Jason Lewis, a former radio talk show host with a history of controversial comments about women and slavery, has won the GOP primary in Minnesota’s open 2nd District.

Lewis won with 46 percent of the vote in the four-way primary, according to the Associated Press.

The general election in this Tilts Democrat district had been expected to be one of the most competitive in the country.

But ahead of the primary, Republicans working in the state feared that Lewis’ comments could keep him from making the race against Democrat Angie Craig — who’s had the primary field to herself since January — truly competitive.

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