POLITICO NIGHTLY: The GOP’s last ‘candidate quality’ test
View in browser BY MYAH WARD Presented by ELECTION NIGHT — POLITICO’s got you covered on the last primary day of the season with live results pages for New Hampshire and Rhode Island . (We won’t be watching Delaware, where only one statewide race — for auditor — is contested.) Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc greets supporters at a town hall event on Sept. 10, 2022 in Laconia, N.H. | Scott Eisen/Getty Images QUALITY CONTROL — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made headlines last month when he threw cold water on his party’s chances of flipping the Senate, citing “candidate quality” as an obstacle to winning back the majority. It’s become a midterm buzzword — a shorthand used by elected officials and political operatives alike when describing candidates who may be too flawed or too extreme to win. In other words, candidates with serious electability issues. At the moment, it’s perhaps the GOP’s most serious stumbl...
