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US primary voters choose midterm candidates as Democrats look to flip key seats Voters in Tuesday’s primary elections
US House. Shapiro also showed his political influence across the state after candidates he backed won all three contested Democratic primaries in key swing districts. ## Alabama races overshadowed by election
election Voters in the US state of Ohio are set to go to the polls in the state’s primaries, where they will pick candidates for several key
US midterm election primaries. Here are some of the images from polling stations that have dropped on the news wires today:  US Representative Barry Moore is seeking to replace Tommy Tuberville in the Senate [Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
candidates ahead of November’s midterm elections. While many primaries will be resolved with little drama, some have shaped up to be among the most contentious elections of the year so far, serving as gauges
US Supreme Court ruling, powered by its conservative majority, that eviscerated a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, opening the door for Republican-led Southern states to dismantle Democratic-held majority-Black and majority
US. According to The Cook Political Report, the district was 40 percentage points more Democratic than the national average in the most recent presidential election. That makes it a key party stronghold in a pivotal
key takeaways from the primaries: ## California looks set for Becerra-Hilton showdown Although millions of ballots for the governor candidates have yet to be counted, California voters appear to be setting up a November showdown
candidate had coordinated with a Democratic campaign to confuse voters. Alaska’s US Senate election is seen as competitive and is a [key target](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/democrats-senate-battleground-states-republicans) for Democrats hoping to win back control
key takeaways from the recent primaries? ### Platner won in Maine Democrats have high hopes of capturing a US Senate seat from Republicans in Maine, where five-term Senator Collins is running for re-election
US Senate, all eyes are on Republican Senator Susan Collins’s re-election campaign. Democrats are hoping to defeat her in November, but the party has fractured over controversies related to its leading candidate, Graham
us to clearly track the work and investments that have resulted in LA outperforming the nation by reducing homelessness over the last two years.” Homelessness was a key issue in the city’s mayoral primary
key generational shift in one of Texas’s safest Democratic districts. Menefee will now begin his fourth election campaign in roughly seven months. He first entered the race in a November 2025 special election
primary matter? Democrats pulled off a pair of upsets in Georgia’s 2020 race for the US Senate. Both of the state’s US Senate seats were on the ballot that year, after an unexpected
key to any Kemp case for 2028, which would necessarily include proving he takes Georgia off the table for us as a battleground state.” In a sign of his clout in the state, the candidates
US Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act – and how? The United States Supreme Court has [voided](/news/2026/4/29/us-top-court-voids-louisiana-voting-map-amid-national-redistricting-fight) a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by ruling that the electoral map of Louisiana
US Senate in [Nebraska](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/nebraska) to clear the way for an independent candidate has won the state’s Democratic primary. Cindy Burbank ran against William Forbes, who [Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats) contended
key Iowa offices in the November midterm elections. With Trump’s approval ratings [deep underwater](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/donald-trump-second-term-approval-rating-drops), gas prices [high](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/24/iowa-truck-stop-gas-prices) and historical political trends [favoring](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/28/midterms-democrats-house-senate) the party
primary race, Hilton secured his slot to move ahead in the election, edging out billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, a Democrat. Hilton will face former Biden administration health secretary Xavier Becerra in the general election