victory, as did his pick for the senate, blake masters who will face democrat mark kelly in november. and arizona s republican house speaker, rusty bowers, who was a star witness for the january 6th committee, lost his state senate race to his trump-backed opponent. but the most closely watched race there is still too close to call. the showdown between trump-backed election denier, kerri lake, and karen taylor robeson. our team is cove
whirlwind visit to taiwan, meeting earlier today with the island s democratically elected president, in defiance of provocative live fire drills from china s military. and also this hour we ll talk to kentucky governor andy beshear about the search and rescue efforts as the death count rises from this week s historic floods. i ll speak to senator kirsten gillibrand about the passage of new medical benefits for burn pit victims finally. and we are on sinema watch, waiting for that 50th democratic senator to signal whether or not she will support the democrats new compromise bill to cut prescription drug costs and combat climate change. but we begin with politics. joining us now, nbc s dasha burns in kansas. nbc s vaughn hillyard in aarizona. and nbc s yamiche alcindor in st. louis. the dream team. dasha, first to you. this amazing turnout. the defeat of the amendment, the kansas state constitution. it s now becoming a rallying cry for democrats and abortion rights supporters
here. we should note, though, that eric schmitt having won this race, he is favored to win the seat to replace roy blunt in the u.s. senate. it was 1996 the last time a democratic presidential candidate won in the state. that was bill clinton. and it was 2012 the last time a democrat won a senate seat in this state. that was claire mccaskill. so a lot to watch here, andrea. indeed. yamiche alcindor. and our thanks of course to vaughn and to dasha. i want to bring in msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki at the big board for a deeper dive on the republicans who stood up to former president trump before he left office. steve, how did it play out for all those lawmakers last night? yeah, it s interesting, andrea. you re talking about donald trump and his slate in arizona potentially getting a clean sweep there. how about in some house races where you have donald trump sort of trying to get revenge, has been the theme here of the primary season against those ten republi
they re confident that this supply chain problem could work itself out, hopefully in the next coming days. kerry sanders. thank you for that. that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. you can always reach me on twitter and instagram @jdbalart. be sure to follow the show online @jdbalartmsnbc. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. after a stunning political shock wave in kansas where voters overwhelmingly showed up to protect abortion rights in their state, a major development that could have ripple effects reaching all the way to the midterms and beyond. we ll have steve kornacki at the big board plus a live report from kansas along with our team in arizona and missouri, where former president trump had a string of big primary victories. nancy pelosi has completed her