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‘Squad’ member’s comeback bid thwarted as establishment Dems notch victory against socialists
A comeback bid launched by former House “Squad” member Cori Bush was thwarted on Tuesday night, as establishment Democrats notched a key victory in the party’s civil war with the insurgent left.
Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., defeated the former congresswoman and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member for the second time since 2024.
Bell ran as a pragmatic alternative to Bush, while still touting himself as a progressive to appeal to Democrats in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District.
Before coming to Congress, Bell was a Ferguson, Missouri City Council member and a county prosecutor.
Bush made her name in politics as a Black Lives Matter organizer before coming to Congress, serving two terms before losing to Bell.
She blamed her 2024 loss on the hundreds of thousands of dollars that pro-Israel groups from outside her district spent on the race.
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Michigan State Sen. Jeremy Moss wins Democratic primary for Rep. Haley Stevens’ seat
Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss won the Democratic primary in Michigan’s open 11th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating attorney Aisha Farooqi, Waterford school board member John Torres and job training professional Don Ufford to become the Democratic nominee in one of the state’s safest Democratic House seats.
The Associated Press called the race shortly after polls closed.
The seat was held by Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), who represented Michigan’s 11th Congressional District since 2019. Stevens chose not to seek reelection in 2026, instead launching a bid for U.S. Senate.
Moss, who serves as president pro tempore of the Michigan Senate, entered the race as the establishment favorite with endorsements from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and a number of Democratic elected officials
Moss now advances to the November general election, where he is set to face Troy Mayor Ethan Baker, the Republican nominee. Democrats are favored to hold the district, but Republicans hope Baker’s local profile and the open-seat dynamic will make the race more competitive as both parties battle nationally for control of the House.
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Top congressional investigator wins GOP primary
Rep. Jason Smith has won the Republican primary in Missouri’s 8th Congressional District, setting him up to win another term in the deep red constituency.
Smith has made a name for himself in Congress by taking point on several high-profile investigations.
As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he has played roles in the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, released materials provided by IRS whistleblowers and has launched numerous probes into universities and nonprofit organizations.
At just 46, Smith is a relatively young Congressman. He was first elected to the House in 2013, serving in the Missouri House of Representatives before taking federal office.
Smith’s opponent, retired accounting professor Gordon Heslop, adopted the slogan “Make America Normal Again” for his campaign, arguing that Smith had spent too long in D.C. and had failed to rein in the national debt during his tenure.
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DGA Chair Gov. Andy Beshear praises Dem pick to replace Gretchen Whitmer
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), praised Jocelyn Benson, the Michigan secretary of state, after she secured the party’s nomination in the race to replace outgoing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
“Jocelyn understands the challenges families are facing, and she has been a fearless public servant who fixes broken systems and improves the lives of Michiganders,” Beshear said in a statement.
“As governor, Jocelyn will tackle corruption, lower the costs of health care, housing, and energy, and always stand up to Donald Trump when he threatens Michigan families and their freedoms,” he added.
Benson, prior to becoming secretary of state in 2019, worked with the Southern Poverty Law Center as an investigative researcher before going on to study law. After securing her law degree from Harvard, she worked with Wayne State University and then became its dean in 2012.
As part of his congratulations, Beshear noted that Benson had already won statewide elections in her current role.
Even so, he promised the DGA’s support.
“She’s already earned the trust of Michiganders by winning statewide twice, and the DGA will be all-in to make sure she wins this high-stakes race so she can keep standing up for the people of Michigan,” Beshear said.
Having secured the nomination, Benson now heads to the general election on Nov. 3.
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Trump-backed Rep. Tracey Mann sails to victory in primary race in Kansas
Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kan., defeated Republican challenger Craig Musser in the Republican primary for Kansas’ 1st Congressional District, securing his spot on the ballot in the general election in one of the state’s safest Republican seats.
Mann secured the endorsement of President Donald Trump, who won his district with 64.72% of the vote in the 2024. Kansas’ 1st Congressional District is labeled a Solid Republican. Trump described Mann as “strong and effective Voice for American Agriculture”
Mann’s opponent, Musser, was a first-time candidate who campaigned as a political outsider focused on reducing government spending, lowering health care costs and challenging the political establishment.
First elected to Congress in 2020 to a district covering cities including Salina, Hutchinson and Dodge City, Mann has mostly centered his Congressional career on rural economic development, advocating on behalf of the interests of farmers, tax cuts and protecting energy production. He serves on the House Agriculture Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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Tlaib heads toward fifth term as socialists notch another win
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., one of Congress’ most outspoken progressives and a member of the “Squad,” won a Democratic primary on Tuesday evening, teeing up her reelection for a fifth term.
Talib’s victory continues a string of victories for progressives as the Democratic party’s far left has enjoyed pronounced primary election success that has strengthened the hand of their coalition. It has also widened the range of positions held by their candidates.
Tlaib, one of the first DSA-backed candidates elected to Congress, has secured the group’s backing again.
“For years, Rashida has been a strong voice in the halls of the Capitol, unapologetically standing up for the working class everywhere. Fighting for affordable housing, for clean air and water, for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and so much more–Rashida is a beacon of hope and courage for those in her district and across the world,” the group said in a statement.
Having once again secured the Democratic nomination in 2026, Tlaib will advance to the general election on Nov. 3 where she is heavily favored to win reelection.
She last won election against Republican challenger James Hooper in a 69.7% to 25.4% victory in 2024.
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Trump-backed Army veteran advances in battle for open Michigan House seat
Bronze star veteran and Republican candidate for Congress Michael Bouchard won a GOP primary on Tuesday evening in a bid for Michigan’s 10th congressional district after receiving an endorsement from President Donald Trump.
But his victory in November is far from a guarantee.
Bouchard is highlighting his background in the military as a member of the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions and was deployed to Iraq as well as the U.S. southern border. He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service with the joint task force against ISIS.
Bouchard, a political newcomer who hasn’t held office previously, is pitching himself as a way to continue shifting the direction of the country from the past administration.
“Under President Trump, I led missions on the southern border back then we got the job done. But on day one Joe Biden shut us all down he opened the border,” Bouchard said in a campaign video.
Incumbent Rep. John James, R-Mich., last won re-election in 2024 in a 51.1% to 45.0% victory over Democratic challenger Carl Marlinga, a judge and former prosecutor.
The cycle before that, James beat out Marlinga by a narrow 48.8% to 48.3% win in 2022.
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Pompeo successor wins GOP primary, clearing the way for another term
Rep. Ron Estes, who replaced Mike Pompeo following a 2017 special election, has won the Republican nomination in Kansas’s 4th Congressional District.
The GOP has held Kansas’s 4th Congressional District continuously since 1995 and Estes won re-election in 2024 with just over 65% of the vote, meaning it is likely that the 70-year-old lawmaker will win another term in Congress.
Estes faced a relatively weak challenge from farmer Frank McCollum, who ran as a populist outsider. McCollum only filed to run in about three months before Election Day and raised little money to fuel his campaign.
In Congress, Estes sits on the powerful House Ways and Means and Budget committees. He also chairs the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee.
Estes ran on protecting Wichita’s aerospace industry, securing the southern border and extending tax cuts, among other issues.
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Republicans eye a golden shot at ending two terms of Democratic rule in the heartland
Republican voters in Kansas chose their nominee Tuesday in one of the year’s highest-profile gubernatorial primaries.
