DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans got their woman for a must-win Senate seat. President Donald Trump got his man in Florida, his second-home state. And Democrats chose another historic nominee in a stunning upset. The final multi-state primary night of the 2018 midterms concluded with a bang as Rep. Martha McSally locked down the GOP nomination for Senate in Arizona, turning aside two controversial candidates who would have threatened the party’s ability to hold the seat of retiring Sen. Jeff Flake. In Florida, GOP primary voters followed Trump’s lead and picked Rep. Ron DeSantis — one of the president’s favorite guests on Fox News Channel — as the party’s gubernatorial nominee over a one-time Republican wunderkind who had been plotting his campaign for governor for a decade. Meanwhile, Democratic voters made Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum the first African-American to be a major-party nominee for governor in the state — the shocking result of a late surge driven by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other liberal allies of Gillum.”
–Steven Shepard, “GOP exhales after McSally romp in Arizona,” Politico, August 29, 2018 2:58 am