it was a test between conservative groups. as for the governor s race there, he s on track to beat russ who ran as a more conservative candidate. the election in oregon is merkley against monica wehby. she talked the more conservative candidate in the race. two establish candidates holding off the conservative backed secretary of state in that state. cnn projects david purdue and kingston were the top two in the race but didn t get enough votes. secretary of state is set to finish third despite her backing
to answer the second question first. the first question did we play any role in bringing it to the attention of the press. the answer is absolutely not. in fact, i can tell you that we did not invest in, in opposition research of my opponent. because as naive as this might sound i set out to make this a clean campaign abouter use. i think that was a huge mistake in hindsight. well that was by far the most honest thing said on this election night so far, or gun state representative, jason conger. thank you for your time. appreciate it. thank you, chris. joining me, the communications director for progressive pac, emily any list, and a senior political writer for buzz feed. all right, how do you follow that? how do you follow that? a very honest thing to say. you are a political operative. do you think the wehby stuff has been fair game, coming from emily slist if that was a candidate.
we have one more result to share with you. monica webby who had a brutal last two weeks of her campaign as a 911 call involving her and an ex boyfriend and a police report involving an ex-husband surfaced. she will be the nominee for the republican party to face jeff merkley. she was once seen as a big threat to merkley. unclear whether that pertains in the wake of the last two weeks of news cycles for monica wehby. the kentucky race. yes. it s striking to me how important coal is in that state s self imageage. if you look at the employment data more people work in the auto industry than coal. you see coal shrinking and the same thing in 2012 in west virginia, sa v.a. and ohio which oel coal became an issue.
and that s why this race isn t about one party against another. it is about a government that thinks it can lie to its own citizens and get away with. in arkansas, republican congressman, tom cotton won his primary to try to take down, senator mark pryor in an incredibly closely watched contested race if democrats hope to hang on to the senate. in georgia, a seven candidate race to catch the republican nomination has placed these four candidates at the top. david perdue advancing to the run-off. and the ultimate victor there will go up against the democratic primary winner, michelle nunn. daughter of the former senator and democrat who just might take a seat from the republican column. in oregon, monica wehby hoped the controversy surrounding her personal life would not keep her from winning her primary to take on jeff merkley.
even though these revelations came out four days and one day ahead of the official primary day in oregon, respectively. there s been a unique question as to whether or not an oregon election, in particular, might be sort of immune to any late-breaking news like this because so many oregon voters already mailed in or dropped off their ballots before details emerged. when the first round of news about stalking allegations dropped on friday, may 16th, that was four days before the primary and by four days before the primary in the past three primary elections. by that point half of the ballots cast in those elections had been filled out and returned. well, that same day, friday may 16th, was the last day that voters could mail in their ballots but had until 8 p.m. to drop them off in those cute drop boxes across the state. all the results are in and monica wehby has won with 54% of