The Don Jones Index, 8/7/26

the DON JONES INDEX…
	GAINS POSTED in GREEN LOSSES POSTED in RED 8/7/26... 14,417.11 reconfigured 7/31/26... 14,394.17 reconfigured 7/24/26... 14,287.95 reconfigured 6/27/13... 15,000.00 Original
*(THE DOW* JONES INDEX: 8/7/26...53,885.10; 7/31/26...52,208.06; 6/27/13… 15,000.00)**

LESSON for FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH – “MOTORCITY MIDTERM MONKEYSHINES”

President Trump and his MAGAmovement currently control... if shakily... not only the Executive and Judicial (through a usually-friendly SCOTUS) but the Legislative branch on the American tree – which, alone, will be on the firing line in November.

Midterm primary season is now about two thirds concluded (Ballotpedia, ATTACHMENT ONE) counting the contest today in Tennessee; upcoming primaries this week include Connecticut, Vermont, Hawaii, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Results are now mostly in (with only a few minor contests pending) for Virginia, Washington (state... perhaps some stalled by wildfires), Kansas, Missouri and the showstopper: Michigan.

Tuesday’s Democratic primary in the latter not only showcased a purple state critical to both parties, it also determined (to a significant extent) the direction of donkey drift for November and, even, for 2028. (Midterm Senate incumbents listed in Ballotpedia – ATTACHMENT TWO) while they, their primary challengers – as well as whether they are seeking re-election and Kalshi gambling site odds are listed from 270 to win in ATTACHMENT THREE) while alternate odds from 270towin may be found in ATTACHMENT FOUR.

Pollsters, pundits and people who may or may not know what they’re thinking or doing have largely agreed in that control of the Congress will hinge on results in a few states and districts; information critical to President Trump’s prospects. However, USA Today reports that, much to the dismay of many Republicans, POTUS remains obsessed with the 2020 election and its “threadbare conspiracies” (July 17, ATTACHMENT FIVE)

“I'm sure those Republicans want to look forward, where the voters are focused,” opined USAT reporter Chris Brennan. “But Trump will make them dwell in the past, where only he remains.”

MICHIGAN: THE MARQUEE MASHUP

Tuesday’s Democratic primary not only resulted to a Socialist win in a purple state critical to both parties, it also determined (to a significant extent) the direction of donkey drift for November and, even, for 2028.

Sunday before the primary, the Guardian U.K. sent Rachel Leingang to America... specifically to Davison, Michigan... to sound out Democrats on their preference for either leftist Abdul El-Sayed (a progressive insurgent campaigning for universal healthcare) or US representative Haley Stevens, “who has branded herself as a workhorse.”

Recent surveys (as of the publication – Sunday, August 2: ATTACHMENT SIX) “have shown El-Sayed pulling ahead. A nonpartisan Emerson poll this week of likely Democratic voters found 54% intended to vote for El-Sayed compared to 39% for Stevens, with a stark age divide. Voters under 50 broke for El-Sayed by 42 percentage points, while voters over 60 preferred Stevens by a 14-point margin, it showed. “Independents were siding with El-Sayed by a 27-point margin,” according to Leingang.

“Stevens, 43, has represented Michigan’s 11th House district since 2019, after flipping the seat. She has been endorsed by Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer and Gary Peters, the retiring senator who holds the seat she and El-Sayed, 41, are now running for.

“El-Sayed, an epidemiologist who served in health director roles in Detroit and its county, counts leading progressive officials among his supporters, including US senators Elizabeth Warren and Chris Van Hollen, who rallied with him in Michigan last weekend alongside a host of representatives and former elected officials.

“The winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary will face Mike Rogers, a former congressman from the state who was also the Republican nominee for US Senate in 2024, when he lost to Elissa Slotkin.”

Republicans and centrist Democrats have branded El-Sayed “a Communist”. What GUK’s Leingang called “misleading ads” attacked El-Sayed for “disrespecting women” while tying Stevens to Barack Obama, who has not endorsed in the race, but had previously praised Stevens’ work on the auto industry rescue plan. “The Obama connection sits prominently in the minds of some Black voters in Michigan, who cite Stevens’ work with the former US president as key to their vote in the primary,” GUK noted.

In turn, “El-Sayed has seized on the major outside spending against him and turned it into a central line of attack against Stevens - who points to an A-rating from End Citizens United, a group dedicated to getting money out of politics, and says she feels “very strongly” about campaign finance reform.

In the waning days of the primary, Stevens attacked El-Sayed for not releasing his full financial disclosures – which he subsequently did. She also often accused El-Sayed of seeking fame, pointing to his previous podcast, which he co-hosted for Crooked Media, his book, and a website purchase for El-Sayed for president.

El-Sayed said he purchased URLs for various offices as a defensive maneuver so others couldn’t snap up the websites and use them against him, and said he doesn’t understand the line of attack on podcasts or books: “I would think that you’d want to send a nominee who’s comfortable doing podcasts.”

While mainline Dems were hoping that they can flip the House and/or Senate based on kitchen table issues, Trump’s war of choice in Iran and its corollary... support for Israel... the Michigan furor stayed on the latter, with Stevens criticizing a video where El-Sayed criticized AIPAC; Stevens saying: “Everyone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans.”

Michigan has America’s largest Islamic population... most of whom supported El-Sayed... but its also substantial black voter base was divided. Beyond race, however, Leingang hinted that the race may be turning on age, with GUK citing middle-aged voter Justin Daniels who said that “if younger Black voters tune into the primary, they’d probably lean toward El-Sayed, while for older Black voters it’s more of a toss up.”

Chad Green, a retired federal firefighter profiled by GUK resonates with the “excitement” El-Sayed generates. The insurgent told a crowd gathered at Green’s house that “they all know how important they are as Michigan voters. Campaigns come to court them every other year, knowing that their status as swing-state voters gives them a coveted spot in deciding the direction not just of their state, but the country. And this election is no different.”

If there is any difference, at least among Arab Americans in Michigan who withheld support for Kamala Harris in 2024, it is that most say they will not back pro-Israel candidates according to the Qatari journal Al Jazeera (August 3, ATTACHMENT SEVEN) who interviewed Hussein Dabajeh, a prominent political strategist in the Detroit area, who said that the approach of “lesser of two evils” no longer works to sway Arab voters.

Trump ended up winning Michigan as many Arab voters in the Dearborn area refused to back Harris. Some voted for him, while others voted for a third party, left the top of the ticket blank, or skipped the election altogether.

According to an Al Jazeera analysis of election results in heavily Arab precincts in east Dearborn, about 45 percent of the votes went to Trump, 29 percent to Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and 16 percent to Harris.

But after restoration as president, Trump 2.0 allowed Israel to continue its attacks on Gaza and Lebanon and launched an unprovoked war against Iran that has sent petrol prices soaring.

He has also intensified the crackdown on Palestinian rights advocacy at home with a campaign to deport noncitizen student activists critical of Israel.

Asked how Arab Americans feel about Trump now, Dabajeh said: “They hate him. There’s no other way of putting it. I don’t think there is a single person I know that voted for Trump from the Arab and Muslim community specifically that looks at what Trump is doing and is happy with what he’s doing, or what he’s done.”

“No one is more aware of the harm that Trump can cause than we are,” said Amer Zahr, a comedian and Dearborn Board of Education trustee. “But the genocide matured us in a way that we finally got to the point where we were willing to tell politicians ‘no’.”

Zahr emphasised that Arab Americans are not alone in centring Palestine in their electoral choices, pointing to the defeats that pro-Israel incumbents have suffered across the map in this primary season.

“You’ve gotten to a point where if somebody says, ‘Stop bombing hospitals’, everyone knows you’re talking about Israel. That’s because of Israel. That’s not because of us. That’s because of what Israel did,” he told Al Jazeera.

“And so, people are keying into the truth. And when you learn the truth, something that comes along with that is you learn that you’ve been lied to, and you get angry. A lot of righteous anger is pushing a lot of this.”

Time’s Opinionator-in-Chief Philip Elliott (August 3, ATTACHMENT EIGHT) previewed the primary by differentiating the candidates’ stance on key issues.

El-Sayed wants Medicare for all. Stevens wants to improve Obamacare and introduce a public healthcare option.

El-Sayed wants to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Stevens wants reforms.

And ES wants to stop providing aid to Israel.

“The Democratic Party, as it stands, is a party that seems completely adrift,” Elliott concluded. “The Democratic National Committee is both broke and broken, a New York Times bombshell last weekend detailed. The party’s priorities are a scattershot of ideas with no unifying narrative. Michigan’s results may offer a hint about where Democrats are heading, but the outcome alone is far from a guaranteed predictor.”

Leingang returned, again, on Tuesday (GUK, August 4, ATTACHMENT NINE) to report that “a flood of more than $40m in outside spending has come into the race to support Stevens or attack El-Sayed, including from groups associated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobby.” She also ticked off each of the candidates’ premier endorsements... nobody particularly surprised that The Socialist was being supported by The Bern.

THE LOWER HOUSE

Pollsters, pundits and people who may or may not know what they’re thinking or doing have largely agreed in that control of the Congress will hinge on results in a few states and districts

270towin’s House Election map (ATTACHMENT TEN) highlighted the midterm’s “most competitive” matches while incumbents in the 39 Governors’ contests got their innings (ATTACHMENT ELEVEN) and competitors (also listed – ATTACHMENT TWELVE) from Wikipedia.

Of note: Minnesota’s retiring loud Governor Tim Walz will likely be replaced by either louder Rep. Amy Klobuchar (for the donkeys) or even loudest Republican Mike (“My Pillow”) Lindell.

And the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) summarized state primary dates and details (ATTACHMENT THIRTEEN).

We scrutinized the money last Lesson and will update next week but... to summarize from the Federal Election Commission... all Senate candidates have raised almost a billion to date, and spent $656M (the leader in both instances being incumbent Jon Ossoff in Georgia: ATTACHMENT FOURTEEN).

In the House (ATTACHMENT FIFTEEN), the biggest snatcher has been... surprise... the hyper-visible Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Ally has collected over $32M raised; AOC ranks second in spending (behind dropped out, then trying to drop in lil’ ol’ winemaker David Trone (D-Md) at $24 and $20M).

The “marquee” Stevens/El-Sayed mashup turned out to be closer than polls predicted, with votes still being counted on Wednesday morning (New York Times, ATTACHMENT SIXTEEN). With more than 95 percent of votes counted, El-Sayed held a lead of one percentage point, but the most remaining uncounted votes were in Wayne County, (including Detroit), where Stevens has held an edge.

Recent polls had forecast a comfortable victory for El-Sayed, who promised to end U.S. military aid to Israel and attacked Stevens repeatedly for taking at least $30 million from AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying group. The race wound up a lot tighter.

“We knew this was going to be a close race, and that’s exactly what we’ve got,” Stevens told supporters shortly before 1 a.m.

Amongst primaries reported, the Times reported on results in Kansas, Missouri (where socialist Cori Bush failed in her comeback) and Virginia.

NBC (ATTACHMENT SEVENTEEN) expanded and expounded on Senate races in these other states, House races (ATTACHMENT EIGHTEEN – as above plus Washington).

WEDNESDAY MORNING

... and SOME STILL COUNTING...

A marquee Senate race in Michigan, which Democrats are watching to gauge the strength of a left-wing insurgence that has swept through primary elections this year, remains too close to call this morning.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, leads Representative Haley Stevens by just over one percentage point, with more than 95 percent of votes counted in the state. But the largest share of uncounted votes is in Wayne County, which includes Detroit, where Stevens has held an edge. See live results here.

“We knew this was going to be a close race, and that’s exactly what we’ve got,” Stevens told supporters shortly before 1 a.m.

Left-wing candidates have won plenty of primaries this year, despite seemingly endless Democratic hand-wringing about their ability to court mainstream voters come November. But their victories have been largely confined to highly educated and heavily blue areas in urban America. El-Sayed wants to break that trend.

At least one progressive candidate scored a decisive win last night: Down ballot in Michigan, the left-wing organizer William Lawrence prevailed in one of the most competitive House districts in the country after his two centrist opponents, each refusing to drop out of the race, split the moderate vote. When the Times interviewed Lawrence over the weekend, he said it was his priority “to stop these stupid wars around the world that are wasting trillions of our dollars, including for war crimes committed by Israel.”

More elections results:

In Kansas …

Cindy Holscher, a state senator who called for a pause on the construction of data centers, is the Democrats’ pick to try to keep the governor’s mansion blue in a deep-red state.
The pastor of the largest United Methodist congregation in the country, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, won the Democratic nominee for Senate. He faces an uphill battle: The state hasn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate in nearly 100 years.
Voters rejected a ballot measure that would have required state Supreme Court justices to be elected, rather than appointed by the governor. (That’ll be a setback for Republicans hoping to overturn the court’s decision legalizing abortion.)

In Missouri …

A moderate pro-Israel Democrat, Wesley Bell, fended off a primary challenge from former Representative Cori Bush, a democratic socialist and critic of Israel who had been trying for a comeback.
Voters rejected an attempt by the Republican-controlled Legislature to make it harder to pass citizen-sponsored amendments to the state’s constitution, which have been used to expand Medicaid, legalize marijuana and establish a right to abortion.

