{"id":72343,"date":"2024-08-01T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f5d26959ad85681e1ededdb9b59e4d93"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:00:09","slug":"house-conservative-whos-twice-moved-to-impeach-vice-president-harris-faces-competitive-gop-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/house-conservative-whos-twice-moved-to-impeach-vice-president-harris-faces-competitive-gop-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"House conservative who’s twice moved to impeach Vice President Harris faces competitive GOP primary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A conservative congressman who has twice filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Kamala Harris<\/span> is grabbing national attention as Tennessee holds primary elections on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Republican Rep. Andy Ogles, a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus and a vocal critic of President Biden’s administration, is facing a primary challenge from Nashville councilwoman Courtney Johnston as he seeks a second term representing Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District.<\/span><\/p>\n

After filing articles of impeachment against both the president and Harris last year, Ogles filed impeachment articles against the vice president a second time after she replaced Biden at the top of the Democrats’ national ticket.<\/p>\n

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Ogles faced several controversies two years ago, as he came out on top in a crowded nine-candidate Republican primary <\/span>in the redrawn 5th District, which includes southern parts of Nashville and surrounding suburbs and rural areas.<\/p>\n

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While they’re similar in supporting conservative policies, Johnston is taking aim at Ogles as a “do-nothing grandstander” who she argues is “mired in scandals.”<\/p>\n

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But Ogles enjoys the support of former President Trump<\/span>, the party’s 2024 Republican presidential nominee, as well as House Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Bill Hagerty.<\/p>\n

Johnston has the backing of many establishment Republicans, including former Sens. Bill Frist and Bob Corker, and former Gov. Bill Haslam.<\/p>\n

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The winner of the GOP primary will face Democrat Maryam Abolfazli in November’s general election.<\/p>\n

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Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee speaks during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024. <\/span> (REUTERS\/Mike Segar)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn<\/span>, a former House member who’s seeking a second six-year term in the Senate, is the clear favorite as she faces a GOP primary challenge from Tres Wittum, a former state Senate policy analyst who came in last in the 5th Congressional District primary two years ago that was won by Ogles.<\/p>\n

There’s a crowded primary field for the Democratic Senate nomination.<\/p>\n

There are also primaries for seats in the state Senate and House, where Republicans hold super majorities in the red-dominated state.<\/p>\n

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Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in New Hampshire. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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