Ty Masterson will face the Democratic nominee in the Nov. 3 general election to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
Republicans see the open-seat race as a prime opportunity to reclaim the governor’s mansion after two terms under Kelly, while Democrats are hoping to defy the state’s Republican lean and retain control of the office.
The Republican field featured several well-known statewide and legislative leaders, including Secretary of State Scott Schwab, Senate President Ty Masterson and Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt.
On the Democratic side, voters are choosing among state Sens. Ethan Corson and Cindy Holscher and Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog. The winner will face the Republican nominee in November.
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Michigan primary could be ‘democratic socialism’s coming-out party in the Midwest’: Panel
The Democratic primary in Michigan, pitting left-wing Abdul El-Sayed against more traditional Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens, could be the “coming-out party” for democratic socialism in the Midwest, one pundit said.
The Wall Street Journal’s Philip Wegmann told “Special Report” the socialist-leaning El-Sayed and some other democratic socialists running in Michigan and elsewhere may have a real shot at transforming the Democratic Party’s ticket.
“[W]hile we can make fun of some of these DSA candidates for some of these woke, wacky ideas, the larger question is what happened to the Democratic establishment and also what happened Republicans such that some of these Democratic socialists have legs as candidates?” Wegmann said.
“The voters are dissatisfied with the status quo. And you might have a moment in Michigan where [Republican] Mike Rogers sees this as an opportunity.”
But, he warned that while El-Sayed may appear easier for Republicans to beat than Stevens, the situation suggests a similar dynamic is at play to how Democrats underestimated then-mogul Donald Trump’s abilities in 2016.
“This could very well be democratic socialism’s coming out party in the Midwest. And if… El-Sayed is able to win there, Republicans could rue this day because it’s not just those funny sound bites. There’s real dissatisfaction with where both parties are taking the country.”
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Big money propels Dem megachurch pastor to victory in longshot Kansas Senate bid
Kansas Democrats have made their choice in one of the most crowded primary battles in the nation and are backing a political newcomer with an eye-popping campaign war chest.
Adam Hamilton emerged victorious in an 11-way primary Tuesday night in the race to take on incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., who is running for a second term in the upper chamber.
And he has a line of attack against Hamilton already teed up.
“Look, this guy is a woke, big megachurch pastor,” Marshall told Fox News Digital. “He’s too woke for Kansas. I think all we have to do is share his own sermons … with the Kansas people, and they’re gonna realize that he’s too woke for Kansas.”
History is on the side of Marshall, who previously served four years in the House before making the leap to the Senate in 2020. That’s because Kansas has not sent a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century. The last time was in the 1930s, when Kansans elected former Sen. George McGill. He only served one term before being ousted by a Republican.
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Fourth-generation cattle rancher wins Democratic nod in Virginia House race
Joy Powers, a fourth-generation cattle rancher and Democratic candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 9th Congressional district, won her party’s nomination in a primary victory on Tuesday evening.
Although she’s secured her party’s backing, Powers faces an uphill race against Republican incumbent Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va.
During the primary, she has cast herself as a candidate in touch with the primarily rural district, arguing that President Donald Trump and his administration’s direction have peeled away resources from districts like hers.
“Communities like ours are facing pressure from every direction. These tariffs are making the costs of feed and fuel impossible to afford for everyone. Rural hospitals here are closing and the cost of the healthcare we still have — skyrocketing,” Powers said in a campaign video.
On her website, Powers has highlighted priorities like opposing datacenter development, affordability and reducing corporate influence.
The district was last won by Griffith in a 72.5% to 27.3% victory over Democratic challenger Karen Baker in 2024.
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Jocelyn Benson wins Michigan Democratic primary, advances to high-stakes battleground governor race
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Tuesday captured the Democratic nomination for governor in the crucial Great Lakes battleground state, in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Benson defeated Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, the Associated Press reports.
Michigan’s top election official for the past eight years will now work to keep the governor’s office in Democratic Party hands as Republicans aim to flip the seat. Benson will face off in the general election with either Rep. John James or multi-millionaire businessman Perry Johnson, who are facing off for the GOP nomination.
A former Wayne State University Law School dean, Benson won election as Secretary of State in 2018 and re-election four years later. Benson grabbed national attention in 2020 as she defended Michigan’s election systems and pushed back against President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that massive voter fraud was to blame for his loss to former President Joe Biden, who narrowly carried Michigan.
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Incumbent Ann Wagner wins crowded Missouri GOP primary
Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., defeated four Republican challengers Tuesday to win her party’s nomination in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District. Wagner prevailed over Matthew Grant, Peter Pfeifer, Elizabeth Sparks-Holmes and Brandon Wilkinson in the St. Louis-area district, the state’s most notable congressional primary outside the statewide races.
The longtime congresswoman entered the contest as the overwhelming favorite, with a multimillion-dollar campaign account and the backing of major Republican groups. FEC records show Wagner had raised nearly $3.5 million and held roughly $4.4 million in cash through the end of June, while no other candidate in the six-county district had raised $10,000, according to local reporting.
Wagner, first elected in 2012, will face the Democratic nominee in November.
The district has historically leaned Republican, although it has been more competitive than many of Missouri’s other GOP-held House seats.
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Derek Schmidt wins Republican nomination for Kansas district
Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kan., won the nomination to seek reelection in Kansas’ Second congressional district.
Schmidt’s district covers much of eastern Kansas including the capital; Topeka, Emporia and part of Kansas City, Kan., except for its urban core and some southern suburbs.
The district is considered a reliably red seat, with there having been only one Democrat elected – to a single term – in the time since the 1994 Republican Revolution.
Schmidt currently sits on the House Armed Services Committee, House Judiciary Committee and House Small Business Committee.
He has been a fixture in Sunflower State electoral politics since the turn of the century; serving in the Kansas State Senate until running for Congress and succeeding former Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kan., in 2024.
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Moderate midwestern Democrat defeats progressive challenger
Rep. Sharice Davids has secured the Democratic nomination to represent Kansas’s 3rd Congressional District in Congress, the Associated Press reports.
Davids, an attorney and former mixed martial artist, defeated progressive challenger Sarah Preu.
On the campaign trail, Preu pledged to reject funding from AIPAC, common among progressive candidates, and criticized Davids for supporting the Laken Riley Act. The law requires federal immigration enforcement agents to detain illegal immigrants charged or convicted of serious crimes.
Davids has built a reputation as a moderate, business friendly Democrat. She frequently touts her willingness to work across the aisle.
While progressive challengers to establishment Democrats have fared well in places like D.C. in New York in recent elections, Davids’s victory provides the party’s moderate wing with a victory over what appears to be an ascendant left-wing faction.
The four-term congresswoman is heavily favored to win during November’s general election, according to the Cook Political Report.
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Rep. Donald Beyer wins his primary race, beating out four challengers
Rep. Donald Beyer, D- Fla., won his party’s primary race Tuesday, beating out four contenders — including a far-left progressive candidate and a former U.S. Marine.
Beyer has served in Virginia’s 8th Congressional, dubbed by the Cook Political Report to be a solid Democratic district, since being elected in 2014.
He is deemed a progressive Democrat as he is both a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the New Democrat Coalition.
Beyer serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means, and he is a senior member of the Joint Economic Committee.
Beyer faced challenges from Mo Seifeldein, a former Alexandria City Council member who campaigned on far-left progressive policies like abolishing ICE; Adam Dunigan, a former U.S. Marine and CIA officer, Michael Duffin, a former State Department official and Lorena Bruner, at attorney and politcal activist.
