August 24th: Republican Primary Day in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Vermont, and Oklahoma Run-off

ALASKA:

Senate: Key race to watch where Lisa Murkowski is being challenged by Joe Miller, Tea Party candidate, in the primary. Maybe we have our heads buried but we don't see Lisa Murkowski losing. When it comes to the big votes, she is always standing with Republicans not going off on her own like the New England Republicans. She is an expert when it comes to oil and gas which is the lifeblood of Alaska.

Governor: The Anchorage Daily has endorsed Bill Walker over current Governor Sean Parnell in a close call.

What Alaska needs in the governor's office in the next four years is, above all, a leader who wants to put the state in command of its own future.

Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/08/21/1419448/governors-race-republicans-in.html#ixzz0xRmUXPOT
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ARIZONA

Senate: We expect Senator John McCain to win the nomination in a runaway as voters in Arizona have woken up to the fact the Hayworth was voted out of the House for a reason.

Governor: Current Governor Jan Brewer will win hands down.
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FLORIDA

Senate: Marco Rubio will become the official Republican candidate with challenges from NO Party Crist and we suspect the Democrat Meeks after Clinton was in Florida campaigning for him.

Governor: One nasty race in Florida with current Governor Bill McCollum against Rick Scott, a businessman. The nastiest has led the Democrat to take an early lead but that will change when Florida finally gets the primary behind and unites behind the Governor's candidate. McCollum wouldn't be in trouble if he had ran a better campaign but his covering for Charlie Crist has hurt plus his extremely negative ads. We will put this one too close to call and state the winner and loser need to get together to defeat the most liberal woman in Florida Alex Sink who is running on the Democrat side.

VERMONT

Senator: Len Britton

Governor: Brian Dubie, current Lt Governor

OKLAHOMA

Tomorrow is run-off day in Oklahoma with the most heated race coming in the 5th District which is the seat Mary Fallin is leaving to run for Governor. We expect Lankford to pull out the win as Kevin Calvey has run one of the nastiest campaigns we have seen but not shocking when you consider who is running his race. Calvey using his National Guard service as a JAG officer like he was active duty 24/7 military turned a lot of people off in this race. Club for Growth made a huge mistake in getting involved in this race and should have stayed neutral. Whoever recommended that they send money to Calvey, didn't know who they supported. Calvey is an opportunist. Unless something changes we expect Lankford to win tomorrow as he won the primary. Next time Mr. Calvey runs, he should think twice about going after someone's religious affiliation. When you misquote the Edmond Sun newspaper like Calvey and then refuse to go on TV because one of the anchors has endorsed his opponent, you have real problems. If we lived in the 5th District, we would be voting for Lankford.

The final fundraising numbers for the weekend are in according to the McCarville Report which are telling:

UPDATE: James Lankford reported $41,800 in new donations through Sunday, bringing his 4-day total to almost $87,000. Kevin Calvey reported $4,800, bringing his total for the period to $20,400.

We would bet the voters of the 5th District are going to give the nod to political newcomer James Lankford.

2nd District: Charles Thompson and Daniel Edmonds -- from various reports we have read, we would expect Daniel Edmonds, another political newcomer, to win this race to face Democrat Dan Boren on November 2nd.

Insurance Commissioner: John Doak should win by a landslide.

This is a quick look at tomorrow's primaries.

Primary Elections, Tuesday, August 3rd, and Thursday, August 5th

Kansas, Michigan and Missouri go to the polls for their primaries tomorrow, August 3rd, while Tennessee will be holding their primary on Thursday, August 5th.

The Republican race in Michigan for Governor is very close and will depend on which candidate can turn out their supporters.

Congressman Pete Hoekstra was the leading candidate for months but businessman Rick Snyder has gradually been gaining ground. Tomorrow night should be interesting as the votes start coming in to see who will prevail to become the Republican candidate for Michigan Governor. Republicans will be getting behind the winner come Wednesday morning to unite in ousting the Democrats from the Michigan Governor's Office. With the poor shape of the Michigan economy believe the Michigan voters will be giving the Republican a chance to turn things around. It sure cannot get any worse in Michigan than what the Democrats have managed to do to the state. Michigan was on its back long before the rest of the Country. Time to turn Michigan around and elect a Republican to become Governor to lead the way on November 2nd, 2010!

In Missouri, Cong Roy Blunt is leading Republicans for the nomination to replace Senator Kit Bond who is retiring in Jan 2011. He is expected to face Democrat Robin Carnahan in the general election and as of now holds a six point lead in the latest polling. The stunner may come this fall when longtime Democrat Ike Skelton faces his stiffest challenge ever in the MO 4th District. Republicans are determined to defeat Skelton this time and turn the 4th District of Missouri Red. There are currently nine Republicans running to challenge Skelton.

In Kansas, Republicans are expected to keep the Senate seat in GOP control as the Democrats are not fielding a top tiered candidate. Retiring Senator Sam Brownback is running for Kansas Governor and his chances are excellent to become the next Governor of Kansas. This year Kansas like Oklahoma should have a very 'Red' year at the State level.

Thursday in Tennessee, voters will be choosing the candidates to face off in November for the Tennessee Governor which is an open seat. There is no US Senate seat up for election in Tennessee this election cycle.