And in Virginia: Democratic primary voters chose former Representative Elaine Luria to face Representative Jen Kiggans, a Republican, in a House race expected to be one of the most competitive in the country this fall.

See all of the results from last night’s races.

By Wednesday afternoon, NBC was able to confirm primary results (ATTACHMENT NINETEEN) for the House and Senate (ATTACHMENT TWENTY). The Michigan Senate race (ATTACHMENT TWENTY ONE) was called for El-Sayed by fifteen thousand votes (18K still uncounted)... he will face the unopposed Republican Mike Rogers... and they called Virginia’s Senate primaries for Bert Mizusawa (Republican) and uncontested Mark Warner (Democratic). (ATTACHMENT TWENTY TWO)

Commentaries quickly arrived from partisans left and right including takeaways from the New York Post (Wednesday, ATTACHMENT TWENTY THREE) wherein Rogers called El-Sayed a terrorist for the Muslim Brotherhood and said that the choice this November is simple: “common sense or complete insanity," Rogers said. "...Abdul doesn't represent a vision for the future. He's leading a movement grounded in ideological fanaticism. His agenda would make our communities less safe and our state less affordable."

President Trump termed the race a battle between Communist El-Sayed and radical left Socialist (Stevens) and warned: “Get ready for another Rigged Election. In November we must VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS, and make Michigan TOO BIG TO RIG. God Bless America!"

El-Sayed, who compared himself to Muhammed Ali, tore into Republican Mike Rogers for mispronouncing his name and challenged the Republican to five (count ‘em!) debates.

"They think that you want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen, man, if you can't say the name ... keep the name out your damn mouth," he raged.

He was endorsed by dropped-out candidate Mallory McMorrow on X posting: "This was a brutal primary (believe me, I know). And Trump and Mike Rogers are counting on us staying divided. Let's prove them wrong by beating Mike Rogers and taking our country back."

Politico (August 4^th, ATTACHMENT TWENTY FOUR) warned that progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted. “The razor-thin margin will only deepen divisions over the future of the Democratic Party.”

“These guys are unbelievably cocky,” said a Democratic operative granted anonymity to speak candidly. The person was frustrated over El-Sayed’s decision to attend a pool party with progressive streamer Hasan Piker on Monday, hours before polls opened. Piker has praised Hezbollah while calling Hamas 1,000 times better than Israel.

Republicans, meanwhile, are still hoping for an El-Sayed win. “Rogers’ primary proved a bright spot for Republicans on the Senate map, where the party successfully avoided a costly and heated primary of their own and could focus early on the general election.

“El-Sayed is the preferred candidate” for Republicans, Jason Roe, a longtime Republican operative in Michigan, told Politico in a text message.

Wednesday’s all day AP Takeaways (in reverse order, ATTACHMENT TWENTY FOUR) began at 9:44 AM where Stevens called El-Sayed to officially concede. Half an hour later, she promised to support him against Rogers – adding that it was important for Democrats to back him so the party can keep the Senate seat and win the chamber in the midterms.

“Donald Trump and Mike Rogers want us to come out of this primary tired and divided, so their billionaire backers can come in and let multimillionaire Mike Rogers walk away with this Senate seat,” she said.

Other AP sources for ES included Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) and The Bern.

And, from beyond the beyond, ES claimed support from Muhammed Ali.

On the right, Mike Tyson came to Vegas, Veep Vance warned: “God forbid you’re going to have President El-Sayed in a few years,” and other MAGAwarriors included Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

And in his Vegas Speech (5:41 PM EDT) President Trump, denouncing Canada, added: “Just yesterday, it was announced that American exports are totally on fire in a positive way,” Trump said. “They’ve skyrocketed exports to the highest level in American history.”

The Times of Israel (Thursday, ATTACHMENT TWENTY FIVE) called El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win “a watershed moment for anti-Israel Democrats.”

El-Sayed is hardly the first anti-Israel candidate to hoist the Democratic Party’s banner. “Zohran Mamdani, who has called pro-Palestinian activism the “core” of his politics, is the mayor of America’s biggest city. A string of anti-Israel candidates have won Democratic primaries in recent months. Several more already serve in Congress.

“But in numerous ways, this is a bigger deal than all of those — even if El-Sayed doesn’t win the general election in November. In many senses, in fact, it’s anti-Israel activists’ biggest victory so far — and the biggest defeat for pro-Israel activists, including the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC.”

El-Sayed was asked last month by CNN whether it’s possible to be both Zionist and progressive. His answer? “Every definition of a Jewish state ends up in some articulation of illiberal values, every single one.” He also said that money is the only reason Democrats who “believe in human rights” would support Israel. (Elsewhere, he has spoken in favor of Jewish “self-determination.”)

Money was flowing to Stevens... an unprecedented $30 million or so; part of more than $60 million in spending by outside groups that gave Stevens a nine-to-one financial advantage over El-Sayed.

“It didn’t help — and El-Sayed made it the centerpiece of his campaign,” posting online about AIPAC frequently, decrying its influence and once calling Stevens “a suit with a large AIPAC bank account” who couldn’t “string together two coherent sentences.”

Stevens, who is not Jewish, posted online to her opponent: “everyone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans.”

She meant it as an attack. But ironically, all of the AIPAC spending may have turned some voters toward El-Sayed because national polls show most Democrats have an unfavorable view of Israel.

Political polarization “remains at a fever pitch in the US, and Jewish Democrats in a swing state may not be willing to abandon their party’s nominee in a crucial election where control of the Senate is at stake, regardless of how they feel about the nominee’s Israel policy.”

The Trump-supporting New York Post returned with an exchange of barbs between the now-confirmed midterm candidates. El-Sayed told Rogers he should move back to Florida — where he briefly lived earlier this decade — because “you are not going to have safe quarter from people holding you accountable” in Michigan while Rogers linked the Dem to the “infamous” Hasan Piker who has praised Al Qaeda for the Nine Eleven terrorist attacks.

“I spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice,” Rogers swiped. “Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11.”

Among the many Postly Peanut Gallery posts was one from “Fauci’s Mask” predicting the Egyptian donkey will lose “and I hope Rogers sends him a honey baked ham as a consolation gift.” (ATTACHMENT TWENTY SIX)

The leftists... if you will, Socialists, Communists, terrorists and aliens... from Slate claimed to have “...found the only correct interpretation of last night’s election results” and that was (according to America-hating Ian Prasad Philbrick) that they “don’t point in any single direction. Unsatisfying though it may be, voters in different places picked different candidates for reasons that go beyond ideology; the only way to declare this a win for centrists or progressives would be to ignore part of the story.”

Instead, IPP (via Slate: ATTACHMENT TWENTY SEVEN) asked Americans to explore where each faction prevailed—and where they fell short.

FOR THE PROGRESSIVES...

El-Sayed’s close win, in which he underperformed the polling, in some ways undersold his achievement. “He fought Michigan’s Democratic powers that be to a draw-plus-1 despite being vastly outspent. AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, showered almost $30 million on Stevens’ candidacy.”

The left also racked up downballot victories in the Motor State, and in Kansas.

WABE in Georgia also called the primaries a split decision for the Democrats – concluding that it was “a good night for the Democratic establishment, the progressives and Republican candidates endorsed by President Trump.” (ATTACHMENT TWENTY EIGHT)

Establishment Democrats got the candidates they wanted in a few key races. In Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell won a rematch against former Rep. Cori Bush. Bell was backed by the national party, while Bush clenched endorsements from Democratic socialists and high-profile progressives, such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Bell will face Republican nominee Paul Berry in November, though Cook Political Report rates the district as solidly Democratic.

“In Virginia, Democratic voters picked establishment-backed candidates for two House seats. The two seats, Virginia’s 1st and 2nd congressional districts, are ones Democrats hope to flip in November to inch toward the party’s goal of taking control of the chamber,” WABE reported.

(They also reported an Open Secrets report that by mid-July, “outside groups” had spent $52 million in Michigan. The money spewed forth from AIPAC, defending Israel while “Trump-back candidates in Washington state, Kansas and Michigan won their party’s nomination(s).”)

The national network, ABC disputed, calling Tuesday night a big win for the progressives and, by 6:56 PM. could report that Democrats “quickly coalesced around the progressive challengers”, leaving Republicans and President Donald Trump to call names and collect cash.

"Democrats are united by a common purpose: putting a check on Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back the Senate. We look forward to working with Abdul and Democrats across Michigan to win this seat in November," loser Stevens’ backer and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said. (ATTACHMENT TWENTY NINE)

And El-Sayed himself said he would work with Stevens and other Democrats to win the seat.

"She loves democracy like I love democracy," he said of Stevens. "And whatever differences that we might have had in the primary, they pale in comparison to what unifies us."

ABC also reported that AIPAC president, Bernie Kaminetsky, criticized El-Sayed in a letter sent to supporters on Wednesday and labeled him as "a fiercely anti-Israel candidate." Kaminetsky did not confirm if AIPAC or its affiliate super PAC plans to spend to support Rogers or against El-Sayed.

Fox reporter Lee Carter assessed the results as confirming that “candidates with clear promises defeated opponents who led with credentials.” (ATTACHMENT THIRTY ONE)

“The real divide was not left versus right. It was memorable versus forgettable.”

In a win for centrist Wesley Bell, Cori Bush warned that billionaires and outside interests were trying to control her district. Bell replied "Progressives are supposed to make progress."

Carter called it “a lethal little sentence,” adding: “Too many political appeals begin with "I."

“I fought. I led. I delivered. I have a plan.

“The voter is expected to applaud this autobiographical achievement and infer a benefit.

The stronger appeal should focus on "you" (the voters).

”Your money. Your town. Your family. Your future.

“Every campaign should have to pass a second-person test.”

Carter called Tuesday night a triumph of the personal over the procedural, the promise over the résumé and the memorable over the merely correct as opposed to a triumph of the left or the right.

And the Washington Times reported on an electoral surprise... a Michigan autoworker with virtually no money defeated a Trump-endorsed candidate in a shocking Republican primary upset Tuesday — a month after he had ended his campaign.

Thomas Smith, a retired engineer for General Motors, defeated President Trump’s preferred candidate, Amir Hassan, 50% to 30% in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District. (ATTACHMENT THIRTY TWO)

Mr. Hassan, who is Black and was born and raised in Flint, is Christian.

“I think you had a dude with a Muslim name running in a Republican primary who was underfunded, and even though he had the endorsement, didn’t really have the funds to tell any kind of story,” said Jason Roe, a Republican consultant in Michigan.

“Quite frankly, I think a lot of people conflated Abdul El-Sayed with Amir Hassan,” he said despite, as of mid-July, the WashTimes “reported Mr. Hassan (having) almost $730,000 in recorded receipts for his campaign,” loser Al Lemmo recording $220,000 and Mr. Smith “recording zero dollars.”

One of the conflators was Laura Loomer, a prominent pro-Trump influencer on social media who reacted: “Dude should have changed his name. If my name was Amir Hassan and I wasn’t a Muslim, I’d be changing my name as soon as I turned 18.

“I will never vote for anyone with an Islamic name. Neither will most of President Trump’s voters.”

“I am humbled and honored that Republicans chose me to take the fight to [Democratic Rep. Kristen McDonald] Rivet,” Mr. Smith said in a statement, adding he looked forward to working with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, and Mr. Trump.

He told The Washington Times he will seek to tie the Riveter to El-Sayed, a candidate who narrowly won the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan on a hard-left platform of providing universal healthcare, abolishing ICE and cutting aid to Israel.

“Abdul El-Sayed leads the most extreme Democratic ticket Michigan has ever seen,” Mr. Smith said in a statement. “Kristen McDonald Rivet must answer whether she stands with El-Sayed and his extreme agenda,” referencing influencer ass Piker. (And who is making up these names? – DJI)

“I’m running to unseat communist comrade Rivet,” Mr. Smith said at a Republican luncheon, “and I’ll need your help to do it.”

The left-leaning Mother Jones concluded that a slate of left-leaning candidates triumphed over establishment and incumbent rivals in yet another reminder this primary season “that much of the Democratic base wants to go in a different direction than party leadership,” (ATTACHMENT THIRTY THREE) and that “pro-Israel spending can be successfully resisted.

As El-Sayed told MJ’s Najib Aminy before the primary: “ If I prove that you can win statewide, taking on AIPAC and winning, that is catastrophic because of what it says about the future of the party. It is existential to oppose it. I think this race is going to change a lot of minds, and it’s going to scramble a lot of expectations.”

Regardless of the final outcome, the race’s narrow margin ensured that the winner will have significant work to do to unify the party after an acrimonious primary riddled with personal attacks from both sides — a reality both candidates appeared to acknowledge in remarks to supporters.

“To all of our supporters here tonight, watching on TV, tomorrow we begin to mend fences,” El-Sayed said.

And November?

RCP’s latest polls (ATTACHMENT THIRTY FOUR) found El Sayed losing to Rogers by three points on Sunday, before the election... President Trump subsequently has said El-Sayed is “full of shit” and hates Jewish people, a claim the Democrat has denied (at least after clean bowel movements). In a social media post, the president shared a photo of himself and First Lady Melania Trump alongside a photo of El-Sayed and his wife with the caption “Two VERY DIFFERENT America’s.”