Prior to serving in Congress, Beyer was the former Virginia lieutenant governor and U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein under President Barack Obama.
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Eric Jenkins wins GOP primary in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District
Eric Jenkins has won Republican nomination for U.S. House in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.
Jenkins, a retired Army colonel and former Shawnee city council president, won the Republican defeated businessman Chase LaPorte and earned the right to challenge Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids in November.
Jenkins ran on a traditional conservative platform centered on fiscal restraint, border security, military strength and reducing the size of the federal government.
The race now shifts to one of the nation’s more competitive suburban House districts, which includes much of the Kansas City suburbs in Johnson and Wyandotte counties and has been represented by Davids since 2019.
While Republicans dominate statewide federal races in Kansas, the 3rd District has trended more Democratic in recent years, making Jenkins’ bid an uphill climb. Most major election handicappers currently rate the seat as Democratic-leaning heading into the general election.
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El-Sayed, Stevens face off in Michigan Democratic US Senate primary
With polls set to close in Michigan, the future of the Democratic Party is about to be shaped by their results, Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Bill Hemmer discussed Tuesday.
All but four counties in Michigan will close at 8PM Eastern, with four counties situated at the western edge of the Upper Peninsula set to close an hour thereafter in Central Time.
It is those Eastern Time Zone counties that are worth watching, Hemmer said.
He pointed to Wayne County – home to Detroit and Dearborn – with the latter having an elevated Arab and Muslim population that may lean Abdul El-Sayed’s way.
Countering that is Oakland County outside Detroit, which is the stomping grounds of Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich.
“If she’s going to do well tonight, she’s got to keep the numbers down in Wayne and drive them up in places like Oakland,” he said, transitioning over to adjacent Macomb County – home to a longtime base of Reagan Democrats and blue-collar autoworkers.
“Which way would they go tonight? We’re about to find out. So that’s three down here in the corner of the state that I would keep a very close eye on at the moment,” Hemmer said.
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Sen. Mark Warner wins senate primary race minutes after polls closed
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., won his party’s nomination unopposed, with the race being called just minutes after the polls closed.
Cook Political Report has dubbed Warner’s seat to be a solid Democrat, a strong indication that he will win likely win his seat.
First elected to the Senate in 2008, Warner is widely regarded as a moderate Democrat whose priorities include supporting businesses, investing in clean energy and backing Israel’s right to defend itself.
Warner serves as vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, making him one of Congress’ top Democrats on national security and intelligence issues.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin celebrated Warner’s victory on X.
“Mark Warner is a proven leader who has fought to lower costs for Virginians and strengthen America’s economy,” Martin wrote on X.
“Congratulations, Senator! Let’s win big this November.”
Prior to serving in the Senate, Warner was Virginia’s governor from from 2002 to 2006.
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Ingraham: El-Sayed, DSA’s policies make them ‘joined at the hip’ with billionaires they rail against
In her “Ingraham Angle” segment on Tuesday, Fox News host Laura Ingraham sounded off on democratic socialist candidates claiming the mantle of the working class.
Ingraham reacted to Abdul El-Sayed’s rise in Michigan, as voters go to the polls in the Great Lakes State – saying that while he and others on the far left claim to be fighting the billionaires, their policy platforms speak to the opposite.
“[F]or most of the past decade, all but a few billionaires were aligned against Trump and against his policies. Well, why did they do that? That’s because he fought them, the billionaires on tariffs, and he fought on immigration. He fought them on globalization,” she said.
“So if anyone is joined at the hip with the billionaire class, It’s El-Sayed and the DSA, because their entire immigration platform is a boon to big tech and the globalists.”
Ingraham said that is the case because corporatist billionaires want a steady stream of migrant labor to keep labor costs low; as well as outsourcing onshore jobs.
“Bottom line, he may have a really slick media strategy, and it is. And he may be a smooth talker, and he is. But El-Sayed’s agenda of raising taxes, piling on regs, creating a new monster healthcare bureaucracy, and flooding the country with illegals will send the misery index soaring,” Ingraham said.
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Polls close in Kansas, Missouri and most of Michigan
The polls are now closed in Kansas, Missouri, and most of Michigan, three of the five states from coast-to-coast holding primary elections on Tuesday.
Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is the most highly anticipated race of the night, pitting moderate Rep. Haley Stevens against progressive outsider Abdul El-Sayed.
El-Sayed’s candidacy is seen as another opportunity for the left-wing faction of the Democratic Party to pick up another win in an already sizable string of primary victories.
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Virginia Democrats settle seven-way primary to take on Rep. Rob Wittman
Shannon Taylor won the Democratic primary Tuesday in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District.
Taylor will now challenge longtime Republican Rep. Rob Wittman in the Nov. 3 general election.
The Democratic primary featured a crowded seven-candidate field that included Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor, former Justice Department official Salaam Bhatti, Army veteran Jason Knapp, attorney Mel Tull, environmental advocate Tim Cywinski, attorney Ericka Kopp and educator Elizabeth Beggs.
Democrats are targeting the district as part of their broader effort to flip control of the House, though the 1st District, which stretches from Richmond’s outer suburbs to the Chesapeake Bay, has traditionally favored Republicans.
Wittman has represented the district since 2007 and is seeking another term.
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Trump-backed incumbent clears GOP hurdle as Dems circle seat
Rep. John McGuire defended his seat Tuesday against Melanie Lucero for Virginias’s 5th Congressional District, setting up a November showdown in The Old Dominion state’s largest congressional district.
Trump-endorsed McGuire has held the seat since 2025 after serving in the Virginia House of Delegates and then the Virginia State Senate. The former Navy Seal veteran campaigned on border security, tax relief and military readiness.
Lucero, a Marine veteran and real estate broker, portrayed herself as a D.C. outsider and America First Republican running on affordability and reducing government.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added the race to their “Districts in Play” list back in February taking shots at McGuire over his handling of healthcare.
“Congressman John McGuire has put his own extreme politics ahead of Southside Virginians. McGuire voted for devastating health care cuts that put Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill at risk of closure and have already forced health clinics across Virginia to shutter,” wrote DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene.
McGuire will take on the Democratic nominee in November after voters choose between former Rep. Tom Perriello, Suzanne Krzyzanowski and Rob Tracinski in Tuesday’s primary.
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Michigan early voting surges nearly 90% over 2024 primary
In a memo published by Michigan’s Department of State yesterday, over 1.2 million votes had been cast prior to election day, a turnout rate of 16.5% of the state’s active registered voters. Over a million absentee ballots had been submitted, and over 138,000 ballots were cast in-person at early voting sites.
Early voting turnout for the 2026 primary is far outpacing 2024, which was the first year voters in Michigan had the option to vote in person at an early voting site. At the close of the nine-day statewide early voting period this past Sunday, August 2, there was a dramatic increase of 88.6% over 2024.
Michigan, unlike a handful of states, does not automatically send a mail-in ballot to every voter.
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Virginia voters cement swing-district rematch after Democrats’ redistricting fail
Democrats renominated former Rep. Elaine Luria, who represented Hampton Roads and Virginia’s Eastern Shore, on Tuesday to face incumbent Republican Rep. Jennifer Kiggans of Virginia Beach in a rematch.
Luria, a retired Naval commander who served two terms from 2019 to 2023, entered the race with the highest name recognition and the backing of much of Virginia’s Democratic establishment.
The district, stretching from New Church on Maryland’s border, through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to Virginia Beach, was one of several in Virginia that Democrats sought to redraw to shift the state’s congressional delegation from a 6-5 Democratic edge to a 10-1 advantage.
