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30 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: August 12, 2026.
WatchMinnesota's senior senator crushed six rivals in Tuesday's Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary for governor. She now faces House Speaker Lisa Demuth in a state that has not elected a Republican governor in 20 years.
WatchThe 78-year-old Democrat had held Connecticut's 1st District since the late 1990s. A former Hartford mayor 31 years his junior made the whole race about that.
WatchMike Lindell steps into Tuesday's primary with the president's backing, polls showing him ahead, and his own state party questioning where he actually lives.
The Honolulu congressman survived a challenge from state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, who ran against Case's votes on military aid to Israel and an earlier version of Trump's voting bill.
Rep. John Rose spent $13 million of his own money and lost. In the redrawn 5th District, a former state agriculture commissioner backed by two ex-governors beat the incumbent Trump endorsed.
The freshman congressman won the Missouri 1st District Democratic primary 59.2% to 36.9% in a rematch that turned almost entirely on U.S. military aid to Israel. Roughly $8.4 million was spent on the race, about $7.2 million of it behind Bell.
With state Sen. Mallory McMorrow out of the race, Michigan's Aug. 4 Democratic primary narrows to a high-stakes showdown between Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed.
The first-time candidate's upset in Denver's deep-blue district positions her to become the first Gen Z woman in Congress and signals fresh peril for establishment Democrats.
The 29-year-old labor activist won more than double the votes of a veteran progressive, while Attorney General Phil Weiser captured the Democratic nomination for governor over Sen. Michael Bennet.
The oyster farmer and Marine veteran survived a bruising campaign to claim the nomination, teeing up one of the most closely watched Senate races of the 2026 midterms.
No candidate cleared 50 percent in the crowded Republican primary, forcing a June 23 runoff to succeed term-limited Gov. Henry McMaster as Nancy Mace finished fifth.
The two-term attorney general will challenge Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in November in what is expected to be one of the nation's most competitive governor's races.
The Republican endorsed by President Trump will face Democrat Xavier Becerra in the general election after advancing past billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer.
Genevieve McDonald, who briefly ran Platner's campaign, published damaging allegations in The Washington Post hours before Democrats in Maine, Nevada and South Carolina head to the polls.
WatchThe former Health and Human Services secretary topped the all-party primary to succeed Gavin Newsom, while Republican Steve Hilton clung to a narrow lead over billionaire Tom Steyer for the November runoff.
The former interior secretary crushed her rival 72% to 28% and now enters the November race as the clear front-runner in a state where Republicans hold no statewide office.
Republican former Fox News host Steve Hilton and former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra emerged as the top two finishers in California's primary, setting up a November battle to succeed Gavin Newsom.
Under California's top-two primary, Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton edged out billionaire Tom Steyer, while state Sen. Scott Wiener advanced in the contest to succeed Nancy Pelosi.
Democrat Xavier Becerra and Trump-backed Republican Steve Hilton emerged from a crowded top-two primary, while state Sen. Scott Wiener advanced in the contest to succeed Nancy Pelosi.
Representative Randy Feenstra was defeated by political outsider Zach Lahn despite receiving the president's backing just days before the vote.
WatchVoters in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota cast the first major ballots of the 2026 midterm cycle Tuesday, locking in marquee general-election matchups in the fight for Congress.
WatchVoters in the nation's largest state cast ballots Tuesday in a wide-open race to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom, with former Attorney General Xavier Becerra leading polls and two slots in November up for grabs.
The Vermont senator says he will 'certainly not' rescind his endorsement of the Maine oysterman and Marine veteran, who confirmed exchanging explicit texts with women while married but remains the favorite to win the June 9 Democratic primary.
With Gov. Kim Reynolds stepping aside, a five-way Republican field led by Trump-endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra battled for the nomination as six states held primaries on Tuesday.
Trump-endorsed Fox commentator Steve Hilton and former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra lead a crowded jungle-primary field; the top two finishers, regardless of party, advance to November.
Votes for House candidates won't count after state officials moved the election to November to allow time for redistricting.
Outside groups aligned with the president spent more than $8.3 million in tiny state-legislative primaries, clearing the way for Gov. Mike Braun to redraw Indiana's congressional map next month.
President endorsed primary opponents against seven GOP lawmakers who bucked his redistricting efforts. At least five Trump candidates won their races.
Tuesday's open primary to replace Mike DeWine matches Trump's pick — a 39-year-old biotech billionaire — against the doctor who became the face of Ohio's COVID response, in the first marquee gubernatorial test of 2026.
The decorated Navy SEAL and five-term congressman lost to state Rep. Steve Toth, 55.8% to 40.7%, a defeat analysts say signals the full dominance of Trump loyalty in Republican primaries.