And this week... get ready for real difference!... Minnesota’s Republican Governor’s poll found the leader was... here it comes... My Pillow guy and hyper bankrupt Mike Lindell!

IN the NEWS: JULY 31ST to AUGUST 6TH, 2026

Friday, July 31 2026

Dow: 52,485.03

Iranian attack on Egypt believed their first step in trying to shut down the Suez Canal – even as they maintain it was the Iraelis who did it. Nobody believes them but, at least, Preident Trump announces that a deal to disarm Hamas in Gaza is just around the corner as military ventures between Ukraine and Iran merge.

The war on migrants at home continues as ICE and TSA begin intercepting refugees (including those with legal or pending applications) at the airports. The White House orders a 2,000 aliens/per/day quota, Over there, however, what seems like a million Moroccans charge the border into Spanish Ceuta in sight of the Rock of Gibraltar, overwhelming local police and National Guardia. Gunfire, trampling and internal scuffles kill twenty; authorities eventually crack down.

The meteorological summer of despair continues as record heat and wildfires batter the Pacific Coast. 75 mph gusts feed the flames in Oregon while a heat dome settles over the Southwest. The Great Lakes are stormy but, for the moment, the NorthEast is calm.

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Dow: Closed

August brings the start of hurricane season... two in the Pacific, quiet in the Atlantic... and Western wildfires shuffle off to Spokane, Wa, where hundreds are burned out of their homes, as well as to six other states while the storms and flooding return to the East. It’s also National Catfish Month.

U.S. military and politicians suspect Iranian and Palestinian terrorists are catfishing the infidels with empty promises to buy time for more terrorism. Water police in Minnesota accuse Tehran cyberhackers of attempting to poison Americans by disempowering water protection apps even as President Trump says the blame belongs to Democratic Gov. Walz; he also orders relocation of American bases frequently attacked in Qatar and Kuwait to Israel and Jordan. Domestic kiddie hackers attack schools to extend their summer vacations.

Two rogue Republican Senators (Cornyn and Tillis: both going home in Jan.) are holding up the confirmation of AyGee Todd Blanche for spite or substance – not believing his contention that he’s not going to give out millions in Anti-Weaponization money to the Capitol rioters whom Trump says was “horribly abused”.

And POTUS also denounces (but does not, yet, fire) former allied Judge Pirro who pivots on holding Olympian David Hearn on charges of vandalizing the reflecting pool. She now says that it was the incompetence of the contractors, hurrying to finish before the Fourth, that resulted in the flaking paint and stinking algae.

Sunday, August 2, 2026

Dow: Closed

President Trump exclaims “we can’t take it (Hormuz) anymore, but TACOs on his promised weekend war escalation to give the imaginary talks time to migrate from the perimeters (or, some say, parameters) of a deal to an actual deal.

It’s Talkshow Sunday, so the talkers... pro and con... are out of their cages and chattering.

CBS host Stephanopolous says the Pirro poolboy case proves that POTUS is “weaponizing” the DoJ like never before while the renegade anti-Blanche Republican dynamic duo keeps stalling; Tillis calling the anti-Weaponization fund “a payout pot for punks.” Roundtablers ponder Pirro; conservative Doug Heye asking why Trump didn’t fire her like he did with Apprentices; RINO Chris Christie jokes “don’t put your pool guy in charge,” while the DoJ and DHS are now the President’s personal police - Liberals Michelle Cottle (“when you turn to the mob, you get insanity”) and Donna Brazile concur.

On the midterms, focus finds Michigan’s Democratic primary a referendum on Democratic Socialist Abdul el-Sayed v.centrist Haley Stevens... both of whom say they’re “populists”. Brazile say DSA “crazies” want to defund ICE and the police and abolish the Senate; Heye and Cottle say the state is “swingable” but Dems have to be careful; Christie – citesTrump’s negative 45 rating among independents – calls it “inconceivable”. (RCP polling data in last week’s Lesson finds el-Sayed leading by from ten to fifteen points.)

On FTN, Sen Mark Kelly (D-Az) says the “erratic” President “wants to take us back to February” (before he started the war) and supports allegations that America is running out of munitions; Rep. Mike Turner (R-Oh) says the Pentagon hs to be “sharing” more info.

Monday, August 3, 2026,

Dow: 53,178.41

It’s Back to School time and the police and principals have new school rules like banning cellphones and mandating clear book bags. Schools closed in Spokane (fires) and the East (9 inches of rain in Mt. Airy NC). Plus sharks (one eating surfer in the Bahamas, gators, diseases and looters in the fire zones; plenty of old and new diseases!

Trump accounts for children opening up - $1,000 for all new children that can be enhanced by parents or employers.

Blanche confirmation staggers forward after BACO on payouts to Capitol rioters coax recalcitrant Cornyn and Tillis Republicans to support.

Amid rumour of a deal, Iran denies... now says Hormuz will be closed forever as more terrorists close Red Sea and are working on Suez Canal.

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Dow: 54,085.88

It’s National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.

Yet another round of rumours on Hormuz reopening send cookie monster investors smiling, stocks soaring and oil prices falling 6% but gas at the pump continues escalating, forcing President Trump to denounce (in words but not yet deeds) the gas gougers and profiteers. He’ll also sponsor legislation for a Military Spouse Commission

Spokane wildfire arsonist arrested with 1,100 homes and businesses destrpyed, 67,000 evacuated. Aaron Farinucci was conviced of killing his father in 2010; freed in 2020. Fires from Yukon to Utah cover skies with dark, toxic smoke three times lethal levels.

As midterms draw closer, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Oh... himself in a tight battle for re-election) calls his son-in-law Max Miller “a madman” for what he calls repetitive assaults of daughter Emily and, allegedly, abuse of their two year old daughter whose collarbone he broke during a perhaps-sexual assault. Miller denies all and says he will not withdraw, leading to a likely flip – a win for Democrats amidst troubling infighting (above). President Trump still insists Max is “a good man.”

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Dow: 54,239.12

In yesterday’s primaries, radical Dr. Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeats Haley Stevens to represent the Democratic party in Michigan (above), creating consternation and cheers – not least from President Trump and the Republicans who believe the Senate seat will be an easy flip – securing their dominance at least until Jan. 2029.

Armed man seeking individual action arrested at Trump Golf Course near LA for “acting suspiciously”. He’s told the Secret Service that he worked for the State Department but was, in fact, a weapons-totin’ geek “causing a disturbance.” Another disturbancance caused by 7 and 4 year old boys who steal the family car and run over woman in Oakland.

Spokane’s (alleged) arsonist (above) sent to court and a million dollar bail imposed. While residents were trying to flee by foot, by vehicle, even boating across the lake, a nosy neighbor saw him kneeling in the grass and he was found in possession of... matches! Arson aside, it remains so hot in Texas that opening schools are rationing on field practice time for athletes and even marching bands as a spokesman says: “The days of the cool days are over” while heat and fires continue in Western US and Europe and Puerto Rico but there remains too much water in the Midwest.

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Dow: 53,885.10

NFL preseason begins with Carolina defeating Arizona 33-30. Full preseason schedule begins next week.

On a party line vote, a Senate committee votes to send Dr. Anthony Fauci to the DoJ to be indicted and, gratifying Sen. Rand Paul, locked up for a year or more. Democrats and legal eagles ask if this is a de facto repeal of the Fifth Amendment; Mark Osler, says the matter "may be resolved in court." May???

More attacks on American water systems are detected, addressed and blamed on cyberhackers from Iran as the war continues with bouncy talks on Hormuz continuing and President Trump and WarSec Hegseck denying that the US is running out of munitions. There are no fatalities, no serious illnesses... unlike the diseased lettuce and jalapeńos (and now, avocados) and escalation of not only the usual flu, Bird Flu, monkeypox, Covid, Lyme and Legionnaires’ diseases and now, in Louisiana, flesh-eating bacteria.

Doctors, geneticists and Americans (but not RFK Jr.) celebrate the announcement of AI-improved beagles and new vaxxes for cancer and but mad scientists are hard at work developing genetically superior AI disases that could go viral once used by the military – potentially exterminating humanity.

The confirmation of Trump’s personal attorney Todd Blanche as AyGee is also suffering from wasting disease as deciding vote Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La) waffles on confirmation but finally CACOs to Trump. With traitorous Judge Pirro exonerating Olympian David Hearn on charges of reflecting pool vandalism, he runs to the lawyers to cash in on the fiasco.

Wednesday's mixed trading session left the Dow Jones Industrial Average with its highest close on record, following reports of a tentative agreement between Iran and Oman about operations in the Strait of Hormuz. Other major stock indexes failed to keep up with the blue-chip gauge and posted losses. Yesterday, however, Iran’s refusal to concede caused a selloff.

ECONOMIC INDICES (60%)

CATEGORY

VALUE

BASE

RESULTS by PERCENTAGE

THE WEEK’S CLOSING STATS...

INCOME

(24%)

6/17/13 revised 1/1/22

LAST

CHANGE

NEXT

LAST WEEK in June (6/26)

Original Reconfig.

JULY 10th

Original Reconfig.

JULY 17th

LAST WEEK

THIS WEEK

Wages (hrly. Per cap)

1350

7/24/26

-0.053%

8/26

1,904.26

1,909.78

1,353.92

1,353.20

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/average-hourly-earnings 37.62

Median Inc. (yearly)

600

7/24/26

+0.054%

8/6/26

1,472.81

1,473.51

1,474.31

600.80

601.46

601.84

602.17

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 68,129

Unempl. (BLS – in mi)

600

7/24/26

+2.44%

8/26

542.60

555.52

614.28

629.26

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000/ 4.1

Official (DC – in mi)

300

7/24/26

8/6/26

216.79

216.76

216.73

299.92

309.27

309.23

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 7,098 nc

Unofficl. (DC – in mi)

300

7/24/26

-0.0072%

8/6/26

260.14

259.98

259.80

299.62

284.26

284.24

284.22

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 13,895

Workforce Participation

Number

Percent

300

7/24/26

-0.0005%

-0.0232%

8/6/26

295.83

295.82

295.81

299.98

298.74

298.66

298.59

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ In 162,151 Out 106,084 Total: 268,235

60.451

WP % (ycharts)*

150

7/24/26

-0.485%

8/26

149.98

149.25

149.27

https://ycharts.com/indicators/labor_force_participation_rate 61.50 nc

OUTGO

(15%)

Total Inflation

1050

7/24/26

-0.4%

8/26

901.77

1050

1052.10

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm -0.4

Food

300

7/24/26

+0.2%

8/26

257.37

300

299.40

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm +0.2

Gasoline

300

7/24/26

-9.7%

8/26

181.96

300

320.10

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm -9.7

Medical Costs

300

7/24/26

-0.1%

8/26

267.14

300

300.30

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm -0.1

Shelter

300

7/24/26

+0.1%

8/26

238.38

300

299.70

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm +0.1

WEALTH

(6%)

Dow Jones Index

300

7/24/26

+3.21%

8/6/26

400.43

410.82

400.18

299.80

295.37

298.21

307.79

https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/index/ 53,885.10

Home (Sales)

(Valuation)

150

7/24/26

-1.92%

+2.63%

8/6/26

137.08

155.60

154.17

152.61

158.23

152.61

158.23

152.61

158.23

https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics

Sales (M): 4.09 Valuations (K): 440.6

Millionaires (New Cat,)

150

7/24/26

+0.053%

8/6/26

137.58

137.65

137.72

150.15

150.32

150.42

159.50

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 24,385

Paupers (New Category)

150

7/24/26

+0.031%

8/6/26

134.77

134.73

134.69

149.92

149.82

149.76

149.71

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 36,014

GOVERNMENT

(10%)

Revenue (trilns.)

300

7/24/26

+0.144%

8/6/26

484.29

484.99

485.69

300.85

301.77

301.61

302.04

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 5,573

Expenditures (tr.)

300

7/24/26

+0.069%

8/6/26

287.56

287.40

287.16

299.59

298.86

298.61

298.40

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 7,253

National Debt (tr.)

450

7/24/26

+0.299%

8/6/26

345.28

345.05

344.44

448.90

486.23

485.04

482.59

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 39,832

Aggregate Debt (tr.)

450

7/24/26

+0.210%

8/6/26

354.13

353.42

352.67

448.15

445.20

444.13

443.20

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 113,877

TRADE

(5%)

Foreign Debt (tr.)

300

7/24/26

-0.063%

8/6/26

253.65

253.52

252.18

295.57

293.90

293.65

293.83

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 9,564

Exports (in billions)

150

7/24/26

-0.94%

8/26

203.57

150

197.73

145.70

142.32

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/current/index.html 314.7

Imports (in billions))

150

7/24/26

-1.88%

8/26

134.69

150

130.49

145.32

148.05

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/current/index.html 388.0

Trade Surplus/Deficit (blns.)

150

7/24/26

-5.87%

8/26

253.48

150

182.61

108.06

114.40

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/current/index.html 73.3

SOCIAL INDICES

ACTS of MAN

World Affairs

450

7/24/26

-0.2%

8/6/26

468.20

466.24

448.20

448.65

447.76

446.86

Thousands of Moroccan migrants cross over into Spain, driven back by police & army, 67 die. Cuban electric grid collapses again. US bails out Japanese yen.

