By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – Republican voters in Tuesday’s Arizona primaries nominated conservative candidates for high-profile races for governor and a U.S. House seat, as Democrats rallied behind moderates leading up to the November 3 midterm elections. The results also marked wins for U.S. President Donald Trump, who endorsed victorious Republicans in…
Arizona voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose party nominees in races that could help determine who controls the US House of Representatives and whether Republicans can flip one of the country’s most competitive Democratic governorships. Once considered reliably Republican, Arizona has swung between the two parties in recent election cycles. Democrat Joe…
US congressman Dan Goldman has been defeated in a New York primary election, capping a clean sweep for candidates backed by New York’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Goldman was beaten by progressive challenger Brad Lander in New York’s 10th congressional district in a contest that laid bare the party’s divisions over the Israel-Gaza war….
State Auditor Matt Dunlap, a progressive Democrat, won the Democratic primary in northern Maine’s battleground House district early Friday, according to state election officials. The race call came 10 days after voters went to the polls. Election officials tabulated second-choice votes under the state’s ranked-choice system after no candidate won more than 50 percent of…
President Trump’s grip on the Republican Party in the South, where he has enjoyed perhaps his greatest success lifting his chosen candidates over those he has perceived as disloyal, will be tested on Tuesday in three states featuring primary or runoff contests with candidates he backed. The top race of the day is in Georgia,…
Graham Platner, who has advocated for government-funded healthcare, free education and a wealth tax, has won the Maine Democratic primary for the United States Senate. He will take on Republican Senator Susan Collins in a high-stakes race in November. Platner, a veteran turned oyster farmer initially backed by the progressive Democrats, was accepted by the…
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is entering his Republican primary on Tuesday with a powerful ally in his corner: President Trump. Mr. Graham “is doing a fantastic job” and has his endorsement, Mr. Trump has said. But they weren’t always so chummy. Mr. Graham was once one of Mr. Trump’s most vocal Republican critics,…
Michigan may be known for Midwestern friendliness, but right now the swing state is home to the most combative Democratic Senate primary of the midterms. Attacks are flying, prominent Democrats are taking sides, and the bruising contest is causing anxiety in the party. And with about three months left until the primary, the fracas is…
When Jordan Wood, a progressive running for an open congressional seat in Maine, woke up on Monday morning, his husband looked at him as if someone had just died. No one had. But while he was sleeping, Mr. Wood had missed some jarring news: An official from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had left a…
The California primary election will begin to chart a course for the nation’s most populous state for years — and possibly generations — to come. The state’s long-ruling Democratic Party is at an inflection point, and residents continue to struggle with the high cost of living, fears over immigration raids and the ever-rising threat of…
