... Democratic primary challenge from U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton in his bid for a third full term. The contest ties together two recurring themes in Democratic primaries this year: progressives vs. moderates, and longtime incumbents vs. significantly younger challengers. Bay State voters will also choose nominees for U.S. House ...
... ve been unable to do in five previous attempts: nominate a gubernatorial candidate who can beat Republican Gov. Phil Scott. Voters will also decide contested Democratic primaries for lieutenant governor and state auditor and choose a Republican nominee to challenge Democratic Rep. Becca Balint in November. Scott is one of ...
... Minneapolis, is by far the state’s most populous and tends to contribute the most votes of any county in both Democratic and Republican statewide primaries. Neighboring Ramsey County, which is home to St. Paul, has the second-largest population but tends to be a bigger factor in Democratic primaries ...
... big role in both statewide Democratic and Republican primaries, as do Wichita-based Sedgwick and Topeka-based Shawnee counties. The state’s two most heavily Democratic counties, Douglas and Wyandotte, tend to be more influential in Democratic primaries than in Republican primaries. Here are some of the key facts about ...
How many people actually vote? In 2022, when Democratic incumbents were running for renomination for both U.S. Senate and governor, roughly 520,000 people voted in the Democratic primaries and about 633,000 in the Republican primaries. In 2020, when there was a Republican incumbent U.S. Senator running ...
... Democrats and 495,000 independent voters not registered with any party. How many people actually vote? Roughly 360,000 votes were cast in the Republican primaries in 2022, compared with about 168,000 in the Democratic primaries. This was about 16% and 7% of registered voters at the time, respectively ...
... voters in North Dakota. How many people actually vote? About 372,000 North Dakota voters cast ballots in the 2024 presidential general election. Participation in primaries is much lower. In the 2024 state primaries, about 20,000 voters participated in the Democratic primaries for U.S. Senate and governor, when ...
... profile victories in the past year with the election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s mayor and several U.S. House primaries where progressive candidates defeated longtime Democratic incumbents. While those contests all were waged on safe, heavily Democratic turf, the race to replace Democratic U ...
... candidates in 2026. WATCH: Idaho Gov. Brad Little delivers 2026 State of the State address Primaries for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer, state attorney general and state schools superintendent are also on the ballot, but the Democratic and Republican candidates for those offices are running unopposed.
... monitor as the votes are tallied. When do polls close? Polls close at 8 p.m. ET. What’s on the ballot? The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, attorney general, treasurer, state Senate and state House.
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