War and terrorism

300

7/24/26

-0.2%

8/6/26

281.19

280.63

280.07

298.80

298.22

297.62

297.03

DHS redlights 43 Chinese companies doing business in US; Russia blames Ukraine for restaurant bombing that kills 3, wounds 21. Fed judge overturns bans on ICE masks as they hunt migrants while, in Ukraine, video of Russian drones hunting vegetable seller causea outrage. American water poison cyberhacking blamed on Iran – or maybe Russia – in 12 states.

Politics

450

7/24/26

8/6/26

451.95

450.15

448.20

447.75

447.30

Key midterm primary victors include lefty El Sayed and righty Wesley Bell. Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno calls on abusive son in law Max Miller to drop out of Congressional election. President Trump argues with WarSec Hegsek over munitions shortage and Erik over the Qatari gift jet and calls on gas stations to stop gouging... but

Economics

450

7/24/26

-0.3%

8/6/26

426.64

427.49

426.64

450.00

449.55

448.65

447.31

...as oil prices drop. ICE imposed deporations of truck drivers called “chameleon carriers”; plenty of job openings due to migrant deportations but layoffs at Etsy and BMS and Astra Zeneca (who deny merger talks) make good jobs scarce, causing “doom scrolling” and returns to schools on borrowed money. Mortgage rates rise to demonic 6.66%; food pantry closings in exas cause 500K children to go hungry, fed school lunch cuts starve more.

Crime

150

7/24/26

-0.1%

8/6/26

201.94

201.74

201.34

149.55

149.40

149.25

149.40

Naked man jumps off Brooklyn Bridge – arrested for “lewdness”. Sensational Tony Romo DUI arrest causes CBS to yank him “until further notice”. “Midnight Blizzard” Russian WiFi hackers attack Americans.

Numbers crunchers say US crime is down, but grandmother who beat cancer twice beaten to death by madman in Tucson; mass shooter hits 6, kills 1 in Portland OR, infant murdered with leaf blower, multiple murders in Prospect Hill, NC and teenager in clown costume murders 78 year old in East St. Louis. Mass shooter kills 3 wounds 7 at fast food rest in Twin Falls, ID; flower thief murders Good Sam in Vegas but other Good Sam Jordan Salinas hailed as hero for shooting at perp who then kills himself.

ACTS of GOD

Environment/Weather

450

7/24/26

-0.1%

8/6/26

277.49

276.96

275.85

447.30

446.85

446.40

445.05

Bicoastal blues find drought sparkening wildfires in Spokane, seaweed infesting Florida beaches (call the Japanese!); more record heat SW; flooding in East. (The warm weather also causing a plague of rattlesnakes.)

Disasters

450

7/24/26

8/6/26

463.09

462.16

463.08

450.00

449.55

450.00

Air scares include explosive drones striking German airport, 13 die in Peruvian plane crash as bum invades and sleeps on Jet Blue. Coal mine explosion in Pakistan kills 32, Japanese EQ kills 34. Guatemalan volcano sends silly tourists running for their lives as, in the USA, home explodes in Energy, Il, NYC apartment fire kills one and 8 killed as balloon catches fire in Brazil.

On the happy side, Rippin’ Rosie wins dog surfing title in Pacifica, CA, landbround dog rescued from train tunnel in San Francisco and Jeff Bezos and Leo diCaprio start a foundation to save endangered species (predictably trolled by wokesters who hate their wealth and gas consumption as they drive and jet around doing their ‘dis an’ ‘dats).

LIFESTYLE/JUSTICE INDEX

Science, Tech, Education

600

7/24/26

-0.1%

8/6/26

617.97

617.35

617.97

600.00

599.40

Anthropic AI spies go rogue, exchanging hacks with rival Open AI. U.S. ban on imported humanoid robots (as China controls 85% of the market). TV techs offering RGB LED sets to the wealthy for $3,000 and up; FCC denies fear that overzealous police may be storming into homes hunting Roomba vacuums. 8,000 SpaceX will crash into moon, create a crater and perhaps anger Moon Men.

Equality (econ/social)

600

7/24/26

+0.1%

8/6/26

671.70

672.37

675.06

603.00

603.61

Women’s baseball back with four tesms; WNBA civil war on transgender ballers. BTS to boycott Grammies saying “Best Asian” category is racist. Flock surveillance spokesmen say the only people who oppose 24/7 street surveillance are the criminals.

Health

600

7/24/26

-0.2%

8/6/26

412.58

411.75

440.46

595.06

594.46

593.25

TV docs say cancer rates declining, but Disease Dash kills seven due to a revivified Legionnaire’s, flesh0eating bacteria also return and, with 47 states infected, first two Cyclo deaths in Michigan while more Chipotle cyclo-jalapenos recalled as are frozen EColic blueberries and dirty eyedrops. Women are trying Hormone Replacement treatments and trying out testosterone supplements too. Cures for lactose intolerance developed, but will cost $1,000, Harvard docs say vegans have better brains while meat eaters risk dementia. (Just watch that lettuce!) Outrage grows over Medicaid waivers in some states delayed for up to 18^th month while sick and disabled children suffer, sometimes die.

Freedom and Justice

450

7/24/26

-0.2%

8/6/26

478.24

477.76

449.55

449.10

448.20

With prisons bursting, ICE reduced to ankle braceletting aliens as they wait for deportation instead of jailing them. Flock camera surveillance officials say only bad guys hunted (but cops in Savannah accused of using them to stalk unfaithful lovers whilecars with bad bumperstickers also photographed). Judge Pirro drops reflecting pool and earns hate from Trump. Four more women accuse Jared Leto of rape, making a total of 13.

CULTURAL and MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS

Cultural incidents

450

7/24/26

+0.3%

8/6/26

595.25

595.85

450.45

450.90

452.25

Zac Brown gifts Boston fans with free cruises. Top Five songs are all country as Elle Langley tops pop charts for 16^th week with “Choosing Texas” and gleans #4 in Morgan Wallen duet; Jay Z and Beyonce wiil also duet, Ariana Grande and Jelly Roll will take vacations. At the movies: Spiderman edges Avengers in largest opening week ever at $360M; Tom Holland and Zendaya compared to Burton/Taylor (Liz, not Swifty) with Odyssen/Spidey dual breakthroughs. On TV, Ryan Murphy’s “Shards” brings back the ‘80s, Bowen Yang brings back Mary Todd Lincoln on Broadway while trending fashions include skinnier cloths for weight loss druggies and a new wireless bra.

RIP: Actor Vincent Pastore (“Sopranos”), iconic Rosie Riveter role model Jean Gibson at 100; UFC fighter Alan Nascimiento at 34; cancer influencer blogger Sydney Towle at 26 (but Perez Hilson survives self-invlicted stabbing)..

Miscellaneous incidents

4%/3%

450

7/24/26

+0.2%

8/6/26

553.95

554.50

555.05

450.90

451.35

452.25

Door Dash approved to begin Drone Dash. Animalia finds Punch the Monkey finding romance, raccoon genealogists find the father of Jimothy – but what would Maury Povich say? Dog geneticists create allergy-free beagles, as 70 armed officers storm Linda (“Exorcist”) Blair’s home to seize over 200 ordinary, sneezing dogs.

The Don Jones Index for the week of July 31st through August 6th, 2026 was UP 22.94 points by the reconfigured standard.

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ATTACHMENT ONE – FROM BALLOTPEDIA

2026 PRIMARY DATES, RUNOFF DATES (If needed) and FILING DEADLINES (HOUSE and SENATE)

For more information on any individual race, click on the SOURCE URL.

State	Primary date	Primary runoff date	Filing deadline for primary candidates	Source
Alabama	5/19/2026	6/16/2026	1/23/2026	Source
Alaska	8/18/2026	N/A	6/1/2026	Source
Arizona	7/21/2026	N/A	3/23/2026	Source
Arkansas	3/3/2026	3/31/2026	11/12/2025	Source
California	6/2/2026	N/A	3/6/2026	Source
Colorado	6/30/2026	N/A	3/18/2026	Source
Connecticut	8/11/2026	N/A	6/9/2026	Source
Delaware	9/15/2026	N/A	7/14/2026	Source
Florida	8/18/2026	N/A	4/24/2026^[21] 6/12/2026^[22]	Source
Georgia	5/19/2026	6/16/2026	3/6/2026	Source
Hawaii	8/8/2026	N/A	6/2/2026	Source
Idaho	5/19/2026	N/A	2/27/2026	Source
Illinois	3/17/2026	N/A	11/3/2025	Source
Indiana	5/5/2026	N/A	2/6/2026	Source
Iowa	6/2/2026	N/A	Primary: 3/13/2026	Source
Kansas	8/4/2026	N/A	6/1/2026	Source
Kentucky	5/19/2026	N/A	1/9/2026	Source
Louisiana	5/16/2026	6/27/2026	2/13/2026	Source
Maine	6/9/2026	N/A	3/16/2026	Source
Maryland	6/23/2026	N/A	2/24/2026	Source
Massachusetts	9/1/2026	N/A	6/2/2026	Source
Michigan	8/4/2026	N/A	4/21/2026	Source
Minnesota	8/11/2026	N/A	6/2/2026	Source
Mississippi	3/10/2026	4/7/2026	12/26/2025	Source
Missouri	8/4/2026	N/A	3/31/2026	Source
Montana	6/2/2026	N/A	3/4/2026	Source
Nebraska	5/12/2026	N/A	Incumbents: 2/17/2026, Non-incumbents: 3/2/2026	Source
Nevada	6/9/2026	N/A	3/13/2026	Source
New Hampshire	9/8/2026	N/A	6/12/2026	Source
New Jersey	6/2/2026	N/A	3/23/2026	Source
New Mexico	6/2/2026	N/A	Candidates seeking pre-primary designation: 2/3/2026; Candidates not seeking pre-primary designation: 3/10/2026	Source
New York	6/23/2026	N/A	4/6/2026	Source
North Carolina	3/3/2026	N/A	12/19/2025	Source
North Dakota	6/9/2026	N/A	4/6/2026	Source
Ohio	5/5/2026	N/A	2/4/2026	Source
Oklahoma	6/16/2026	8/25/2026	4/3/2026	Source
Oregon	5/19/26	N/A	Incumbents: 3/3/2026, New candidates: 3/10/2026	Source
Pennsylvania	5/19/2026	N/A	3/10/2026	Source
Rhode Island	9/8/2026	N/A	6/24/2026	Source
South Carolina	6/9/2026	N/A	3/30/2026	Source
South Dakota	6/2/2026	7/28/2026	3/31/2026	Source
Tennessee	8/6/2026	N/A	3/10/2026^[23] 5/15/2026^[24]	Source 1 Source 2
Texas	3/3/2026	5/26/2026	12/8/2025	Source
Utah	6/23/2026	N/A	1/8/2026^[25] 3/13/2026^[26]	Source
Vermont	8/11/2026	N/A	5/28/2026	Source
Virginia	8/4/2026	N/A	4/2/2026^[27] 5/26/2026^[28]	Source
Washington	8/4/2026	N/A	5/8/2026	Source
West Virginia	5/12/2026	N/A	1/31/2026	Source
Wisconsin	8/11/2026	N/A	6/1/2026	Source
Wyoming	8/18/2026	N/A	5/29/2026	Source

ATTACHMENT TWO – FROM BALLOTPEDIA

CANDIDATES: U.S, UPPER HOUSE

Table last updated: July 29, 2026

State	Pre-election incumbent	Year first elected	2020 margin of victory (percentage points)
Alabama	Tommy Tuberville	2020	20.4
Alaska	Daniel S. Sullivan	2014	12.7
Arkansas	Tom Cotton	2014	33.1
Colorado	John Hickenlooper	2020	9.3
Delaware	Chris Coons	2010	21.5
Georgia	Jon Ossoff	2020	1.2
Idaho	Jim Risch	2008	29.4
Illinois	Dick Durbin	1996	16.1
Iowa	Joni Ernst	2014	6.6
Kansas	Roger Marshall	2020	11.4
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	1984	19.5
Louisiana	Bill Cassidy	2014	40.3
Maine	Susan Collins	1996	8.6
Massachusetts	Edward Markey	2013	33.1
Michigan	Gary Peters	2014	1.7
Minnesota	Tina Smith	2018	5.3
Mississippi	Cindy Hyde-Smith	2018	10.0
Montana	Steve Daines	2014	10.0
Nebraska	Pete Ricketts	Appointed	N/A
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen	2008	15.7
New Jersey	Cory Booker	2013	16.3
New Mexico	Ben Ray Luján	2020	6.1
North Carolina	Thom Tillis	2014	1.8
Oklahoma	Alan Armstrong	Appointed	N/A
Oregon	Jeff Merkley	2008	17.6
Rhode Island	Jack Reed	1996	33.1
South Carolina	Darline Graham	2026	10.3
South Dakota	Mike Rounds	2014	31.5
Tennessee	Bill Hagerty	2020	27.0
Texas	John Cornyn	2002	9.6
Virginia	Mark Warner	2008	12.1
West Virginia	Shelley Moore Capito	2014	43.3
Wyoming	Cynthia Lummis	2020	46.1

ATTACHMENT THREE – FROM 270 TOWIN VIA KALSHI (GAMBLING SITE)

ELECTION/CONSENSUS-2026-SENATE INCUMBENTS-FORECAST

State Incumbent Since Term Consensus of support

AK Dan Sullivan 2015 2nd 55%

FL Ashley Moody 2025 1st 86%

2026 special election for final two years of Marco Rubio's term

GA Jon Ossoff 2021 1st 90%

Jon Ossoff* Mike Collins

IA Joni Ernst 2015 2nd 57%

Incumbents not running for re-election in 2026.

