am while he. polls are now close in the seven states that actually had elections today. many results are still too early to call, but here are some of the primary races we are following closely at this hour. and california, we are awaiting a call in the mayoral race in los angeles, congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a lifetime of businessman. turned democrat, a special recall election in san francisco lost his job as additional guitar any of that. city in south dakota nbc news projects that accompany republican governor christine all has one parent mary for governor. over and iowa democratic michael franken excuse me there, difference crane that from what we are seeing, defeated former congresswoman abby finkenauer. frank you will now look to updating and convince senator chuck grassley, come november. and in montana, ryan thank, you donald trump secretary of the interior, is leaning in his campaign for congress in close race though that we are watching
with primary races under way in seven states. california, iowa, mississippi, montana, new jersey, new mexico and south dakota. polls are just opening now in california. one of the races closely watched is the los angeles mayoral race in which democratic congresswoman karen bass is facing off developer rick caruso. in montana, ryan zing ki who left congress to become the terror secretary is trying to return to the house representing the state s congressional district there. a top gop target this fall, iowa s third congressional district, the three candidates facing off in the republican primary hoping to flip that house seat this fall. joining us are national political correspondent steve kornacki at the big board and steve patterson in los angeles. let s start with steve kornacki, good morning. what are you keeping an eye on this morning? a lot to watch today, jose. there are seven states holding primaries. you can see this is actually kind of a super tuesday. this is the b
deadly insurrection and that threatens to unravel our democracy, well, it s on the ballot in several states today in gop primaries that are just as much a measure of the trumpification of the republican party as they are a test of the disgraced ex-president s political power. in georgia, governor brian kemp and secretary of state brad raffensperger are facing primary challengers entirely because of their refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 election there. trump s conduct in georgia is notably under criminal investigation now. a pair of trump-backed candidates, that would be former senator david perdue and congressman jody hice are hoping to unseat republicans kemp and raffensperger. new york times reports this, quote, along with representative jody hice, david perdue is running a campaign that s almost single mindedly focused on trump s baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and in true trump style, perdue is ending a campaign that is staked
Loyal to him. Voters not sufficiently pure enough either in the first choice of a candidate, as in the case of haley voters or in their religion, in the case of jews who dont vote republican. The list of political enemies gets longer and longer and while this isnt new, its trump being trump, after all, some republicans worry its not helping him in november, in the same way condemning vote by mail cost him in 2020. Condemning anyone who questions him or maybe doesnt have him as their first choice might cost him in 2024. Theres vaughn. If not in total viewers. And in republicans ability to keep the house or win back the senate. Youre seeing the sausage being made, folks. The former president quote, needs to be sensitive to where hes strong and where hes weak in the political map. Joining us now, as i mentioned, nbc news correspondent Vaughn Hillyard whose face you saw half of a moment ago, New York Times Political Correspondent who wrote a new piece on trump and evangelicals, mike bender
Federal courts for alabama redistricting could have huge implications for the control of congress, went all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes this evening. One of the leaders of the farright gang the proud boys a guy by the name of Enrique Tarrio, received the longest and harshest sentence to date for attempting to end american democracy and the rule of law. 22 years in federal prison. Tarrio was convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for his role in the insurrection. That sentence, which we got just a few hours ago, is the most severe sentence of the more than 1100 people charged in connection with a january 6th attacks. In court today the proud boys leader says that january six was a, quote, national embarrassment, for the judge was not moved, saying, quote, i dont have any indication hes remorseful for the things hes convicted of. The judge went on to say that tarrio was, quote, the ultimate leader, the ultimate person who hogue organized, who was motivated