That plan failed when conservatives successfully challenged the redistricting in court, handing Gov. Abigail Spanberger and her party a major and financially costly loss.
Luria had challenged Dr. Sudipta “Nila” Devanath, businessman Bill Fleming and former USAID staffer Patrick Mosolf for the nomination.
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Virginia Senate race to battle top intel Dem takes shape after redistricting delays
After months of delay, the race for Virginia’s Senate seat is now set, with a Republican contender emerging to enter a three-way fight in the quest to oust longtime Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.
Bert Mizusawa clinched the Republican nomination for Senate in The Old Dominion against two other hopefuls eyeing Warner’s seat, and a chance for power in a state that hasn’t sent a Republican to the upper chamber in more than two decades.
Warner is a formidable opponent, having won his last election by roughly 12 points and commanding a position of power on the Senate Intelligence Committee. It’s also a race that is not one national Republicans map for flip opportunities.
None of the three Republican hopefuls have held public office before, but have made their careers working in government, the intelligence community or serving in the military.
Meanwhile, the GOP nominee isn’t alone in the bid to unseat Warner, who is running for a fourth term in the upper chamber.
Investment banker and former reality TV contestant Mark Moran is running a third-party independent campaign after opting to dump his initial push against Warner as a Democrat.
Moran made headlines earlier this year when he revealed that he wanted to get caught by the prediction market platform Kalshi for betting on himself in his campaign. Moran was fined over $6,000 after refusing to strike a deal with Kalshi.
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GOP taps Pentagon vet for uphill congressional battle in DC suburbs
Dave Beckwith advanced Tuesday in a crowded race for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District, setting up a November showdown in one of The Old Dominion State’s most Democratic-leaning races.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Beckwith ran as an experienced national-security candidate campaigning on border security and military readiness.
Virginias’s 10th Congressional District covers much of Northern Virginia just outside Washington, D.C., making it one of the state’s most suburban and federally connected districts.
The district includes Loudoun County, which became a national flashpoint in 2021 over education, parental rights and school board controversies.
Beckwith also campaigned on education promoting school choice and expanding vocational education.
Former public-school teacher and state house candidate Julie Perry lost after campaigning on education by advocating for parental rights, against DEI policies and education reform.
Anthony Suttles, who ran a lower-profile campaign, also competed in the district’s Republican primary. Retired Army lieutenant colonel Sam Wong also ran before withdrawing his name from the race ahead of the primary election.
Beckwith will face off against Democratic incumbent Rep. Suhas Subramanyam in November.
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‘Not accountable’: Venezuelan refugee spars with DSA leader over socialism
Manhattan Institute fellow Daniel Di Martino, who fled Venezuela’s socialist government in 2016, debated Democratic Socialists of America national committee member Frances Gill over whether or not socialist programs provide high-quality services to citizens on Tuesday.
“One really great example is the VA and the healthcare we provide through the VA,” Gill said, when asked to point to an example of a successful socialist program.
Di Martino laughed at Gill before delivering his response. In recent years, the Department of Veterans Affairs has had a significant claim backlog, though it recently fell below 70,000 for the first time since early 2020.
“Frances, we already have many socialist systems in America, the VA, the Indian health system, we have public housing, we have AmTrak. I just got delayed an hour and a half on AmTrak,” Di Martino said. “All of the public things in America lose money, have sub-par customer service, because the truth is, they’re not accountable to the consumer, they can just get a bail out from the government.”
“That is the problem with the government, that is what they did to my country of Venezuela. They destroyed the richest country in Latin America,” he added.
The interview aired as voters in Michigan prepared to head to the polls to vote either for or against a slate of DSA-linked candidates in Democratic primaries.
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Cori Bush keeps Jeffries guessing ahead of House comeback bid
Former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., said she would have discussions with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on whether she would support his bid to remain the leader of the party on Tuesday evening ahead of her primary race.
“I don’t know what the direction I’ll go other than knowing that there will be a conversation between me and Leader Jeffries, because we do have a relationship,” Bush said.
Bush’s remarks raise questions about whether the Democratic Party’s progressive flank will rally around Jeffries after the November midterms. Support for Jeffries has also become a flashpoint in a primary that’s pitted Bush, who is trying to restart her congressional career, against incumbent Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo.
Bell beat Bush in a 2024 primary.
In the past, Bush has criticized Democratic leadership in Congress, arguing that it hasn’t done enough to push back against President Donald Trump, his administration and legislative agenda.
When asked about Bush’s comments, Bell declined to weigh in directly.
“I’m not going to get caught up in the back-and-forth at this point,” Bell said.
For his part, Bell has expressed support for Jeffries after the House minority leader endorsed him in April. Jeffries stated that “Wesley’s values, tenacity and refusal to back down have made him a vital voice within the House Democratic Caucus.”
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First polls close as socialist insurgents eye Midwest gains in Dem civil war
The polls are now closed in Virginia, one of five states from coast-to-coast holding primary elections on Tuesday.
But the biggest spotlight is on Michigan, where the high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party is front-and-center.
Boosted by a string of victories this spring in mostly blue congressional districts across the country, the Democrats’ ideological war moves to the Great Lakes battleground state, where progressive victories could reshape the party and endanger must-hold seats in the midterm elections.
Also at stake as Michigan and Virginia join Kansas, Missouri, and Washington State in holding mid-summer primaries is President Donald Trump’s immense clout over the GOP and the power of his endorsements in Republican nominating contests.
But taking top billing is Michigan’s divisive and expensive Democratic Senate primary, which is seen as the biggest stage to date in the fierce fight for the future of the Democratic Party.
“This is ground zero in the battle for the future of the Democratic Party, pitting status quo corporate Democrats against shake up the system economic fighters, and we’ll see who wins,” Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), a leading group on the left, told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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People aren’t buying El-Sayed’s excuse for why porn is showing up in his Instagram feed
In a recent interview trashing Sen. John Fetterman, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed revealed that his Instagram feed is flooded with OnlyFans models.
People on social media aren’t buying his explanation for it.
“My team has had access to my Instagram account and like the things that I actually look at on Instagram … we get served that on your For You page but then like every third video that scrolls on its own is going to be some Only Fans model,” El-Sayed told The Lever in an interview posted on July 31. “It’s because it clocked me as being a 40-some year old man”
El-Sayed was remarking on how social media algorithms allegedly push adult content on individuals who aren’t otherwise interested in it. A clip of the interview was resurfaced on X by the RNC on Tuesday.
“It’s 2026. There’s really no need to lie. We all get it. That’s the stuff he watches,” conservative radio host Jesse Kelly wrote in response to the resurfaced clip. “Just come out and admit it. That isn’t even a political liability anymore. This is my Instagram feed. Why? Cause that’s the kind of crap I watch when I log in there.”
Kelly posted a picture of his Instagram feed, which included no OnlyFans models.
“Bro’s telling on himself,” Anthony Constantini, policy director of the conservative Bull Moose Project, wrote.
3 hours ago
El-Sayed pals around with far-left streamer Hasan Piker the day before crucial Michigan Senate elect
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El-Sayed pals around with far-left streamer Hasan Piker the day before crucial Michigan Senate election
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed spent the night before the crucial election at a pool party alongside far-left streamer Hasan Piker.
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed spent the night before Election Day at a pool party with far-left streamer Hasan Piker, sparking pushback both from his primary opponent and his Republican opposition.
