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Obviously, donald trump has of the scoreboard of all these folks hes trying to exact vengeance against who voted to impeach him in the aftermath of january 6. peter meyer, one of them. you know, john king was saying, people who may not know meyer, where you know the name meyer? in michigan. but he is a republican in a different mold than the modern- day trump-dominated republican party. he has been sort of fighting that fight. if he is able to successfully withstand this challenge from a trump-b...

Democrats can do. you think theyre playing with fire. >> not just playing with fire. i think when a person puts their career on the line to vote for impeachment, knowing that trumps gonna come after them, and that -- hes a very young man -- end his career, that democrats should not be meddling to lift an election denier in a primary against him. i dont think that -- if you want to be the pro-democracy party, dont go after a guy in his own party, in his own primary, for standing up for democracy....

Also right now playing out is a very close house race in western michigan. and a very significant one, too. its the third congressional district here, now more than 60% of the vote is in. peter meyer is a freshman republican congressman who one of his first votes as a member of the congress was to impeach -- vote to impeach donald trump following january 6ruth. he has drawn a trump-backed challenger, john gibbs here. and meijer has taken the lead. he was t widely considered the underdog coming i...

Three of the 10 house republicans voting to impeach donald trump have been challenged. essentially, the trump vengeance for the publican party sees this one, not settled tonight. were still counting votes. 248 now with peter meyer building democrats, not interested. they put money behind john gives, wanting him to be a nominee. they think they have a chance to take the seat in november if john gives is a nominee. we will see and be counting votes here, then the two contests out of washington sta...

Gretchen whitmer in november. also in michigan, nbc news projects john gibbs the winner in the republican primary for the states third congressional district. he is the trump endorsed challenger to republican congresswoman peter meyer. in missouri, the state attorney general eric schmitt easily won the primary. former president trump gave a half hearted endorsement in that race saying he was supporting eric, no last name given.

All right. were back now. the results were coming in across america. john king, the magic wall, looking at all of the key races for us tonight. so, john, talk to me. can we go to michigan and talk about whats happening there with pete my? >> you ask about peter meyer at michigan. those at home may not recognize the name. 1 of 10 algebra because voting to impeach donald trump. john gives, the trump-endorsed candidate, as we have seen in races where he opposes with a vengeance. 50.2249.7. a distri...

Defined by the defeat of this man, incumbent congressman peter meyer. one of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump. and the victory of this woman, tudor dixon, former actress and conservative media figure and now a republican nominee for michigan governor, who scored the last-minute backing of the former president. meanwhile, in arizona, nbc has just projected the republican nominee for attorney general will be abraham hamaday, who was endorsed by trump. trumps pick for arizona ...

Saw yesterday here in kansas. i expect were going to see that continue on through november. if you look at my race, for example, i have an opponent amanda atkins whos too far out there on this issue. she supports a total ban with no exceptions for rape or incest. i think were going to see people continuing to make sure that, especially on this issue, people are going to hold folks feet to the fire and make sure they know are you going to protect my rights or not. i think we will see that carry t...

Ended his political career going forward. obviously, i dont want to follow in the footsteps in the next election, but want to make sure we have leaders in office who are focusing on the fact that were a nation of laws, not men. and were putting interests of the country first, rather than their own political careers. its 5:00 in new york. im michael steele in for nicole wallace immediately following his vote to um peach donald trump, congressman peter meyer knew that vote could cost him his fut...

And the republican leaders know this is a problem. mitch mcconnell knows this is a problem. because as these republicans get nominated, who are weak for the general election, but are strong in the republican primary, and that just happened in michigan in a that house seat. the democrat today has a much higher likelihood of of winning that seat than she would have if peter meyer was in the place. the same is true in arizona. and i think this has been coming to touch on what was just said. this ha...