Primaries are underway in five states and voters have been at the polls. The country is watching for results from the polls in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Idaho. Follow the results.PennsylvaniaJohn Fetterman easily wins Democratic Senate race, Mastriano wins GOP governor raceDemocratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman easily secured his party’s nomination for an open Senate seat, despite being forced off the campaign trail by a stroke. The 52-year-old cast an emergency absentee ballot from the hospital and later tweeted that he’d successfully undergone surgery to install a pacemaker and was “on track for a full recovery.”One of the biggest questions of the night is who will compete against Fetterman in the fall. Former President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, Mehmet Oz, has divided conservatives and faces what looks like a far tougher race.Pennsylvania Democrats also made their choice for governor official, handing the nomination to second-term state Attorney General Josh Shapiro.Shapiro was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.State Sen. Doug Mastriano — who secured a late endorsement from Donald Trump and has trumpeted the former president’s lies about nonexistent, widespread fraud costing him the 2020 election — won the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania’s open governor’s office on Tuesday.Mastriano’s victory extends Trump’s winning streak in major Republican primaries around the country. But it also raises immediate questions about whether Mastriano, who was outside the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 when a mob overran it in a deadly insurrection, can attract enough moderate swing voters to prevail in November’s general election. Kentucky Morgan McGarvey wins Democratic nomination for Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional DistrictIn the race to replace retired Congressman John Yarmuth, Kentucky Sen. Morgan McGarvey takes the Democratic primary win for the state’s 3rd Congressional District.That district covers much of Louisville. Yarmuth announced he wouldn’t run again last year, and endorsed McGarvey.McGarvey beat out activist Attica Scott, over which he had a massive fundraising advantage. North Carolina Cawthorn concedes to Edwards in NC primaryFirst-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn has conceded to North Carolina state Sen. Chuck Edwards in the Republican congressional primary.Luke Ball, a spokesperson for Cawthorn’s campaign, told The Associated Press late Tuesday that Cawthorn had conceded the race. A fast-food franchise owner, Edwards now advances to the November election against Democrat Jasmine Beach-Ferrara.Cawthorn vaulted to national prominence after winning the seat in 2020 at age 25. A firebrand and vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, he had made unforced political and personal errors that led top Republican leaders in North Carolina to turn against him. U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said Cawthorn was an embarrassment to his constituents.Cawthorn faced negative publicity for speeding and gun violations, as well as for calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug.” And his initial decision to run for reelection elsewhere — only to switch back to the 11th District — didn’t sit well with many locals. Oregon Ron Wyden wins Democratic nomination for US Senate in Oregon primaryIncumbent Ron Wyden has won Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary.The 73-year-old Wyden, who is seeking his fifth full term in the Senate, will be a heavy favorite in the liberal state in November.Wyden chairs the powerful Senate Finance Committee. He was previously a longtime U.S. House member from Oregon.The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.
Primaries are underway in five states and voters have been at the polls. The country is watching for results from the polls in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Idaho.
Follow the results.
Pennsylvania
John Fetterman easily wins Democratic Senate race, Mastriano wins GOP governor race
Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman easily secured his party’s nomination for an open Senate seat, despite being forced off the campaign trail by a stroke. The 52-year-old cast an emergency absentee ballot from the hospital and later tweeted that he’d successfully undergone surgery to install a pacemaker and was “on track for a full recovery.”
One of the biggest questions of the night is who will compete against Fetterman in the fall. Former President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, Mehmet Oz, has divided conservatives and faces what looks like a far tougher race.
Pennsylvania Democrats also made their choice for governor official, handing the nomination to second-term state Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
Shapiro was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
State Sen. Doug Mastriano — who secured a late endorsement from Donald Trump and has trumpeted the former president’s lies about nonexistent, widespread fraud costing him the 2020 election — won the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania’s open governor’s office on Tuesday.
Mastriano’s victory extends Trump’s winning streak in major Republican primaries around the country. But it also raises immediate questions about whether Mastriano, who was outside the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 when a mob overran it in a deadly insurrection, can attract enough moderate swing voters to prevail in November’s general election.
Kentucky
Morgan McGarvey wins Democratic nomination for Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District
In the race to replace retired Congressman John Yarmuth, Kentucky Sen. Morgan McGarvey takes the Democratic primary win for the state’s 3rd Congressional District.
That district covers much of Louisville.
Yarmuth announced he wouldn’t run again last year, and endorsed McGarvey.
McGarvey beat out activist Attica Scott, over which he had a massive fundraising advantage.
North Carolina
Cawthorn concedes to Edwards in NC primary
First-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn has conceded to North Carolina state Sen. Chuck Edwards in the Republican congressional primary.
Luke Ball, a spokesperson for Cawthorn’s campaign, told The Associated Press late Tuesday that Cawthorn had conceded the race. A fast-food franchise owner, Edwards now advances to the November election against Democrat Jasmine Beach-Ferrara.
Cawthorn vaulted to national prominence after winning the seat in 2020 at age 25. A firebrand and vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, he had made unforced political and personal errors that led top Republican leaders in North Carolina to turn against him. U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said Cawthorn was an embarrassment to his constituents.
Cawthorn faced negative publicity for speeding and gun violations, as well as for calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug.” And his initial decision to run for reelection elsewhere — only to switch back to the 11th District — didn’t sit well with many locals.
Oregon
Ron Wyden wins Democratic nomination for US Senate in Oregon primary
Incumbent Ron Wyden has won Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
The 73-year-old Wyden, who is seeking his fifth full term in the Senate, will be a heavy favorite in the liberal state in November.
Wyden chairs the powerful Senate Finance Committee. He was previously a longtime U.S. House member from Oregon.
The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.