The event was hosted by a content creator in Detroit, Michigan, and also attended by progressive House candidates Melat Kiros and Chris Rabb, both members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), The Associated Press reported.
Michigan Democratic state Rep. Donavan McKinney was also reportedly in attendance.
Piker, who has roughly 10 million followers across multiple social media platforms, has made multiple appearances on the campaign trail with El-Sayed, raising questions about the ideological similarities between the two. Last month, Piker drew backlash after addressing a group of college students while wearing an outfit resembling that of former communist dictator Mao Zedong.
“I never would and never will criticize Mao Zedong,” Piker said earlier this year in a clip that recently resurfaced on social media. “One of the great leaders of this world.”Piker has also said in the past that “America deserved 9/11” and has made controversial comments about Hamas and the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.While El-Sayed has said he doesn’t agree with all of Piker’s positions, he has faced criticism for not distancing himself from the controversial streamer.
3 hours ago
Unearthed video exposes El-Sayed’s opinion on driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants
Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, once proposed allowing undocumented immigrants to secure driver’s licenses, making the case that not doing so would be discriminatory.
“We’ve got to make sure that in this state we are not discriminating against documentation status. Right now, if you’re undocumented, you don’t get access to a driver’s license. You’re stuck,” El-Sayed said in a 2018 campaign interview.
At the time, El-Sayed was running for governor.
Eight years later, as he looks to join the U.S. Senate, the resurfaced clip sheds light on El-Sayed’s past thinking about how local governments should interact with illegal aliens and raises questions about whether granting them state identification would in some ways legitimize their presence in the U.S.
4 hours ago
Haley Stevens casts ballot in high-stakes Michigan Senate primary
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., cast her ballot Tuesday and urged supporters not to sit out Michigan’s closely watched Democrat Senate primary.
“I just voted! Now it’s your turn,” Stevens wrote on X alongside a photo displaying her “I Voted” sticker. “There’s too much at stake in this election to stay home. Make sure your voice is heard.”
Stevens, a pro-Israel moderate, is facing progressive former public health official Abdul El-Sayed in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. The contest has become a major test of the Democrat Party’s divide over Israel and the direction of the party platform ahead of November.
4 hours ago
Cori Bush voter urges Democrats further left, calls party lawmakers too ‘passive’
A supporter of former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., urged the Democratic Party to move further left Tuesday while accusing some of its elected lawmakers of being too “passive.”
Grace, a St. Louis voter waiting for Bush at a polling location, told Fox News that the former congresswoman was the “obvious candidate” because she does not accept money from billionaires and remains active in the community.
“She’s boots on the ground,” Grace said. “I believe she practices what she preaches.”Asked whether Democrats should move left or right, Grace replied, “Definitely more left.”
“I feel like there are definitely some passive members,” she added. “We can be outraged all we want. What we’re looking for is actually actionable change.”
Grace said voters have now had an opportunity to assess Rep. Wesley Bell’s time in office since he defeated Bush in 2024 and suggested some are looking for another change in Tuesday’s rematch.
Fox News’ Matthew Donnell contributed to this reporting.
4 hours ago
Trump-backed Amir Hassan vows to ‘flip the 8th’ in Election Day appeal
Trump-endorsed Republican congressional candidate Amir Hassan urged Michigan voters to back his campaign Tuesday as he made an Election Day stop in Davison.
“I’m grateful and blessed to be here as we’re running to represent this district and flip the 8th District,” Hassan said in a video posted on X. “Bringing back common sense, bringing back the nuclear family and manufacturing to this district.”
Hassan appeared alongside other Republican candidates and supporters who called for the party to unite after the primary and spend the final 90 days of the midterm campaign fighting Democrat control of the state.
“We’re only going up from here,” Hassan said. “We’re looking for your support as we unify our party and we unify our state.”
Polls in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District close at 8 p.m. ET.
5 hours ago
Pete Buttigieg urges Michigan voters to cast ballots on primary day
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urged Michigan voters to head to the polls Tuesday, sharing a photo wearing an “I Voted” sticker alongside Chasten Buttigieg.
“Happy Primary Day, Michigan!” Buttigieg wrote on X.
The former South Bend, Indiana, mayor, whose X profile now lists Traverse City, Michigan, later directed voters to an online polling-place lookup and encouraged those who had not yet voted to cast their ballots before polls closed.
Buttigieg also reposted a report that he will headline a Michigan Democratic Party rally in Detroit on Friday intended to unite the statewide ticket ahead of the November midterms.
6 hours ago
Schumer sidesteps backing El-Sayed as Michigan hopeful vows to unite Democrats
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., declined Tuesday to say whether he would support Abdul El-Sayed if the progressive candidate defeats Schumer-backed Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.
Asked whether he would endorse El-Sayed as the party’s nominee, Schumer responded, “Bottom line, we are going to win Michigan, take back the Senate and have a majority.”
Schumer also defended the Democratic Party amid questions about the growing number of candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
“Look, we are a big tent party, and being a big tent party is a strength, not a weakness,” Schumer said during his weekly leadership news conference.
El-Sayed, meanwhile, told MS NOW’s Chris Jansing that Democrats must come together after Tuesday’s contest, saying their internal disagreements are “way smaller” than their differences with Republican nominee Mike Rogers.
“I’m interested in figuring out how to heal those divides,” El-Sayed said before confidently predicting, “I’m looking forward to beating him by seven in November.”
6 hours ago
Michigan GOP House candidate Bouchard urges supporters to vote in Election Day message
Republican congressional candidate Michael Bouchard released an Election Day video Tuesday urging voters in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District to head to the polls, saying his campaign is focused on public safety, lowering costs and boosting manufacturing jobs.
“I just voted at my home precinct in Rochester Hills Adams,” Bouchard said in the video posted from outside his polling place.
“This time last year I was in Iraq. I got back the next day, I started running for this because I have a mission, and it’s to keep your family safe, it’s to lower costs for everybody in this district and it is to bring jobs back to our manufacturers all across this community,” he said.
Bouchard closed the message by encouraging supporters to cast their ballots before polls close at 8 p.m. local time, saying, “Please get out and vote. Please vote Mike Bouchard. Really appreciate your support. Let’s keep fighting.”
7 hours ago
Dem Rep Haley Stevens blasts DOJ election monitors in Michigan as ‘not normal’
Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., criticized the Justice Department’s decision to monitor polling sites in four Michigan cities during Tuesday’s primary, calling the move “not normal.”
“It is not normal that the president is threatening to nationalize elections to upend our Constitution,” Stevens told reporters after casting her primary ballot Tuesday.
The DOJ deployed monitors to Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing and East Lansing, saying the effort was intended to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws.
Stevens said she was relying on Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s oversight and vowed to oppose what she described as efforts by President Donald Trump to expand federal control over elections.
“We have an incredible attorney general, Dana Nessel, in this state,” Stevens continued. “I’m proud to have her support in this race, and I’m proud to have her protection, and oversight in this moment.
“We are truly in a see-something, say-something moment. We have been briefed that the DOJ is coming, and I am doing everything in my power to stop this president from nationalizing our elections.”
7 hours ago
Gingrich warns DSA is ‘coming for Congress’ as socialist-backed candidates face voters
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned Tuesday that the Democratic Socialists of America is mounting a broader effort to push the Democratic Party further left as several DSA-backed candidates face primary voters.
In an opinion piece titled “The DSA is Coming for Congress,” Gingrich wrote that the organization has endorsed 29 House candidates this year. According to his tally, seven have won their primaries, 11 have lost and 11 are still awaiting results.