Josh Turek Ashley Hinson

ME Susan Collins 1997 5th 63%

Troy Jackson Susan Collins*

MI Gary Peters 2015 2nd 68%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

MN Tina Smith 2018 2nd 93%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

MT Steve Daines 2015 2nd 84%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

Alani Bankhead Kurt Alme Seth Bodnar

NC Thom Tillis 2015 2nd 91%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

Roy Cooper Michael Whatley

NE Pete Ricketts 2023 1st 71%

Cindy Burbank Pete Ricketts* Dan Osborn

NH Jeanne Shaheen 2009 3rd 86%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

OH Jon Husted 2025 1st 53%

2026 special election for final two years of JD Vance's term

Sherrod Brown Jon Husted*

SC Darline Graham 2026 1st 87%

Annie Andrews TBD - Special Primary

TX John Cornyn 2003 4th 55%

Incumbent defeated in primary for 2026 election.

James Talarico Ken Paxton

The following races are rated by forecasters as safe for the incumbent party.

AL Tommy Tuberville 2021 1st 96%

Retiring to run for governor

Everett Wess Barry Moore

AR Tom Cotton 2015 2nd 97%

Hallie Shoffner Tom Cotton*

CO John Hickenlooper 2021 1st 96%

John Hickenlooper* Mark Baisley

DE Chris Coons 2011 3rd 97%

ID Jim Risch 2009 3rd 93%

David Roth Jim Risch*

IL Dick Durbin 1997 5th 96%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

Juliana Stratton Don Tracy

KS Roger Marshall 2021 1st 85%

KY Mitch McConnell 1985 7th 94%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

Charles Booker Andy Barr

LA Bill Cassidy 2015 2nd 94%

Incumbent defeated in primary for 2026 election.

Jamie Davis Julia Letlow

MA Ed Markey 2013 3rd 97%

MS Cindy Hyde-Smith 2018 2nd 93%

Scott Colom Cindy Hyde-Smith*

NJ Cory Booker 2013 3rd 96%

Cory Booker* Justin Murphy

NM Ben Ray Lujan 2021 1st 96%

Ben Ray Lujan* Larry Marker

OK Alan Armstrong 2026 1st 99%

Succeeded Markwayne Mullin on March 24. Ineligible to run for a full term this year.

TBD - Runoff Kevin Hern

OR Jeff Merkley 2009 3rd 97%

Jeff Merkley* David Smith

RI Jack Reed 1997 5th 95%

SD Mike Rounds 2015 2nd 94%

Julian Beaudion Mike Rounds*

TN Bill Hagerty 2021 1st 96%

VA Mark Warner 2009 3rd 95%

WV Shelley Moore Capito 2015 2nd 96%

Rachel Fetty Anderson Shelley Moore Capito*

WY Cynthia Lummis 2021 1st 97%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

ATTACHMENT FOUR – FROM 270 TOWIN

SENATE ALL CANDIDATE PREDICTIONS


Current			47 45 2	0	53
Consensus Forecast			47 45 2	0	49	4
Prediction Markets			50 48 2	0	49	1
Interactive Map Above			47 45 2	0	49	4
	Current	2026	2028^	2030
	45	13	15	17
	2			2
	53	22	17	14

^ Excludes Florida and Ohio seats with special elections in 2026

The arrows on the counter above the map (see website here) designate the controlling party. 50-50 tie decided by Vice-President (VP)

State	Incumbent	Since	Term	Consensus
AK	Dan Sullivan	2015	2nd	55%
AK
FL	Ashley Moody	2025	1st	86%
FL	*2026 special election for final two years of Marco Rubio's term*
GA	Jon Ossoff	2021	1st	90%
GA	Jon Ossoff* Mike Collins
IA	Joni Ernst	2015	2nd	57%
IA	*Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.* Josh Turek Ashley Hinson
ME	Susan Collins	1997	5th	63%
ME	Troy Jackson Susan Collins*
MI	Gary Peters	2015	2nd	68%
MI	*Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.*
MN	Tina Smith	2018	2nd	93%
MN	*Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.*
MT	Steve Daines	2015	2nd	84%
MT	*Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.* Alani Bankhead Kurt Alme Seth Bodnar
NC	Thom Tillis	2015	2nd	91%
NC	*Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.* Roy Cooper Michael Whatley
NE	Pete Ricketts	2023	1st	71%
NE	Cindy Burbank Pete Ricketts* Dan Osborn
NH	Jeanne Shaheen	2009	3rd	86%
NH	*Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.*
OH	Jon Husted	2025	1st	53%
OH	*2026 special election for final two years of JD Vance's term* Sherrod Brown Jon Husted*
SC	Darline Graham	2026	1st	87%
SC	Annie Andrews TBD - Special Primary
TX	John Cornyn	2003	4th	55%
TX	*Incumbent defeated in primary for 2026 election.* James Talarico Ken Paxton
AL	Tommy Tuberville	2021	1st	96%
AL	*Retiring to run for governor* Everett Wess Barry Moore
AR	Tom Cotton	2015	2nd	97%
AR	Hallie Shoffner Tom Cotton*
CO	John Hickenlooper	2021	1st	96%
CO	John Hickenlooper* Mark Baisley
DE	Chris Coons	2011	3rd	97%
DE
ID	Jim Risch	2009	3rd	93%
ID	David Roth Jim Risch*
IL	Dick Durbin	1997	5th	96%
IL	*Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.* Juliana Stratton Don Tracy
KS	Roger Marshall	2021	1st	85%
KS
KY	Mitch McConnell	1985	7th	94%
KY	*Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.* Charles Booker Andy Barr
LA	Bill Cassidy	2015	2nd	94%
LA	*Incumbent defeated in primary for 2026 election.* Jamie Davis Julia Letlow
MA	Ed Markey	2013	3rd	97%
MA
MS	Cindy Hyde-Smith	2018	2nd	93%
MS	Scott Colom Cindy Hyde-Smith*
NJ	Cory Booker	2013	3rd	96%
NJ	Cory Booker* Justin Murphy
NM	Ben Ray Lujan	2021	1st	96%
NM	Ben Ray Lujan* Larry Marker
OK	Alan Armstrong	2026	1st	99%
OK	*Succeeded Markwayne Mullin on March 24. Ineligible to run for a full term this year.* TBD - Runoff Kevin Hern
OR	Jeff Merkley	2009	3rd	97%
OR	Jeff Merkley* David Smith
RI	Jack Reed	1997	5th	95%
RI
SD	Mike Rounds	2015	2nd	94%
SD	Julian Beaudion Mike Rounds*
TN	Bill Hagerty	2021	1st	96%
TN
VA	Mark Warner	2009	3rd	95%
VA
WV	Shelley Moore Capito	2015	2nd	96%
WV	Rachel Fetty Anderson Shelley Moore Capito*
WY	Cynthia Lummis	2021	1st	97%
WY	*Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.*

ATTACHMENT FIVE – FROM USA TODAY (PRE-ELECTION) TAKEAWAYS

TRUMP FIXATES ON 2020 WHILE REPUBLICANS WARILY EYE MIDTERMS | OPINION

Trump is in a serious bind. He doesn't have a plan to fix the Iran war, or gas prices or the cost of groceries. So he reverts to form, trying to distract with theatrical but threadbare conspiracies.

BY Chris Brennan July 17, 2026, 12:08 p.m. ET

President Donald Trump, desperate to enact an unconstitutional federalization of America's elections ahead of November's midterm elections, reverted in a July 16 national address to his three favorite conspiracy-theory boogeymen.

America's elections are "vulnerable to being rigged and stolen," Trump claimed, because of diabolical efforts by China, the "deep state" in our country's government and the journalists who debunk his lies.

But the most interesting takeaway from the meandering 25-minute speech was what he didn't say. At no point did Trump claim that foreign adversaries have ever successfully altered American election results. And he did not repeat his most common election lie, that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen from him.

Trump's speech didn't change the facts about elections

Trump teased the speech for days as "really big news," seeking a large audience.

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Instead, he offered only a rehash of debunked election fraud conspiracy theories.

The truth: American intelligence services and congressional committees have long concluded that foreign adversaries like Russia, Iran and China have attempted to influence our elections, but have faltered when trying to infiltrate the electronic infrastructure of our voting systems.

And, despite Trump's claims of concern, he has spent his second term stripping the very protections put in place to safeguard American elections.

Trump's real motivation for his speech runs on two tracks. He wants to persuade Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would allow him to meddle in how states use mail ballots, voter ID and citizen verification. Or, if that doesn't pass, he seeks to create chaos in the midterms as pretext for seizing control of the election results.

It's no surprise that America's foreign adversaries have attempted to meddle in our elections.

Special counsel Robert Mueller, in a 2019 report about Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election, cited a "sweeping and systemic" effort. That included hacking efforts for state agencies that compile voting registration and tabulate election results, but which did not alter the ballot tally.

A bipartisan U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in 2020 released a report about the 2016 election, citing "irrefutable evidence of Russian meddling" in that presidential election. The Republican chair of that committee was Marco Rubio, then a senator from Florida and now Trump's secretary of State.

That Senate report also said China and Iran were preparing to join Russia in trying to meddle in the 2020 presidential election.

Sure enough, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), in a 2021 report, said it had found evidence that Russia and Iran had worked to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The assessment said investigators found no evidence that those efforts reached the level of altering voter registration or ballot tabulation.

While all that is available in the public record, Trump has been intentionally slashing the federal government's intelligence infrastructure to keep our elections safe and secure.

The SAVE Act is dead. That's not stopping Trump. | Opinion

It's Trump who has done a good deal to weaken election security, actually

Pam Bondi, the attorney general the president fired in April, disbanded the Department of Justice's Foreign Influence Task Force in 2025, soon after Trump's second term started.

That task force was formed during Trump's first term to track disinformation efforts in America by Russia and other countries.

Trump in February 2025 also slashed funding for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, which had drawn Republican criticism for countering misinformation about the 2020 presidential election. The Trump administration justified those cuts as "eliminating weaponization and waste."

And at ODNI, Trump has shifted the mission, dismantling that agency's efforts to track and warn about foreign election threats, making it more focused on his incessant and unsubstantiated claims about election fraud in America.

Another view: Trump's 'big' speech puts election fixation ahead of economy | Opinion

Trump is in a serious bind here, with the elections looming and his war in Iran stagnating, increasing the costs of gasoline and groceries. He doesn't have a plan to fix any of that. So he reverts to form, trying to distract with theatrical but threadbare conspiracy theories.

Trump loves a big audience, but his "rigged" rhetoric only plays with Republicans.

Republicans have to be tired of Trump's election nonsense

A Quinnipiac University national poll released a month after the 2020 election found that 60% of registered voters thought that contest was legitimate, while 70% of Republicans disagreed. A follow-up survey from Quinnipiac in May 2021 found that 64% of voters called the contest legitimate, while 66% of Republicans disagreed.

This June, an Economist/YouGov national poll found that 53% of Americans did not think the 2020 election was "rigged," while 28% believed it was and 19% were unsure. Half of Republicans saw it as rigged.

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Trump is also trapped in his own timeline. A Democrat has been in control of the White House whenever Trump wins, and Trump was president when he lost.

Did he cheat himself? Or is he just obsessed with his loss, and changing the perception of it.

Trump sent a pair of emails to supporters on July 15 and July 16 about his impending speech, with one teasing an "earth shattering announcement," with both directing to a fundraising webpage for a political action committee that said nothing about the speech or elections.

You know who really isn't the audience for the president's big distraction play about election security? That would be his Republican allies in Congress. Imagine them traveling the campaign trail this summer, with voters worried about war and the economy and health care ‒ with Trump flogging long-debunked conspiracy theories.

I'm sure those Republicans want to look forward, where the voters are focused. But Trump will make them dwell in the past, where only he remains.

ATTACHMENT SIX – FROM GUK

DEMOCRATS FACE MOST CONTENTIOUS – AND CRUCIAL – TEST YET WITH MICHIGAN PRIMARY

Voters are faced with the thorny question of electability: who can win this purple state in November and potentially push Democrats toward a US Senate majority?

BY Rachel Leingang in Davison, Michigan Sun 2 Aug 2026 06.00 EDT

At Chad Green’s house in Davison, Michigan, a brood of baby chicks roamed around the idyllic green lawn as US senators pitched a couple dozen voters on why they should turn out for the hopeful one, Abdul El-Sayed.

Green, a retired federal firefighter, hosted a similar small gathering for Mallory McMorrow, who was running for the US Senate before she dropped out of the race in early July, narrowing the contest to El-Sayed, a progressive insurgent campaigning for universal healthcare, and US representative Haley Stevens, who has branded herself as a workhorse.

Green, 54, sees himself as a more moderate Democrat, and originally aligned with McMorrow. After she dropped out, he looked into El-Sayed and Stevens, and resonated more with El-Sayed’s policies.

“I’ve never seen people more excited about a candidate,” Green said. “I feel like there’s not going to be excitement for the Republicans to vote. And I feel like there is excitement for Democrats to vote for Abdul.”

