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key test of Trump’s GOP grip [Ken Paxton](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ken-paxton), the state attorney general, takes on four-term incumbent John Cornyn on Tuesday in the ugliest primary election of the year. The winner
key US Senate race in Georgia ahead of the US midterm elections. In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump threw his support behind US Representative Mike Collins over former football coach and political
us about the key races to watch. [**Maine U.S. Senate seat**](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5850231/maine-nevada-south-carolina-primary-trump#mainesen) **|** [**Maine's 2nd Congressional District**](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5850231/maine-nevada-south-carolina-primary-trump#maine2) **|** [**Maine governor**](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5850231/maine-nevada-south-carolina-primary-trump#mainegov) **|** [**Nevada governor**](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5850231/maine-nevada-south-carolina-primary-trump#nevadagov) **|** [**South Carolina governor
key target for Democrats. On Thursday morning Sanders, the influential independent US senator from Vermont, threw his support behind Lawrence. In a statement, Sanders praised Lawrence as an “accomplished organizer” who will “demand real accountability
elected in 1996 and chair of the powerful Committee on Appropriations, is the last Republican senator from New England. Maine backed Democrat Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race. Platner
us winning back control of the Senate runs through Maine.” But he still declined to endorse Platner, saying that he’d yet to meet or speak with the nominee. Asked whether Platner had done enough
primary, Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, a former Democratic candidate for the Senate [and a partner at Ascend Strategy Labs](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/republican-primary-runoff-texas)*,* a social justice consulting firm in Austin, said that “if Ken Paxton becomes
candidates, a bare-knuckled blitz occurring even in some states where voting in congressional primaries has begun, and prompted by the US supreme court’s decision gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. “This
election in ‘24, it’s never gonna be a good place for Democrats. I think it’s a tough place to be.” Hays wasn’t the only former Biden official who expressed frustration. “My reaction
candidate Steve Hilton in San Mateo on Friday. Photograph: Jeff Chiu/AP California’s elections officials sought to explain the counting process in advance of election day, knowing voters would have questions about the lengthy time
primary election](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/silicon-valley-california-primary-election-tech-industry), proving that the tens of millions of dollars funding candidates across the state was money well spent. While the tech industry’s preferred candidate for governor came in a scant
primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester,](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8a81d3959efd2be33393a45aa91ba4fd4288620f/646_0_6880_5504/master/6880.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Keir Starmer with potential successors Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham. Photograph: Paul Ellis/Reuters Less than two years ago, [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) swept
candidates face off in the general election regardless of which party they belong to. In the heated primary for Los Angeles mayor, [Karen Bass came out ahead](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/karen-bass-los-angeles-mayoral-primary) – but falling short
key tax bill](/news/2025/7/3/us-house-of-representatives-votes-on-trumps-one-big-beautiful) backed by the president, pushed for the release of government files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against the White House’s wishes and vocally opposed the war on Iran
key congressional districts after the supreme court [effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) that prevented racial discrimination, all eyes turned this week to South Carolina