Gingrich touched on both Michigan congressional candidate Donavan McKinney and Missouri candidate Hartzell Gray, each on Tuesday’s ballot. McKinney has called for ending U.S. military aid to Israel, while Gray supports Medicare for All, abolishing ICE and stopping federal funding to Israel, according to their campaign platforms cited by Gingrich.
“Taken together, these endorsements illustrate a broader effort by the DSA to move the Democratic Party further to the left and cement it as the party of big government socialism,” Gingrich wrote.
He argued that victories by openly socialist candidates should concern voters and warned that traditional Democrats are only beginning to recognize the movement’s growing influence within the party.
7 hours ago
Bell declines to call Bush antisemitic after Jewish voter raises charge
A Jewish St. Louis voter who backed Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., in Tuesday’s Democrat primary told Fox News she believed former Rep. Cori Bush’s rhetoric went beyond criticism of Israel.
“I didn’t like Cori Bush when she was in office, I didn’t like her sort of attitude and I actually felt like she was sort of a bit antisemitic,” Carol said after casting her ballot.
Asked whether she was referring specifically to Bush’s position on Israel, Carol replied, “Not just Israel, but just her feelings toward Jewish people in general.”
Bell declined to apply the label himself when asked about the voter’s comments.
“I think that our friends in the Jewish community can make that decision for their own,” Bell said, adding that every community in his diverse St. Louis-area district should feel “welcome, appreciated and respected.”
Bell is seeking to fend off Bush’s bid to reclaim the seat she lost to him in 2024. Polls in Missouri close at 8 p.m. ET.
Fox News’ Matthew Donnell contributed to this reporting.
7 hours ago
Republicans pounce as GOP endorsers disappear from Dem Rep Gluesenkamp Perez website
Republicans targeted Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., on primary day after her campaign website dropped a section highlighting GOP endorsements once used to bolster the Washington Democrat’s bipartisan image.
The current endorsement page no longer lists former Clark County Councilors Julie Olson and John Blom, Lewis County Farm Bureau President Maureen Harkcom, former Longview City Council member Mike Wallin or former Oregon Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron Saxton.
It instead prominently features labor unions and Democratic-aligned groups under a banner declaring support from “Washington’s working families.”
“Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has finally dropped the act, and now we know why she was too cowardly to condemn the socialist radicals taking over the Democrat Party: they own her,” NRCC spokesman Christian Martinez wrote in a blistering statement, accusing the congresswoman of hiding her political loyalties and abandoning Southwest Washington voters.
“Perez is a weak, socialist-funded puppet who lies about her loyalties, hides the extremists bankrolling her, and betrays Southwest Washington to keep herself in power.”
Gluesenkamp Perez is seeking reelection in Washington’s competitive 3rd Congressional District, which President Donald Trump carried in both 2016 and 2020.
Breaking News8 hours ago
DNC Ken Martin seeks outside help to boost national party fundraising, Fox Digital confirms
Two sources familiar confirm to Fox News Digital that DNC Chair Ken Martin, who has faced increasing scrutiny this summer over his leadership of the national party and the massive fundraising deficit to the rival RNC, told DNC members on a call Monday that he’s putting together a special committee of big-name fundraisers to help bring more “financial firepower” to the DNC.
Martin said on the call that outreach has begun to potential committee members.
The news was first reported by Politico.
“To meet this moment, and to keep our momentum, we need more resources. And I want you to hear from me today that I get this and I’m on it – and we’re ratcheting up. That’s why I’m convening a special finance committee, with big name fundraisers, to bring more financial fire power to the DNC. In fact, calls have already been made to get folks on this committee as soon as possible. We will bring in more high power fundraisers to support our efforts and hit the gas on raising money. We need everybody to come to this table. This is not about one person.”
– DNC Chair Ken Martin on a call, according to a source
8 hours ago
Detroit clerk slams DOJ poll monitoring as tactic to ‘discourage the vote’
The Justice Department monitoring polling sites in four Michigan cities during Tuesday’s primary was rebuked as an effort to discourage voters, according to Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey.
“Those kinds of tactics are tactics that are used when they want to discourage the vote,” Winfrey said at a Tuesday news conference on primary Election Day. “They absolutely have a right to observe, but they don’t have a right to interfere.”
The Justice Department said staff from its Civil Rights Division and Michigan’s U.S. attorney’s offices were monitoring polling locations in Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing and East Lansing to promote transparency, ballot security and compliance with federal voting laws.
Winfrey said Detroit’s election process is open to observers and would demonstrate “professionalism at its best,” while defending the city’s record of running accurate and fair elections.
Detroit expects between 25,000 and 40,000 voters to cast ballots in person Tuesday. Winfrey said roughly 4,000 residents had voted during the first two hours after polls opened.
Fox News’ Patrick McGovern contributed to this report.
Breaking News9 hours ago
Dem Rep Wesley Bell casts primary ballot, blasts Cori Bush: ‘M in Missouri’ not ‘Middle East’
Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., cast his ballot Tuesday in Missouri’s Democratic primary as he sought to fend off a comeback bid from former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo.
Asked about Bush’s focus on the war in Gaza, Bell argued the race should remain centered on voters in his St. Louis-area district.
“The M in Missouri does not stand for ‘Middle East,’” Bell told reporters. “It stands for ‘Missouri.’”
Bush, who is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, is trying to reclaim the seat she lost to Bell in the 2024 primary. Bell is hoping to avoid becoming the latest incumbent defeated by a DSA-supported challenger.
Polls in Missouri close at 8 p.m. ET.
Fox News’ Matthew Donnell contributed to this report.
Breaking News9 hours ago
GOP Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers casts ballot, says race is a ‘change election’
Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers cast his primary ballot Tuesday and declared Michigan’s Senate contest a “change election,” arguing that voters are frustrated with the state’s direction and rising costs.
“We’re going to beat either one,” Rogers said of Democratic contenders Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., after casting his primary ballot in White Lake, Michigan, on Tuesday morning. “We’ve got a plan for either one.”
Rogers pointed to utility bills, auto insurance rates, education and manufacturing losses as issues he believes will drive voters in November. He said Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters have told him they are losing confidence in the party’s handling of affordability.
The former congressman also touted his campaign’s field operation, saying it surpassed 1 million door knocks in July and plans to reach as many as 4 million before Election Day.
Rogers said the eventual Democratic nominee will have little time to reunite the party before early voting begins, arguing that the primary has pushed both leading candidates too far to the left for Michigan voters.
Breaking News10 hours ago
DOJ monitors polling sites in 4 Michigan cities during Tuesday’s primary
The Justice Department is monitoring polling places in Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing and East Lansing during Michigan’s primary election Tuesday, the agency announced.
DOJ staff from the Civil Rights Division’s Voting Section and the U.S. attorney’s offices for Michigan’s eastern and western districts are observing election operations for compliance with federal voting rights laws.
“Our primary monitoring efforts continue today as we seek to ensure free and fair elections nationwide,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote in a statement.
“The Department of Justice is devoting extensive resources to ensure uniform and nondiscriminatory monitoring. We appreciate the cooperation of these jurisdictions in promoting trust and transparency.”
Civil Rights Division personnel will continue accepting questions and complaints about possible federal voting rights violations through the Nov. 3 general election.
“Transparency promotes both trust and better behavior in election administration,” U.S. Attorney Timothy VerHey for the Western District of Michigan said in a statement. “Our office is always going to be ready to lead in promoting free and fair elections.”