The Michigan primary is, perhaps, the most contentious Democratic primary this year – and a test for the party’s future. Voters are weighing the policies and personalities of the candidates as they once again consider the thorny question of electability: who can win this purple state in November, and potentially push the party towards a majority in the Senate?

Recent surveys have shown El-Sayed pulling ahead. A nonpartisan Emerson poll this week of likely Democratic voters found 54% intended to vote for El-Sayed compared to 39% for Stevens, with a stark age divide. Voters under 50 broke for El-Sayed by 42 percentage points, while voters over 60 preferred Stevens by a 14-point margin, it showed. Independents were siding with El-Sayed by a 27-point margin.

Stevens, 43, has represented Michigan’s 11th House district since 2019, after flipping the seat. She has been endorsed by Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer and Gary Peters, the retiring senator who holds the seat she and El-Sayed, 41, are now running for.

El-Sayed, an epidemiologist who served in health director roles in Detroit and its county, counts leading progressive officials among his supporters, including US senators Elizabeth Warren and Chris Van Hollen, who rallied with him in Michigan last weekend alongside a host of representatives and former elected officials.

The winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary will face Mike Rogers, a former congressman from the state who was also the Republican nominee for US Senate in 2024, when he lost to Elissa Slotkin.

El-Sayed, often mentioned alongside democratic socialists who have won a string of party primaries ahead of this year’s US midterm elections, is not himself a democratic socialist: he says he is a “capitalist who understands how capitalism works”, and wants to regulate monopolies and oligopolies.

But the race has become a key focal point in the rise of the left flank of the Democratic party, and its potential limits – especially after a wave of wins in solidly blue districts across the country.

More than $40m has poured into the race from outside groups supporting Stevens or attacking El-Sayed, including from groups associated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), a pro-Israel lobby. AdImpact shows more than $60m in ad reservations and spending to benefit Stevens.

Misleading ads have attacked El-Sayed for “disrespecting women” while tying Stevens to Barack Obama, who has not endorsed in the race, but previously praised Stevens’ work on the auto industry rescue plan. The Obama connection sits prominently in the minds of some Black voters in Michigan, who cite Stevens’ work with the former US president as key to their vote in the primary.

El-Sayed has seized on the major outside spending against him and turned it into a central line of attack against Stevens. Stevens points to an A-rating from End Citizens United, a group dedicated to getting money out of politics, and says she feels “very strongly” about campaign finance reform.

While talking to reporters outside Plymouth United Church of Christ in Detroit last Sunday, Stevens held up a note passed to her during the church service from a member of the congregation. “Had I known that you would be at church today, I would have brought my checkbook,” the letter said, according to Stevens, who added that most of her direct campaign contributions come from small donors.

In the waning days of the primary, Stevens attacked El-Sayed for not releasing his full financial disclosures, which he subsequently did. She also often accuses El-Sayed of seeking fame, pointing to his previous podcast, which he co-hosted for Crooked Media, his book, and a website purchase for El-Sayed for president.

The campaign has grown increasingly tense in its final weeks. Earlier this month, El-Sayed faced backlash over remarks that he later clarified were in reference to Democratic senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania – not his primary rival. El-Sayed had said a left-wing victory over Fetterman – who campaigned as a progressive but has moved sharply to the right in office, particularly on Israel – would be akin to putting an “ogre on a pike”. Stevens responded: “Thank you for clarifying that you didn’t call me an ogre.”

And in a Twitter post this week, Stevens criticized a video where El-Sayed criticized Aipac, with Stevens saying: “Everyone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans.”

Stevens said she isn’t campaigning on “false promises” or “slogans”, a nod to El-Sayed’s central issue of the Medicare for All proposal of universal healthcare. “I am offering a path to win, to make sure that Mike Rogers goes back to Florida for a second time, so that he doesn’t get to go into the Senate and return nothing for us, just rubber-stamping Donald Trump,” she told reporters last weekend.

El-Sayed contends that universal healthcare requires fundamentally changing Congress – by electing politicians who will fight for it. “If you don’t fight for certain things, you’re never going to get them,” he told the Guardian.

WHERE THE VOTERS GO

Stevens stood in front of Black congregations on a recent Sunday morning, joining in worship services before telling the churchgoers who she was, and what she could deliver.

Black voters – who make up about 20% of the Democratic primary electorate – have expressed some skepticism of El-Sayed. Black voters in the state have tended to side with more moderate candidates in primaries. Polls of the race show Black voters overall siding with Stevens.

At Hartford Memorial Baptist church in Detroit, Stevens mentions Obama and Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader in the US House of Representatives. She says she prayed for her parents. Her dad, she said, always told her: “Do not be the smartest person in any room; be the hardest working.”

Later, at Plymouth United Church of Christ, she told the congregation that she “could have stayed comfortable” in her House seat.

Scott Benson, a Detroit city councilman and a deacon at Plymouth, said he’s been a longtime supporter of Stevens because of her focus on “kitchen-table issues”. He worked with El-Sayed when he was the city’s health director, he added, but El-Sayed’s politics don’t align with his.

“I am very pragmatic. I’m very kitchen table. I’m about jobs,” Benson said. “Other issues just really don’t align with mine and so, great guy, but Haley Stevens’ policies align with mine, and her effectiveness as a legislator is also a very big deal to me.”

After services ended at Plymouth, people stopped to get photos with Stevens and tell her she had their vote . One woman said she had seen Stevens’ actions, including the work she did under Obama. “I know that there was hope then,” she said. “There’s more hope for us now in Michigan.”

Willie Goston, 71, of Redford, said he and his wife filled out their ballots two weeks ago – two votes for Stevens. He knew he would vote for Stevens right away, citing her work with Obama, and her connection with US representative James Clyburn, a longtime South Carolina legislator.

“She’s an amazing politician, and she seems like she’s honest, seems like she’s not going to go back behind and do no underhanded stuff,” said Goston.

On Sunday afternoon, in Rouge Park in Detroit, volunteers and supporters of El-Sayed rallied, getting egg rolls and ice cream from food trucks as they listened to elected officials and activists talk about the candidate, frequently calling on his central slogan: “Money out of politics, money in your pockets, Medicare for All.”

El-Sayed has hosted rallies and door-knocking launches throughout the campaign, his ground game aided by groups like the Working Families Party, the United Auto Workers and the progressive activist network Indivisible . His campaign has more than 10,000 volunteers and is knocking on nearly 10,000 doors per day, he said.

Justin Daniels, 45, who attended the park event, said the dividing line in the race is establishment versus non-establishment. Daniels, who is Black, said if younger Black voters tune into the primary, they’d probably lean toward El-Sayed, while for older Black voters it’s more of a toss up.

But he thinks El-Sayed can win in November. “I see him winning over Republicans, because what a lot of people don’t understand is they’re getting their benefits cut just as well,” Daniels said.

El-Sayed said he believes his campaign will do well with a number of different subsets of Democratic voters, including the Black community. “My relationship with the Black community isn’t built on photo ops and all of a sudden crossing 8 mile because somebody told you that’s what you need to do,” he said. “My public service is built in the city and county, and I’ve been building these relationships for a very long time.”

THE ELECTABILITY QUESTION

El-Sayed, who is of Egyptian descent and Muslim, said the electability argument is often a coded way of questioning his name and religion. He has been “Abdul in Michigan” his whole life, including as a high school student after September 11, and still was voted captain of the football team the next year.

“Michiganders are open-minded. They’re big-hearted people,” he told voters at Green’s house. “And the funny thing is, when they say I’m unelectable … that’s not a comment on me. You know what that’s a comment on? It’s on you. They’re trying to say that you all, Michiganders, who I know to be open-hearted, kind, thoughtful people, are not big enough to see past my name. And I’m betting otherwise, because I’ve been betting otherwise my whole life.”

Voters have shown a strong anti-incumbent bias in recent polls. A recent CNN poll found that a majority of voters think US Congress would be better off if most sitting members were unseated in the midterms.

El-Sayed said he regularly has people attend his town halls who tell him they voted for Trump, and now would for him.

He is trying to both inspire people who haven’t been voting to come out and back his campaign, and win over people who voted for Trump, but feel betrayed by the administration’s actions.

“Why did it go for Bernie, then Trump, then Biden, then Trump?” El-Sayed asked the group at Green’s house of Michigan’s recent voting history. “And either it’s because we can’t make up our minds – which, y’all been in Michigan long enough to know, we know what our minds are – or it’s because we keep going to the buffet, and not finding what we really want. So what happens if you give an alternative that is actually against the system, the corruption on both sides of the aisle, that’s also not a megalomaniacal, narcissistic billionaire asshole?”

Stevens points to her record of winning over Republican voters in a tight congressional district. She notes that she has beaten Maga four times. When she and El-Sayed both ran (in separate races) in 2018, Stevens won a six-way House primary. She is the first Democrat to hold the 11th district seat for a full term since the moon landing, she said.

As to which of the two candidates is more poised to win in November, “I think the Republicans have answered that for us”, Stevens said, pointing to a leaked phone call where Rogers said he had a better shot at flipping the seat if El-Sayed won the primary.

Videos of Stevens’ heavy Michigan accent, where she said she was going to fight with “a little bit of stick it to ‘em”, have circulated widely online in the final weeks of the campaign. Stevens has moved to embrace the phrase, putting it on campaign signs, though also suggested its virality was driven by “cool kids on the Internet doing the cool kid chatter”, some of whom “might be the coastal elites”. Both Stevens and El-Sayed were born in Rochester Hills, a suburb of Detroit. El-Sayed told his supporters not to “make fun” of Stevens, calling it “unkind and unhelpful”.

“I’m going to run through anything and anyone to cut the best deal for Michigan,” Stevens told reporters at an event in Detroit last weekend. “So yeah, they can make fun of my voice, but I sure as damn well am going to make sure we’re heard in the halls of power.”

Benson, the Detroit councilman, said he believes El-Sayed’s positions are too far to the left for a purple state. Trump won Michigan in 2024, after Joe Biden won it in 2020.

“I believe in the centrist Democrats,” he said. “So I’m a centrist Dem, I’m moderate Dem, and I’m proud of that fact. I just believe it’s what we need to be competitive in the state of Michigan. Those views, his views, they are very well accepted in other places. But when you have a purple state, I’m not sure that’s going to play well here.”

Robin Evans, a 75-year-old registered Democrat who attended the gathering at Green’s house with her two siblings, said she would be voting for El-Sayed. His background in public health, and focus on healthcare, appealed to her.

“They’re trying to sell the fact that he’s not electable, but I’m not doing that,” she said. “I’m voting for whom I feel is right, not for electability.”

WHY THIS RACE IS SO CLOSELY WATCHED

Some of El-Sayed’s potential future colleagues are betting that his win, and other progressive wins this cycle, will change the tenor of what Democrats in the Senate are willing to stand for. US senators Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, and Chris Van Hollen, of Maryland, rallied with El-Sayed in Michigan last weekend, saying they wanted fighters like him to work alongside.

Voters want people who have courage and aren’t afraid to stand up to Trump, but also aren’t afraid of losing their seat, Warren told the Guardian, so they’re committed to making meaningful change.

“Remember, the Senate is actually a pretty small place. For Democrats to be in the majority, shoot, there’d only be 51 of us,” she said. “You bring us just a few more progressive fighters, and the whole tone of that place changes. We’re in the fight now. We’re pulling people over. It’s shifting, but bring us some new blood. Bring us some fighters. Bring us more energy into this. And watch what we can do.”

El-Sayed is tapping into deep-seated anger among the electorate, like dysfunction in the healthcare system that allows insurers or AI programs to say whether a doctor-ordered test or medication could be covered, Warren said. “I think that’s going to connect with people who aren’t even part of the Democratic primary.”

Van Hollen, the Maryland senator, said he thinks El-Sayed has a better chance of winning the general election because of his ability to mobilize and motivate voters, who see his campaign as not a simple test of left versus right, but about uniting against political corruption and concentrated economic power, a “much more universal” message.

Washington is in a bubble, Van Hollen said, and too caught up in pundit-class chatter, but the general public is “way ahead” of Washington on upending politics as usual. The pre-Trump status quo wasn’t working, either, he said.

“Voters don’t vote for a convicted felon unless they’re really frustrated with the way things are,” Van Hollen said of Trump. “And he has changed the status quo in all the worst ways. We need to change the status quo in all of the best ways.”

El-Sayed told the crowd at Green’s house that they all know how important they are as Michigan voters. Campaigns come to court them every other year, knowing that their status as swing-state voters gives them a coveted spot in deciding the direction not just of their state, but the country. And this election is no different.

Think of what it would say to the country, to Congress, to other politicians, he said, if a campaign like his wins, “if a politics that opposes corporations, that takes on their power, that opposes sending our money elsewhere” wins in a place like Michigan.

“Every single person thinking about running for president is going to be watching on November 3,” he said.

ATTACHMENT SEVEN – FROM AL JAZEERA

FROM TRUMP TO EL-SAYED: US ARABS IN MICHIGAN CENTRE PALESTINE IN POLITICS

Arab Americans in Michigan who withheld support for Kamala Harris in 2024 say they will not back pro-Israel candidates.

