GOP Primary Candidates Getting Boost From Democrats Voting To Block Trump Picks

Trump warned about crossover voting while campaigning Saturday in Wyoming, another state where his opponents are calling for Democrats to intervene — this time to help save Representative Liz Cheney from a primary challenger.

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President Trump at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Ohio on April 23, 2022. AP/Joe Maiorana

WASHINGTON — Diane Murray struggled with her decision all the way up to Election Day.

But when the time came, the 54-year-old Georgia Democrat cast a ballot in last week’s Republican primary for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. While state law allowed her to participate in either party’s primary, she said it felt like a violation of her core values to vote for the Republican. But it had to be done, she decided, to prevent a President Trump-backed “election denier” from becoming the battleground state’s election chief.

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