10 hours ago
Trump’s influence faces another test in Kansas GOP gubernatorial primary
President Donald Trump has endorsed Kansas state Senate President Ty Masterson in the five-way Republican primary for Kansas governor, giving Masterson a powerful advantage in a race with no shortage of well-funded rivals.
Masterson is competing against former state Rep. Charlotte O’Hara, financial services executive Philip Sarnecki, state Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt and Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab.
The contest will offer another measure of how strongly Trump’s endorsement resonates with Republican primary voters.
Masterson has not matched some of his opponents’ self-funded spending, but he has raised more from donors than Sarnecki and Schwab when candidate loans are excluded.
Trump has also endorsed Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., who is seeking his party’s nomination for a second term. Marshall faces a long-shot challenge from Arch “Pond” Naramore.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
11 hours ago
Missouri voters weigh tougher rules for citizen amendments
Missouri voters will decide Tuesday whether citizen-led constitutional amendments should face a much higher threshold for approval.
Amendment 4 would require such measures to win a majority in all eight congressional districts, rather than simply carrying the statewide vote. Legislative amendments would still need only statewide approval.
The proposal follows voter-backed measures involving abortion rights, recreational marijuana, sports betting and Medicaid expansion — none of which would have passed under the proposed district-by-district standard.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
11 hours ago
GOP Rep. Sam Graves’ retirement sparks scramble in Missouri’s 6th District
A rare open-seat contest is unfolding in northern Missouri after longtime Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., announced he would not seek reelection.
Graves, who has represented the district for 25 years, endorsed conservative radio host Chris Stigall.
Kansas City Council member Nathan Willett is also among the five Republicans seeking the nomination.
The GOP-leaning district was reshaped to include more northern Kansas City neighborhoods. Three Democrats are competing for their party’s nomination.
12 hours ago
Trump-backed Brattin leads crowded GOP challenge to flip Missouri Dem Rep Cleaver’s seat
Republicans are choosing among six candidates Tuesday for the chance to challenge Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., in the state’s newly redrawn 5th District.
State Sen. Rick Brattin enters the primary with endorsements from President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Kehoe.
His chief advertising rival has been Taylor Burks, a Navy officer and former Boone County clerk.
The revamped Kansas City-area district now stretches into rural central Missouri and carries a Republican tilt. Cleaver is unopposed in the Democratic primary.
12 hours ago
Missouri ballot measure targets state income tax
Missouri voters are considering a proposal that could eventually eliminate the state’s individual income tax.
Amendment 5 would direct lawmakers to phase out the tax as state revenues increase.
It would also permit the Legislature to broaden the sales tax to additional goods and services without another statewide vote.
The measure would give lawmakers five years to determine what new sales could be taxed, setting up a major debate over how Missouri would replace lost income-tax revenue.
The Missouri measure marks the first time since the modern income tax began over a century ago that a U.S. state legislature has asked voters whether to eliminate the tax.
Alaska is the only state so far to impose a general individual income tax and then repeal it, doing so in 1980 by a legislative vote.
Massachusetts voters rejected income tax eliminations in 2002 and 2008 that were initiated by citizens, not lawmakers.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
12 hours ago
Virginia Republicans choosing challenger to take on Dem Sen Mark Warner
Virginia Republicans are deciding Tuesday which candidate will face Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., in November.
The three-way GOP primary features accountant Kim Farington, retired Army Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa and Marine Corps reservist David Williams.
Warner, a former governor first elected to the Senate in 2008, is unopposed in the Democratic primary.
The eventual Republican nominee will enter the general election as an underdog in a race not currently viewed as a top Senate battleground.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
12 hours ago
Fmr Dem Rep. Elaine Luria seeks comeback in bid to flip back Virginia Beach 2nd District
Former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., is seeking another shot at Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., in one of Virginia’s most closely watched House races.
Luria is the leading candidate in Tuesday’s four-way Democratic primary in the Virginia Beach-based 2nd District.
A retired Navy commander, she served two terms in Congress before Kiggans defeated her in 2022.
Luria has the backing of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a major fundraising advantage over physician Nila Devanath, scientist and veteran Bill Fleming, and former humanitarian worker Patrick Mosolf.
Democrats consider the district a must-win in their fight for the House. Democrats currently hold six of Virginia’s 11 House seats.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
12 hours ago
7 Democrats battle to challenge GOP Rep. Rob Wittman in Virginia-1
A crowded Democratic primary will determine who faces Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District.
Henrico County prosecutor Shannon Taylor enters Tuesday’s seven-way contest with the backing of national House Democrats and a large fundraising lead.
Her rivals include attorney Salaam Bhatti, military veterans Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs, Jason Knapp and Mel Tull, environmental advocate Tim Cywinski, and attorney Ericka Kopp.
The district includes parts of suburban Richmond and a wide stretch of more conservative rural territory.
Democrats view it as a possible pickup opportunity, though it leans more Republican than Virginia’s coastal 2nd District.
Democrats currently hold six of Virginia’s 11 House seats.
12 hours ago
Virginia’s failed redistricting push leaves primary turmoil
Virginia’s delayed congressional primary arrives Tuesday after a failed Democratic redistricting effort threw campaigns into uncertainty.
The state moved its usual June primary to August while Democrats pursued a map that could have improved their chances in 10 of Virginia’s 11 districts.
The Virginia Supreme Court ultimately rejected the new boundaries.
By then, candidates had already launched campaigns based on the proposed map. Some dropped out, while others switched races or continued in districts less favorable to their party.
Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger nevertheless says Democrats can still make gains under the existing map.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
12 hours ago
Virginia primary chatter puts Democratic midterms enthusiasm in state in spotlight
Political chatter around Virginia’s primary is raising an unusual turnout question in Fairfax County: Could Democrats outvote Republicans even though the Democratic contest is limited to the 8th Congressional District, while Republicans have countywide U.S. Senate and congressional races on the ballot?
Virginia political observer Ben Tribbett suggested that outcome would be striking, given the broader Republican slate.
Separately, another conservative-leaning account warned of weak GOP awareness, saying politically active voters appeared unfamiliar with the candidates — or even that primary day had arrived.
The posts are anecdotal, not turnout data, but together they frame the early storyline: Democratic enthusiasm may be worth watching, while Republicans face questions about voter engagement in a state some activists fear the GOP has neglected.
13 hours ago
Debt-ridden Democrats tap a surprising asset as collateral for $15M loan
As the Democratic National Committee (DNC) shouldered significant debt and fell behind its GOP equivalent, Democratic leadership decided to use its headquarters as collateral for a $15 million loan, according to public records.
The loan was taken out in 2025 as the DNC struggled to keep pace with the Republican National Committee’s fundraising efforts ahead of the midterm elections.
While taking out loans ahead of high-stakes races is common, and using property as collateral to do so is not unheard of, the line of credit secured by the DNC was reportedly the largest ever taken out by the committee for an off-year election.
The terms of the loan allow the DNC to withdraw an additional $5 million beyond the $15 million it already has taken, public records show.
“This is not new,” a DNC official told Fox News Digital of the loan. “The loan documents were publicly released in November, and the DNC’s building was also used as collateral in our prior lines of credit in 2019, 2018, 2014 and many other years.”
What is new, however, is the DNC’s considerable debt.
The financial gap between Democrats and Republicans, as well as the former’s higher-than-usual debt load, could leave the DNC with less flexibility to support candidates in the midterm elections.
