strained relationship between china and the united states. and on capitol hill, kyrsten sinema is in the spotlight. the arizona senator is staying sigh leapt on whether she will support a major bill for her own party. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we re going to begin with that major victory for abortion rights. voters in kansas have rejected an effort to remove the right to the procedure from the state s constitution. this marks the first time abortion rights was put to a vote since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade back in june. with the november midterms coming up, the kansas vote signals that abortion could be an energizing issue. according to an associated press estimate, turnout for yesterday s primary far exceeded other recent contests with about 900,000 kansas voters casting a ballot. president biden celebrated the win, writing in part, this vote makes clear what
first time anywhere in the country where voters cast ballots on abortion rights since the supreme court overturned roe v wade in june. the republican primary for governor of arizona too close to call this morning. right now lake leads robson by about 10,000 votes. mark finchem is projected to win the republican nomination to oversee voting arizona as s secretary of state. in the senate primary, blake masters also endorsed by the future president is projected to win the nomination in arizona. in michigan, nbc news projects tudor dixon has won the republican nomination for the state s governor. the former conservative media personality won an endorsement from president trump just last week and faces off against gretchen whitmer in november. also in michigan, nbc news projects john gibbs the winner in the republican primary for the state s third congressional district. he is the trump endorsed challenger to republican congresswoman peter meyer. in missouri, the state attorney
900,000 kansas voters casting a ballot. president biden celebrated the win, writing in part, this vote makes clear what we know. the majority of americans agree that women should have access to abortion and should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions. and now we move on to one of the nation s most turbulent contests which was held in michigan. nbc news projects tudor dixon has won the republican nomination for governor there. the former conservative media personality won an endorsement from former president donald trump just last week and will now face off against incumbent democratic governor gretchen whitmer this november. the truth is this upcoming campaign, the next four years, they re not about gretchen whitmer and they re not about tudor dixon. they re about all of you. they re about how together we can rebuild our state. whitmer was renominated in
first time anywhere in the country where voters cast ballots on abortion rights since the supreme court overturned roe v wade in june. the republican primary for governor of arizona too close to call this morning. right now lake leads robson by about 10,000 votes. mark finchem is projected to win the republican nomination to oversee voting arizona as s secretary of state. in the senate primary, blake masters also endorsed by the future president is projected to win the nomination in arizona. in michigan, nbc news projects tudor dixon has won the republican nomination for the state s governor. the former conservative media personality won an endorsement from president trump just last week and faces off against
nickelback is awesome. we are back with our new installme installment. tonight, we spotlight a well-known conservative media personality from southwest florida who aligned himself with the tea party and last november, won the seat vacated by connie mack. in tonight s edition of if these are the people running the country, we bring you tray raid l. he represents the good people of ft. myers, florida. he s a husband, a father, he was a tv news anchor. he once owneded a company that registered sexually charged web addresses in spanish, like as a republican, i call them conservative values. but really, they re american values. he also bought up web addresses using the name of his rival candidates. he covered all his bases.