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Former President Donald Trump continued his drive to punish even partial opposition inside the GOP in Tuesday’s primaries, while the party also flipped a longtime Democratic House seat in a South Texas special election.

Rep. Tom Rice, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president, lost his primary to Trump-endorsed state Rep. Russell Fry. It’s the first time this year that a Republican impeachment backer has faced a challenger backed by Trump — and the results were emphatic, with Rice’s party support crashing to just a quarter of the vote.

FILE - Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C., questions IRS commissioner Charles Rettig during a hearing of the Oversight Subcommittee about the 2022 tax filing season, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 17, 2022. Rice faces a half-dozen Republican challengers as he seeks the nomination for his sixth term.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)