JUST IN: Stefanik-backed Karoline Leavitt wins New Hampshire House GOP primary
Karoline Leavitt walks in front of a campaign banner in New Hampshire. [Karoline for Congress, @kleavittnh, on Twitter.], on Tuesday won the Republican primary for a key swing U.S. House district in New Hampshire, according to the AP.Leavitt’s win represents a victory for the conservative wing of the Republican Party at the tail end of the 2022 primaries, and sets the stage for what is expected to be one of the most competitive House races in the country.
The GOP field also included Gail Huff Brown, a local TV journalist and wife of Scott Brown, who served as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and later ran for Senate in New Hampshire before serving as the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand.The crowded race became a proxy battle between members of House GOP leadership, as well as the broader conservative and establishment wings of the party.