2022 GOP incumbents primaried

Here is a growing list of GOP incumbents who were "primaried" (defeated in their own primaries) in 2022, and why:

Incumbent  | Office  | Reason for defeat in his primary

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Sal Santoro  | Kentucky State Rep. (R-Union)  | defeated by Marianne Proctor, who ran on a pro-Constitution “liberty” platform critical of infringements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ed Massey  | Kentucky State Rep. (R-Hebron)  | defeated by Steve Rawlings by a more than 2-to-1, who also ran on a pro-Constitution “liberty” platform critical of infringements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adam Koenig  | Kentucky State Rep. (R-Erlanger)  | defeated by Erlanger City Councilman Steve Doan, who ran on the pro-Constitution liberty platform.
Madison Cawthorn | Congressman from North Carolina (R-11th Dist.)  | observed that Zelensky is a thug and opposed $53+ billion in handouts to his Leftist regime; liberals retaliated by relentlessly smearing the 26-year-old, wheelchair-bound Cawthorn personally concerning harmless conduct.
David McKinley | Congressman from West Virginia (R-2nd Dist.)  |  Lost primary to Tea Party Incumbent Alex Mooney due to redistricting. McKinley voted for Biden's infrastructure bill
Lawrence Wasden  | Attorney General from Idaho  |  Defeated by Raul Labrador for being a RINO
Tom Rice | Congressman from South Carolina (R-7th Dist.)  |  Lost primary after voting for the Second Impeachment of Donald Trump
Rodney Davis | Congressman from Illinois (R-13 Dist.)  |  Lost primary after voting for January Sixth Commission. Davis lost a redistricting race to America First Nationalist Mary Miller
Steven Palazzo | Congressman from Mississippi (R-4th Dist.)  |  Lost primary after multiple corruption scandals
Peter Meijer | Congressman from Michigan (R-3rd Dist.)  |  Lost primary after voting for the Second Impeachment of Donald Trump
Jaime Herrera Beutler | Congressman from Washington (R-3rd Dist.)  |  Lost primary after voting for the Second Impeachment of Donald Trump
Liz Cheney | Congressman from South Carolina (R-WY Dist.)  |  Lost primary after voting for the Second Impeachment of Donald Trump