Utah Republican voters have ousted Congressman Chris Cannon of Utah in a primary election. He was defeated by Jason Chaffetz by a large margin, 60% to 40%.
This is significant. While Cannon is conservative in some ways, he is absolutely awful on immigration. He is the biggest supporter of open borders amongst house Republicans.
This is the first time that a primary defeat of an incumbent Republican member of Congress is clearly attributable to immigration.
When Cannon survived tough primary challenges in previous elections, the Wall Street Journal wrote editorials saying that most voters didn't care about immigration. What will they say now?
Cannon was also bad on some spending issues, such as his vote for the Medicare prescription drug bill.
Incumbent Republican Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland was ousted by voters earlier this year. He lost over a combination of issues, including abortion, gun rights, economic issues, the war in Iraq, and immigration.
For more on Cannon record on immigration, see this blog post.
1 comment:
When is your boy Hoogendyk going to start campaigning?
He's gonna have to get out there early if he wants to lose by 20% and not 30%.
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