By Ali Harb Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026

Dearborn, Michigan – Yemeni-American activist Samraa Luqman has no regrets about voting for President Donald Trump in 2024.

While the United States president has been a disappointment to Arab Americans in Michigan with his pro-war and anti-immigration policies, she stressed that it was untenable for the community to vote for Democrats as Israel’s genocide unfolded in Gaza.

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“There had to be accountability for the genocide. We’re OK with what we voted for,” Luqman told Al Jazeera.

“I said from the beginning, I’m willing to live through another four years of Trump, that we expected him to be bad on our issues, but it was a pill we were willing to swallow in order to hold the Democratic Party accountable.”

Luqman is not alone.

Despite Trump’s staunchly pro-Israel policies and unpopular war on Iran, many say supporting Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in 2024 was out of the question, and it was the right choice for the community to break with the Democratic Party.

“I could not – with a good heart, good conscience – tell someone to vote for Kamala Harris or Donald Trump”, but the approach of “lesser of two evils” no longer works to sway Arab voters, Hussein Dabajeh, a prominent political strategist in the Detroit area, home to large Arab and Muslim communities, told Al Jazeera.

Democrats’ popularity amongst Arab Americans nosedived in 2024 as President Joe Biden ignored calls to compel a ceasefire in Gaza and continued to provide Israel with weapons and military aid as it killed tens of thousands in Palestine and Lebanon.

Then, Vice President Harris refused even to consider an arms embargo against Israel.

As a result of these policies, many Arab Americans, who had been reliable Democratic voters for years, ditched the party and refused to support Harris in her presidential bid.

Trump swept in, presented himself as a “peace” candidate, and his campaign forged ties with Arab community advocates.

TRUMP’S POLICIES

At a rally in Michigan ahead of the 2024 vote, Trump brought local Muslim imams to the stage and praised the community.

The Republican leader also visited the predominantly Arab and Muslim Detroit suburb of Dearborn ahead of the election.

As president, Trump allowed Israel to continue its attacks on Gaza and Lebanon and launched an unprovoked war against Iran that has sent petrol prices soaring.

He has also intensified the crackdown on Palestinian rights advocacy at home with a campaign to deport noncitizen student activists critical of Israel.

In February, he also terminated immigration protections for Yemeni nationals, sowing fear and uncertainty in a community where many leaders had endorsed him in 2024.

‘THE GENOCIDE MATURED US’

Many Arab Americans stress that withholding support for Harris in 2024 was not out of love for Trump.

“No one understands the horrors of Trump’s policy more than us. We were his first victims in 2017,” said Amer Zahr, a comedian and Dearborn Board of Education trustee.

Shortly after starting his first term in 2017, Trump implemented a travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries.

“No one is more aware of the harm that Trump can cause than we are,” Zahr added. “But the genocide matured us in a way that we finally got to the point where we were willing to tell politicians ‘no’.”

As the election season returns to Michigan, Arab Americans once again find themselves at a political crossroads.

The community is rallying behind Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed – who had previously endorsed Harris – but some are keeping their political options open.

Luqman, the Yemeni activist, said she will certainly vote for El-Sayed and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib – who are outspoken critics of Israel – in the Democratic primary on Tuesday and in the general elections in November.

Luqman said Democratic voters’ support for progressive candidates will help the party regain credibility with Arab voters.

“Those are things that do bring the Democratic Party a little bit of relevance and credibility within our community,” Luqman told Al Jazeera.

“It has kind of brought the community back to centre, whereas they were kind of swinging to the right by a large margin.”

PALESTINE OR BUST

While some political commentators have been questioning why US support for Israel has become a decisive issue in US politics, particularly Democratic primaries, the answer in the Arab community is clear.

Advocates say domestic policy takes a backseat when their loved ones are being killed, and their hometowns are being wiped out by their own tax dollars via military aid to Israel.

“Gaza and Palestine and Middle Eastern issues have now become the forefront, the top of everybody’s issues, and it’s become a red line for my community,” Luqman said.

“So if you’re a Republican or Democrat and you hate AIPAC and you value Palestinians’ rights to self-determination, then you’re going to be getting our vote, regardless of what party you’re in,” she said, referencing the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobby group.

Zahr echoed that message.

“People want us not to be single-issue voters. In other words, they want us to forgo our main issue, get screwed on it, watch our families die because Trump’s bad, and accept all that,” he said.

“Well, we said ‘no’. The blood of the children of Gaza had to mean something.”

Zahr emphasised that Arab Americans are not alone in centring Palestine in their electoral choices, pointing to the defeats that pro-Israel incumbents have suffered across the map in this primary season.

Dabajeh, the political strategist, said that while Arab voters care about the economy, affordability and infrastructure – like all Americans – they cannot overlook US policy on Israel.

“Are we supposed to call our family members overseas and be like, ‘Listen, khalto [auntie], this guy over here that’s running for office might kill some of your neighbours, might kill some of your kids, but don’t worry about it, he’s going to take care of the flooding in our homes’?”

“It’s not going to work. We can’t do that.”

ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RACISM

Republicans tried to court Arab and Muslim voters in 2024 and capitalise on the discontent over Gaza policies, but now, many conservatives have returned to demonising the community as an electoral strategy.

Weeks after he was elected, Trump endorsed Randy Fine, a Florida politician with a history of anti-Muslim statements, for Congress. Fine would go on to win and call for the “destruction” of all Muslims.

Meanwhile, Republican governors in Florida and Texas have designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a “terrorist” group.

In Michigan, Republican Congressman John James, who is running for governor, has also pledged to blacklist the group.

Luqman said James had spoken to community members and promised to engage voters in Dearborn before that announcement.

“There was a really big opportunity for the Republican Party to solidify the swing of the pendulum, if you will, and they lost that option. They really missed that opportunity,” she said.

ATTACHMENT EIGHT – FROM TIME

MICHIGAN’S SENATE RACE TURNED UGLY. DEMOCRATS EYEING 2028 ARE WATCHING CLOSELY

BY PHILIP ELLIOTT August 03, 2026
Senior Correspondent, TIME

Finally, at long last, Michigan’s messy Democratic primary is circling for a landing. As far as intra-party clashes go, it is one of the most turbulent the Democrats have waged in recent memory—and it may hint at the mess that could be lurking in 2028.

Most signs point to surging populist Abdul El-Sayed having a good showing on Tuesday over Rep. Haley Stevens, the Establishment favorite who has struggled to catch fire. Many consultants predict Michigan will be the most expensive primary on the Democratic side this year—even as it reveals the limits of money. Emerson College released a survey last week showing El-Sayed, a former public health official and podcaster, up 15 points. If Tuesday night’s results look anything like that, it would mean some $60 million in outside money was unable to boost Stevens and El-Sayed’s left-leaning platform and pointed critiques of Israel did not tank his candidacy, as many centrists had predicted it would.

Michigan, where Donald Trump won both times he reached the White House, provides a useful miniature of what the loitering gallery of presidential aspirants will face across the country in two years. Not all lessons will be welcome for the would-be candidates, nor will they be fully understood until we know the outcome in November.

But if the tone in this race’s final days is a hint, it signals that the win-at-all-costs footing that has defined the era of Trump has crept into the Democratic ether. Acrimony doesn’t even begin to get at the mood on the ground, according to operatives in both camps. In a recent podcast interview, El-Sayed called Stevens “the least capable candidate in America.” Stevens responded with a message on her social media on Thursday that showed how raw feelings have become: “Everyone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans.”

This primary is about as perfect a snapshot as you could find of the tensions playing out among Democrats. In a swing state like Michigan, Stevens was widely acknowledged as the stronger candidate to go against the presumptive Republican nominee, former Rep. Mike Rogers. Her supporters include outgoing Sen. Gary Peters, and party heavyweights like Chuck Schumer (but not, notably, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who was Stevens' former House colleague, but has stayed out of the primary). Meanwhile, El-Sayed—who would be the country’s first Muslim U.S. Senator—has captured the imagination of the left wing of the Democratic Party, drawing visits from Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. At the same time, his unrelenting criticism of Israel has opened wounds inside the Jewish community in Michigan—and beyond—as his detractors say he is venturing into dangerous anti-Semitic territory. Add in the race and religion factors animating the race, and Tuesday’s primary in Michigan could lay bare which litmus tests are likely to shape the 2028 presidential contest.

The issues in Michigan matter as much as the approach to campaigning. El-Sayed is promising wholesale change to politics, a progressive upheaval of traditionalist incrementalism, an outsiders’ indifference to tradition. Stevens is running almost a mirror campaign, one rooted in her technocratic experience in Barack Obama’s administration and pragmatic restraint.

El-Sayed wants Medicare for all. Stevens wants to improve Obamacare and introduce a public healthcare option.

El-Sayed wants to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Stevens wants reforms.

El-Sayed wants to stop providing aid to Israel. Stevens has been a consistent pro-Israel vote. That issue has become the dominant one in the primary, as El-Sayed paints Stevens as a puppet for Israel and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which has spent $30 million on her behalf. Stevens casts El-Sayed, whose parents immigrated to the United States from Egypt, as too focused on issues beyond the state’s borders. “He’s made this whole race about Israel and AIPAC,” she said during a church stop on Sunday. “And I have made it about lowering costs for Michiganders, about standing up for the state that we love.”

The list goes on and on but over the weekend, it seemed this increasingly contentious primary was rooted in almost anything but the issues. Both candidates appeared to get that the tone of the rhetoric has spiraled. The Detroit News captured the self-realization that unfolded over the weekend, after a parishioner of Fellowship Chapel in Detroit said to Stevens, “We know you’re gonna kick that Muslim’s butt." Stevens tried to deflect, telling the man, “You know what, we’re here for Michigan,” and then later emphasized to reporters, "Look, that’s not what my campaign is about."

Later in the day, the News relayed, El-Sayed did his own bit of defusing. "In the attempts to focus on all of the conflict in this race, I think you miss the joy of the folks who are out here doing this,” he told reporters. “I wish more people saw what it felt like to be a part of a movement where you're inspired by what could be."

The Democratic Party, as it stands, is a party that seems completely adrift. The Democratic National Committee is both broke and broken, a New York Times bombshell last weekend detailed. The party’s priorities are a scattershot of ideas with no unifying narrative. Michigan’s results may offer a hint about where Democrats are heading, but the outcome alone is far from a guaranteed predictor. After all, some in the party are still smarting about the 2008 presidential primary and more than a few are still stammering about the 2016 one. In both cases, an Establishment candidate who happened to be a woman faced a charismatic leader whose campaign became a movement. In both cases, the losing candidate was Hillary Clinton.

Democrats are still—almost two decades on—trying to figure out what it all means, and how voters’ tastes have changed in the interim. That’s why it’s a sure bet that 2028 hopefuls (and their consultants) will be watching Michigan’s election dashboard very, very closely Tuesday night.

ATTACHMENT NINE – FROM GUK

MICHIGAN VOTES IN KEY SENATE PRIMARY AS DEMOCRATS BATTLE OVER PARTY’S FUTURE

Progressive Abdul El-Sayed leads in polls against centrist Haley Stevens as party looks to regain control of US Senate

BY Rachel Leingang Tue 4 Aug 2026 06.00 EDT

The Democratic party faces a crucial test of its direction on Tuesday as voters in the midwestern swing state of Michigan decide whether to nominate for US Senate a progressive candidate advocating for universal healthcare or an-establishment-backed moderate.

The state’s Democratic primary is the latest high-profile battle over the party’s future, as it seeks to chart a course back to power in Washington following Donald Trump’s victory in 2024.

Leftwing candidates have surged in Democratic primaries in solidly blue areas across the country in recent months.

Some congressional primary races in Michigan will also offer a sense of where the party is headed as it looks to take back control of US Congress from the Republicans.

Progressive Abdul El-Sayed, a 41-year-old former public health official, has led in recent polls against his moderate rival, Haley Stevens, the 43-year-old US representative who first came to Congress after flipping a red seat.

A flood of more than $40m in outside spending has come into the race to support Stevens or attack El-Sayed, including from groups associated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), a pro-Israel lobby.

The winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary will face Mike Rogers, a former congressman from the state who was also the Republican nominee for US Senate in 2024 when he lost to Elissa Slotkin.

The Michigan US Senate seat is critical for Democrats in their dark-horse quest to retake the upper chamber, where Republicans currently hold 53 of the 100 seats.

Michigan is not the only state with primaries on Tuesday. In Missouri, voters will weigh whether to nominate Cori Bush, the former US representative who is running to return to the chamber against Wesley Bell, in a race punctuated by the war in Gaza and outside spending by pro-Israel groups.

And in Washington state, voters will decide which two candidates to elevate in the third congressional district, where blue-dog Democratic representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is seeking re-election amid challengers from both sides of the aisle.

Congressional seats, including one in Slotkin’s former district, are also in the mix in Michigan, with further tests of progressives’ rise.

The progressive US senator Bernie Sanders has boosted El-Sayed and two progressive challengers in congressional races. In the Lansing-area seventh district, Sanders backed William Lawrence, a community organizer who co-founded the Sunrise Movement, over the former US ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and Matt Maasdam, a former US Navy Seal.

Maasdam received Slotkin’s endorsement in the race for the purple district, currently held by Republican Tom Barrett. In the 13th district, Sanders boosted the state representative Donavan McKinney, who is running against the incumbent Democratic representative Shri Thanedar in the Detroit-area district.