The national party’s debt and smaller cash reserves could limit its ability to respond quickly, invest broadly and compete with the GOP’s far larger war chest, a boon to conservatives who are currently struggling in the polls.
As of June 30, the DNC has $18.5 million in debt against just $16.3 million in cash on hand, according to campaign finance records.
For comparison, the DNC ended 2022, the previous midterm cycle, with $30.5 million in cash against roughly $420,000 in debt.
The Republican National Committee, by comparison, had $128.5 million in cash with no debt as of June 30, per Federal Election Commission records.
This is an excerpt from Fox News’ Robert Schmad’s report.
13 hours ago
NRCC touts $13.7M cash edge, 36-seat offensive push as House fight inside 100 days
The House Republican campaign arm is hailing its multimillion-dollar fundraising advantage and an expanding battlefield of Democratic-held seats, claiming its strongest midterm position in two decades.
A July 26 National Republican Congressional Committee memo marking the 100 days until the November elections reported a $13.7 million cash-on-hand advantage over the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
The NRCC say it is the strongest financial position at this stage of an election cycle in 20 years, arguing that the money will fund advertising, campaign staff and voter-turnout operations in the districts expected to decide control of the House.
But the committee’s most aggressive claim centers on the map.
Democrats are defending 23 seats carried by President Donald Trump in 2024, while Republicans are defending only eight seats carried by Harris — a nearly 3-to-1 disparity that the NRCC believes gives Republicans room to play offense, according to the NRCC.
Several of the seats are identified as open races.
The NRCC’s offensive target list has now grown to 36 Democrat-held seats, after seven were added during the week the memo was issued.
“This is not a defensive battlefield,” the NRCC wrote in the memo.
“The next 100 days won’t be easy.”
“For the next 100 days, House Democrats will spend every day trying to explain away their radical socialist record and opposition to countless commonsense policies Americans overwhelmingly support. Republicans have the momentum, the candidates, the resources, and the map to grow our House majority in November, and we’re ready to take it across the finish line.”
– NRCC Spokesman Mike Marinella
14 hours ago
Abdul El-Sayed’s agenda compared to socialist platform
Fox News’ Charlie Hurt reviews Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s policy alignment with the Democratic Socialists of America platform.
Despite denying the socialist label, his agenda matches the DSA perfectly on Medicare-for-all and abolishing ICE.
14 hours ago
Socialist insurgents eye Midwest gains as Dem civil war threatens must-hold Senate seat
The high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party is front-and-center Tuesday in Michigan’s primary.
Boosted by a string of victories this spring in mostly blue congressional districts across the country, the Democrats’ ideological war moves to the Great Lakes battleground state, where progressive victories could reshape the party and endanger must-hold seats in the midterm elections.
Taking top billing is Michigan’s divisive and expensive Democratic Senate primary, which is seen as the biggest stage to date in the fierce fight for the future of the Democratic Party.
The primary face-off pits Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health Department director, against Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., a more moderate candidate backed by the establishment.
The race to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who is backing Stevens, is a must-hold for the Democrats and one of roughly a dozen Senate races from coast to coast that will determine if Republicans hold onto their slim Senate majority.
This is an excerpt from Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser, Andrew Mark Miller and Luke Trevisan’s report.
“This is ground zero in the battle for the future of the Democratic Party pitting status quo corporate Democrats against shake up the system economic fighters, and we’ll see who wins.”
– Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), a leading group on the left, to Fox News Digital
14 hours ago
Washington primary unfolds as wildfires disrupt voting
Washington voters are casting primary ballots Tuesday as devastating wildfires force evacuations across the Spokane area and complicate the state’s largely vote-by-mail election.
Officials have urged affected residents to confirm that their ballots were received or request replacements.
The leading congressional contest is in the competitive 3rd District, where Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., faces eight challengers, including President Donald Trump-endorsed Republican state Sen. John Braun.
Voters will also narrow an 11-candidate field seeking to replace retiring Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., in the 4th District. Newhouse voted to impeach Trump.
Washington’s top-two system advances the two highest vote-getters in each race, regardless of party. Ballots must be returned to a drop box or postmarked by 8 p.m. Pacific time (11 p.m. ET). Because mail ballots are counted over several days, close races may not be settled Tuesday night.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
14 hours ago
Virginia primaries put House battlegrounds, political comebacks in focus
Virginia voters are choosing congressional nominees Tuesday in primaries that could help shape the fight for control of the narrowly divided House.
The biggest contest is in the 2nd Congressional District, where former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., is seeking a rematch against Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va.
Democrats are also choosing from a crowded field in the 1st District to challenge longtime Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.
Another former lawmaker, Democrat Tom Perriello, is attempting a comeback in the Republican-leaning 5th District.
Meanwhile, Republicans are selecting a Senate nominee to face Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who is running unopposed for a fourth term.
The voting follows a failed Democratic effort to adopt more favorable congressional boundaries.
The Virginia Supreme Court invalidated the new map, forcing candidates to compete under the state’s existing districts and raising the stakes in several potential November battlegrounds.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
14 hours ago
Kansas judicial reform vote could reshape abortion rights fight
Kansas voters will consider a referendum that would replace the state’s current Supreme Court selection system with elections for six-year terms, a change critics warn could threaten abortion rights.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the state constitution protects a person’s right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy and reaffirmed that protection in 2024. In 2022, nearly 60% of voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed lawmakers to restrict abortion access.
Under the proposed system, three Supreme Court seats would be elected in 2028, two in 2030 and the final two in 2032. Vacancies would be filled through special elections.
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach said in 2022 that electing justices could gradually produce an anti-abortion majority on the court after voters rejected the earlier amendment.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Fmr Rep Cori Bush’s comeback bid faces another costly test in Missouri
Former members of Congress have struggled to mount successful comebacks this year, with only four advancing through their primaries so far.
Several others have suspended their campaigns or lost before reaching the general election.
The next major test comes in Missouri, where progressive Democrat Cori Bush is seeking to unseat Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., in a rematch of their 2024 primary.
Bush, a vocal critic of Israel, lost that race after the pro-Israel super PAC United Democracy Project spent $8 million supporting efforts to defeat her. The group has spent more than $3 million this cycle to keep Bush from returning to Congress.
The primary winner will be heavily favored in November because the St. Louis-area district is safely Democratic.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Michigan Democratic primary puts party’s Israel divide to the test
Michigan Democrats are voting Tuesday in a closely watched Senate primary that could influence both the fight for Congress and the party’s approach to Israel.
The contest pits progressive former public health official Abdul El-Sayed against moderate Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich.
El-Sayed wants to end unconditional U.S. military aid to Israel, while Stevens is a longtime Israel supporter backed by Democratic leaders and pro-Israel groups.
“Gaza and Israel is an affordability issue,” El-Sayed told Reuters. “I would rather spend our money on healthcare and schools and infrastructure here at home rather than bombing other people elsewhere.”
Stevens and her allies argue that her more moderate profile would make her a stronger general-election candidate in a swing state. She has also criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he has failed to make Israel safer or bring the region closer to peace.
The primary has become a test of whether Democratic voters are moving toward an anti-establishment message focused on Gaza, corporate influence and domestic spending — or remain more concerned with electability and defeating Republicans.
The race has drawn tens of millions of dollars in outside spending and national attention from both wings of the party.
The winner will face former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., in November in a race expected to play a major role in determining control of the Senate. The result could also shape how prospective Democratic presidential candidates address Israel heading into 2028.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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