What happened in every key primary race last night?

Primary voters in eight states made their decisions Tuesday, and there were several historic firsts. In Iowa, Democratic secretary of state nominee Deidre DeJear became the first African American statewide nominee of a major party in state history. In New Mexico’s first Congressional district, Democrats nominated Deb Haaland to replace Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Haaland could become the first Native American woman elected to Congress in this district where Democrats are favored to win in November. In South Dakota, Republican Kristi Noem became the first female nominee for governor in state history.

In California, where the top two candidates regardless of party advance to the November election, several districts had several Democrats running, and party leaders had been concerned about being locked out of key House races and giving up critical opportunities to pick up seats needed to flip the House. But in the seven districts won by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and currently represented by Republicans in Congress, there will be a Democrat on the November ballot in all of them. However, with all the talk of Democratic enthusiasm this year, Democrats could have reason for concern. In five of the six districts with competitive primaries, Republicans received more total votes than Democrats. The exception was CA-49 where Democrats had a 2,600-vote advantage. In the 45th district, incumbent Republican Mimi Walters got an outright majority of votes.

Here’s an exhausting, but not exhaustive, list of takeaways and key races.

Los Angeles County voter rolls

118,000 voters in Los Angeles County were left off the voting rolls in more than a third of precincts, causing these folks to cast provisional ballots. So it could be a while before all the votes are counted. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, currently third in the governor’s race, initially called on election officials to keep the polls open until Friday because of the error, but he has since endorsed Democrat Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the former San Francisco mayor.

California governor

Newsom and Republican John Cox advance to November. Republicans avoid their nightmare scenario and have a candidate at the top of the ticket, hoping they can avoid depressed turnout in down ballot races. They backed Cox late in the game. He’s a rich guy who ran unsuccessfully for many offices in Illinois before relocating to California.

California Senate

A decisive win for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, getting 44 percent of the vote. Democrat state Sen. Kevin de Leon and Republican James Bradley are currently running two and three.

CA-10

Incumbent Republican Jeff Denham is definitely advancing. Currently running second is Democrat venture capitalist Josh Harder. But with six Democrats in the race, the vote was significantly split. Republican Trump ally Ted Howze currently sits in third place. Only about 800 votes separate him from second place, which would lock out Democrats in November.

CA-39

This Orange County district is home to retiring Rep. Ed Royce. With 17 people on the ballot, this could have gone a billion different ways. Republican Young Kim is set to advance. Currently in second place is Democrat Gil Cisneros, the lottery winner who’s dumping a lot of his own money into the race and recently got the backing of the party establishment. He ended up with about 4,600 more votes than the Republican third place finisher.

CA-48

This Orange County district is held by incumbent Republican Dana Rohrabacher, noted for his ties to Russia. Democrats feel good about this as a pickup opportunity if they can get onto the November ballot. Rohrabacher is set to advance with 30 percent of the vote. The second and third place finishers are both Democrats, Harley Rouda and Hans Keirstead, with about 70 votes separating them.

CA-49

This is Retiring Republican Rep. Darrell Issa’s seat. Democrats can rest easy here. Even though Republican Diane Harkey was the top finisher, the next three finishers on the list are all Democrats, with Mike Levin finishing in second. Democrats will have a candidate on the ballot in November.

AL-2

Incumbent Republican Rep. Martha Roby was forced into a runoff, getting just 39 percent of the vote. This is what happens to Republicans in Alabama who are critical of President Trump just once. After the Access Hollywood tape came out, she unendorsed Trump. She’s since come back around, but it wasn’t enough. Her Republican opponent in the July runoff is a former Democrat-turned-Trump ally Bobby Bright.

New Jersey

Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

New Jersey Senate

Incumbent Sen. Bob Menendez, who had total support of the party infrastructure in New Jersey got just 62 percent of the vote in a race with a virtual unknown Lisa McCormick. This comes after the trial and ethics investigations, and it’s hard not see this as New Jersey Dems sending a message to him. Does it drag him down in November? Well, consider the turnout. Menendez’s 62 percent of Democratic votes was still 258,042 votes. That’s more than the 222,229 Republicans that turned out. The Republican nominee Bob Hugin has A LOT of money to spend to attack Menendez, who has yet to go up with TV ads.

NJ-2

Home to retiring Republican Sen. Frank LoBiondo. Democrats are hoping to flip this seat. The more conservative Democrat won this primary with 55 percent of the vote. Also consider turnout: Democrats had about 2,300 more voters than Republicans. In 2014, the last midterm election, Republicans (with an incumbent running) had about 3,000 more primary voters.

NJ-7

Leonard Lance’s district. He won the GOP primary easily. The Democratic nominee is former Obama administration officialTom Malinowski. Again, turnout. Dems had about 6,000 more votes than Republicans. In 2014 primaries, Republicans had about 20,000 more votes.

NJ-11

Retiring Sen. Rodney Frelinghuysen’s district. No surprise on the Democratic side with Navy vet Mikie Sherrill taking 77 percent of the vote. Republican assemblyman Jay Webber – a Trumpish character in Trenton – wins it with about 40 percent of the vote (beating out the two vets). Again, turnout. Dems had about 3,000 more votes. In 2014, Republicans had 14,376 more primary voters.

IA-01

An update on this race from Monday’s PBS NewsHour broadcast… Abby Finkenauer, the state rep with name ID pulled off an easy win, 67 percent, to take on incumbent Republican Rep. Rod Blum, a Tea Party Trump ally, in this toss-up district. A reminder, she was in the “barely talk about Trump” campaign strategy camp.

NM-2

With the exception of one term, this district has been held by a Republican for more than 30 years. But Democrats are hoping to make a play here since Rep. Steve Pearce is running for governor. Again, turnout, Democrats had about 2,500 more votes than Republicans.

MT Senate

Sen. Jon Tester’s opponent will be GOP State Auditor Matt Rosendale. Tester was out with a statement tonight already labeling Rosendale, who is a Maryland native who has lived in Montana for 16 years, as an “East Coast developer who looks out for himself” and giving him the nickname “Maryland Matt.”

MS Senate

Without Chris McDaniel in the race, Roger Wicker cruised to the nomination, getting nearly 83 percent of the vote.

IA Governor

Democrat Fred Hubbell won the nomination to take on incumbent Gov. Kim Reynolds. Dems are really making a play for this seat with Terry Branstad, now U.S. Ambassador to China, out of the picture.