Peter Meijer, Republican who voted to impeach Trump, loses Michigan seat
by Lauren Gambino in Washington and Martin Pengelly i from US news | The Guardian on (#623TA)
Trump-backed challenger John Gibbs triumphs, while Democrats hopeful Kansas abortion vote will energize voters in November
On one of the most consequential nights of the US primary season, amplifiers of Donald Trump's stolen-election myth won in Arizona and Michigan - in the latter state defeating a Republican who voted for Trump's impeachment - while voters in Kansas decisively rejected an attempt to remove abortion protections from the state constitution.
With fewer than 100 days left before the November midterm elections, the results confirmed Trump's grip on Republican voters and advanced his efforts to purge critics and elevate loyalist standard-bearers.
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