{"id":2902,"date":"2026-06-17T05:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2026-06-17T05:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:34:37","slug":"billionaire-rick-jackson-gets-georgias-gop-nomination-for-governor-in-trump-defying-win-follow-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2902","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Rick Jackson gets Georgia\u2019s GOP nomination for governor in Trump-defying win. Follow Live updates."},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Election results added to Trump\u2019s mixed record with gubernatorial endorsements this primary season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2900\">In Georgia\u2019s Capitol, Republicans\u2019 redistricting session to begin without maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>In Oklahoma, former state Sen. Mike Mazzei failed to meet the threshold needed to secure the GOP nomination, forcing him to a runoff against Gentner Drummond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Georgia, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones lost the Republican runoff to Rick Jackson, who dumped over $100 million into his own campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Follow along live.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Trump to wrap G7 summit facing skepticism at home and jitters overseas over his plan to end Iran war \u2014 1:00 a.m.<\/h2>\n<p><button><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<defs>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<\/defs>\n<g>\n<g>\n<\/g>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Link copied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By the Associated Press<\/p>\n<p><span>EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up talks with world leaders at the Group of Seven summit on Wednesday where he\u2019s been trying to sell his tentative agreement with Iran as a pact that will ensure the Islamic Republic never develops a nuclear weapon \u2014 even though he\u2019s offered scant specificity about how that would be implemented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump and his fellow leaders are closing the formal talks of the leading industrial nations at a lakeside resort in the French Alps on Wednesday with sessions on the future of artificial intelligence and fostering economic growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The U.S. leader also plans to make a stop for a glitzy dinner at the Palace of Versailles outside of Paris before he jets back to Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But first, Trump finds himself trying to quell skepticism about the Iran agreement, a difficult task given that neither the White House nor Iran have released the text of the deal. He also faces jitteriness from key ally Israel about ending the conflict under these terms.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Trump\u2019s endorsement success tapers off in governor races \u2014 12:35 a.m.<\/h2>\n<p><button><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<defs>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<\/defs>\n<g>\n<g>\n<\/g>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Link copied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By the Associated Press<\/p>\n<p><span>Tonight\u2019s results added to Trump\u2019s mixed record with gubernatorial endorsements this primary season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2898\">Interim US-Iran deal leaves the thorniest issue still to be negotiated: Tehran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>In Oklahoma, former state Sen. Mike Mazzei failed to meet the threshold needed to secure the GOP nomination, forcing him to a runoff against Gentner Drummond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Georgia, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones lost the Republican runoff to Rick Jackson, who dumped over $100 million into his own campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Robert White Jr. wins Democratic primary for DC\u2019s delegate to Congress \u2014 12:30 a.m.<\/h2>\n<p><button><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<defs>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<\/defs>\n<g>\n<g>\n<\/g>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Link copied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By the Associated Press<\/p>\n<p><span>He becomes the favorite to replace 18-term delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who decided to not seek reelection in the heavily Democratic city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>White, an at-large member of the D.C. Council, would become the third delegate in the district\u2019s history, following Norton and Walter Fauntroy Jr., both politicians with national standing in the civil rights era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Norton faced heavy pressure to step down from critics who argued she didn\u2019t challenge the Trump administration strongly enough when it deployed the National Guard to the city, among other contentious actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>DC mayoral candidate says Trump\u2019s attacks on her energized voters \u2014 12:00 a.m.<\/h2>\n<p><button><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg>\n<defs>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<clippath>\n<\/clippath>\n<\/defs>\n<g>\n<g>\n<\/g>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Link copied<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By the Associated Press<\/p>\n<p><span>Trump last week threatened a federal takeover of Washington if Janeese Lewis George becomes the city\u2019s next mayor. Lewis George, a self-described democratic socialist, said she believed that threat prompted people to go out and vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSome people who weren\u2019t paying attention to this race until the very end, when Trump made those comments, people were (like) \u2018Wait a minute I need to pay attention,\u2019\u201d she told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2896\">State lawmaker and Trump-backed pastor head to House runoff in Oklahoma<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re following the latest updates and analysis on the Donald Trump administration. 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