On the right, Republicans will figure out if they want to nominate John James, a US representative with Donald Trump’s endorsement, or businessman Perry Johnson to face Jocelyn Benson, the secretary of state and likely Democratic nominee for the governorship.

James has led in polls, but late grassroots energy has given Johnson some momentum. Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, served for eight years and faced term limits, preventing another run for the high office.

THE LOWER HOUSE

Pollsters, pundits and people who may or may not know what they’re thinking or doing have largely agreed in that control of the Congress will hinge on results in a few states and districts (dji)

ATTACHMENT TEN – FROM 270TO WIN

2026 HOUSE ELECTION INTERACTIVE MAP

All 435 seats to be contested in 2026

The biennial election for representatives from all 435 Congressional Districts will take place on November 3, 2026. Winners will be sworn in to serve in the 120th Congress in early January, 2027. The Republican Party currently controls the U.S. House, where 218 seats are needed for a majority (when there are no vacancies).

Most Competitive 2026 Races

Includes seats favored to flip

District Incumbent Since Dist. Term Margin of Victory Predictions

AL- 2 Shomari Figures 2025 1st 14.3% 70%

AZ- 1 David Schweikert 2011 8th 3.8% to 3.1% 75%

Retiring to run for governor

Amish Shah Jay Feely

AZ- 6 Juan Ciscomani

2023 2nd 2.5% 0.7%

83%

JoAnna Mendoza Juan Ciscomani*

CA- 1 James Gallagher

2026 1st N/A 12.2%

>95%

Won special election in June, 2026

Mike McGuire James Gallagher

CA- 6 Kevin Kiley

2023 2nd N/A 8.4%

95%

Currently CA-03; moved due to redistricting

Richard Pan Kevin Kiley*

CA- 13 Adam Gray

2025 1st N/A 0.3%

92%

Adam Gray* Kevin Lincoln

CA- 22 David Valadao

2021 3rd N/A 1.8%

80%

Randy Villegas David Valadao*

CA- 48 Darrell Issa

2021 3rd N/A 3.3%

88%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

Marni Von Wilpert Jim Desmond

CO- 8 Gabe Evans

2025 1st 0.7% 1.8%

74%

Manny Rutinel Gabe Evans*

FL- 9 Darren Soto

2017 5th N/A 17.7%

79%

FL- 14 Kathy Castor

2007 10th N/A 10.5%

63%

FL- 22 Lois Frankel

2013 7th N/A 10.2%

62%

FL- 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz

2005 11th N/A 9.1%

63%

IA- 1 Mariannette Miller-Meeks

2021 3rd 0.2% 8.4%

77%

Christina Bohannan Mariannette Miller-Meeks*

IA- 2 Ashley Hinson

2021 3rd 15.6% 9.9%

61%

Retiring to run for U.S. Senate

Lindsay James Joe Mitchell

IA- 3 Zach Nunn

2023 2nd 3.8% 4.4%

66%

Sarah Trone Garriott Zach Nunn*

LA- 6 Cleo Fields

2025 1st N/A 30.0%

93%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

ME- 2 Jared Golden

2019 4th 0.7% y 9.0%

68%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

Matthew Dunlap Paul LePage

MI- 4 Bill Huizenga

2011 8th 11.7% 5.5%

69%

MI- 7 Tom Barrett

2025 1st 3.7% 1.2%

60%

MI- 10 John James

2023 2nd 6.1% 6.5%

70%

Retiring to run for governor

MO- 5 Emanuel Cleaver

2005 11th N/A 18.3%

87%

MT- 1 Ryan Zinke

2023 2nd 7.7% 11.5%

65%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

Sam Forstag Aaron Flint

NC- 1 Don Davis

2023 2nd N/A 11.5%

57%

Don Davis* Laurie Buckhout

NC- 11 Chuck Edwards

2023 2nd 13.5% 9.5%

52%

Jamie Ager Chuck Edwards*

NE- 2 Don Bacon

2017 5th 1.9% 4.6%

87%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

Denise Powell Brinker Harding

NJ- 7 Tom Kean

2023 2nd 5.4% 1.1%

84%

Rebecca Bennett Tom Kean Jr.*

NM- 2 Gabriel Vasquez

2023 2nd 4.2% 1.8%

88%

Gabriel Vasquez* Gregory Cunningham

NV- 3 Susie Lee

2019 4th 2.7% 0.7%

87%

Susie Lee* Martin O'Donnell

NY- 3 Tom Suozzi

2024 2nd 3.6% 4.2%

89%

Thomas Suozzi* Michael LiPetri

NY- 4 Laura Gillen

2025 1st 2.3% 1.2%

90%

Laura Gillen* Jeanine Driscoll

NY- 17 Michael Lawler

2023 2nd 6.3% 0.5%

70%

Cait Conley Mike Lawler*

OH- 1 Greg Landsman

2023 2nd N/A 2.5%

88%

Greg Landsman* Eric Conroy

OH- 7 Max Miller

2023 2nd N/A 11.0%

61%

Brian Poindexter Max Miller*

OH- 9 Marcy Kaptur

1983 22nd N/A 10.5%

71%

Marcy Kaptur* Derek Merrin

PA- 1 Brian Fitzpatrick

2017 5th 12.8% 0.3%

56%

Bob Harvie Brian Fitzpatrick*

PA- 7 Ryan Mackenzie

2025 1st 1.0% 3.2%

71%

Bob Brooks Ryan Mackenzie*

PA- 8 Rob Bresnahan

2025 1st 1.6% 8.4%

62%

Paige Cognetti Rob Bresnahan*

PA- 10 Scott Perry

2013 7th 1.3% 5.2%

76%

Janelle Stelson Scott Perry*

TN- 9 Steve Cohen

2007 10th N/A 21.1%

86%

Incumbent not running for re-election in 2026.

TX- 9 Al Green

2005 11th N/A 19.7%

81%

Ran in TX-18 due to redistricting; lost in primary

Leticia Gutierrez Alex Mealer

TX- 15 Monica De La Cruz

2023 2nd N/A 17.8%

59%

Bobby Pulido Monica De La Cruz*

TX- 28 Henry Cuellar

2005 11th N/A 10.3%

84%

Henry Cuellar* Tano Tijerina

TX- 32 Julie Johnson

2025 1st N/A 17.7%

82%

Ran in TX-33 due to redistricting; lost in primary

Dan Barrios Jace Yarbrough

TX- 34 Vicente Gonzalez

2017 5th N/A 10.1%

82%

Vicente Gonzalez* Eric Flores

TX- 35 OPEN (Casar)

N/A 10.4%

56%

Johnny Garcia Carlos De La Cruz

UT- 1 OPEN (R)

N/A 23.6%

93%

Blake Moore running in UT-02 due to redistricting

Ben McAdams Riley Owen

VA- 1 Rob Wittman

2007 10th 12.8% 4.9%

54%

VA- 2 Jen Kiggans

2023 2nd 3.8% 0.2%

81%

WA- 3 Marie Perez

2023 2nd 3.9% 3.3%

84%

WI- 3 Derrick Van Orden

2023 2nd 2.7% 7.3%

63%

(a) Source: 270toWin research. Aside from these exceptions, the margin is the difference between the Democratic and Republican nominee in the 2024 general election.

Exception types: * Uncontested | + No major party opposition | ^ Both nominees from same party | x All-party primary | y Ranked choice tabulation

(b) Source: Pres by CD, except DRA for updated boundaries in 2026 redistricted states. In either case, the margin is the estimated difference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

THE GOVERNORS’ (and other) HOUSES

ATTACHMENT ELEVEN – FROM WIKI

2026 UNITED STATES GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS

2026 United States gubernatorial elections

← 2025

November 3, 2026

2027 →

← 2022

2030 →

39 governorships
36 states; 3 territories

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Republican	Democratic
Seats before	26	24
Seats up	18	18

     Democratic incumbent      Term-limited or retiring Democrat
     Republican incumbent      Term-limited or retiring Republican
     Retiring Independent
     No election

The United States gubernatorial elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026. This election will take place in 36 states and three territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2022, except in New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2024.

Fifteen of the thirty-six states and two of the three United States territories with elections in this cycle have officially term-limited incumbents.

Partisan composition

Going into the election, there are 26 Republican governors and 24 Democratic governors in the United States. This class of governors is made up of 18 Republicans and 18 Democrats. Republicans are defending two governorships in states that Kamala Harris won in 2024 (New Hampshire and Vermont). Democrats are defending five governorships in states that Donald Trump won in 2024 (Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin).

Retirements

As of June 2026, five governors—three Democrats, one Republican, and one Independent—have announced they will not seek election or reelection.

State/Territory	Governor	Age at end of term	Assumed office	Ref
District of Columbia	Muriel Bowser	54	2015	^[1]
Iowa	Kim Reynolds	67	2017	^[2]
Minnesota	Tim Walz	62	2019	^[3]
Northern Mariana Islands	David M. Apatang	78	2025	^[4]
Wisconsin	Tony Evers	75	2019	^[5]

Predictions

Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent was running for reelection) and the other candidates, and the state's partisan lean (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, indicating the predicted advantage that a party had in winning that seat. Most election predictors used:

· "tossup": no advantage

· "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"

· "lean": slight advantage

· "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage

· "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory

Constituency		Incumbent		Ratings
State	PVI^[6]	Governor	Last election^[a]	Cook July 10, 2026^[7]	IE June 25, 2026^[8]	Sabato July 23, 2026^[9]	WH July 30, 2026^[10]	RCP May 24, 2026^[11]	Fox July 23, 2026^[12]	VoteHub July 31, 2026^[13][b]
Alabama	R+15	Kay Ivey (term-limited)	66.91% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Solid R	Solid R	Solid R
Alaska	R+6	Mike Dunleavy (term-limited)	50.29% R	Likely R	Likely R	Likely R	Tossup	Tossup	Likely R	Tossup
Arizona	R+2	Katie Hobbs	50.32% D	Lean D	Tossup	Lean D	Lean D	Tossup	Lean D	Likely D
Arkansas	R+15	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	62.96% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Solid R
California	D+12	Gavin Newsom (term-limited)	59.18% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Solid D
Colorado	D+6	Jared Polis (term-limited)	58.53% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Likely D	Solid D	Solid D	Solid D
Connecticut	D+8	Ned Lamont	55.97% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Solid D
Florida	R+5	Ron DeSantis (term-limited)	59.37% R	Solid R	Solid R	Likely R	Tilt R	Likely R	Solid R	Tilt R
Georgia	R+1	Brian Kemp (term-limited)	53.41% R	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tilt D (flip)
Hawaii	D+13	Josh Green	63.21% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Solid D
Idaho	R+18	Brad Little	60.52% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Solid R
Illinois	D+6	JB Pritzker	54.91% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Solid D
Iowa	R+6	Kim Reynolds (retiring)	58.04% R	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D (flip)	Tossup	Lean D (flip)	Tilt D (flip)
Kansas	R+8	Laura Kelly (term-limited)	49.54% D	Lean R (flip)	Tossup	Lean R (flip)	Tilt R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)	Lean R (flip)
Maine	D+4	Janet Mills (term-limited)	55.69% D	Solid D	Likely D	Likely D	Likely D	Lean D	Solid D	Likely D
Maryland	D+15	Wes Moore	64.53% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Solid D
Massachusetts	D+14	Maura Healey	63.74% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Solid D
Michigan	EVEN	Gretchen Whitmer (term-limited)	54.47% D	Lean D	Tilt D	Lean D	Lean D	Tossup	Lean D	Lean D
Minnesota	D+3	Tim Walz (retiring)	52.27% DFL	Solid D	Likely D	Safe D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Likely D
Nebraska	R+10	Jim Pillen	59.74% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Solid R	Solid R	Likely R
Nevada	R+1	Joe Lombardo	48.81% R	Tossup	Tilt R	Lean R	Tilt R	Tossup	Tossup	Tilt R
New Hampshire	D+2	Kelly Ayotte	53.64% R	Likely R	Solid R	Likely R	Lean R	Lean R	Likely R	Likely R
New Mexico	D+4	Michelle Lujan Grisham (term-limited)	51.97% D	Solid D	Likely D	Safe D	Likely D	Likely D	Solid D	Likely D
New York	D+8	Kathy Hochul	53.12% D	Solid D	Likely D	Safe D	Likely D	Solid D	Solid D	Solid D
Ohio	R+5	Mike DeWine (term-limited)	62.41% R	Tossup	Lean R	Lean R	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup
Oklahoma	R+17	Kevin Stitt (term-limited)	55.45% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Solid R	Solid R	Solid R
Oregon	D+8	Tina Kotek	46.96% D	Likely D	Lean D	Likely D	Tilt D	Solid D	Likely D	Likely D
Pennsylvania	R+1	Josh Shapiro	56.49% D	Solid D	Solid D	Likely D	Safe D	Solid D	Solid D	Likely D
Rhode Island	D+8	Dan McKee	57.92% D	Solid D	Solid D	Safe D	Likely D	Solid D	Solid D	Solid D
South Carolina	R+8	Henry McMaster (term-limited)	58.04% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Likely R	Likely R	Solid R	Likely R
South Dakota	R+15	Larry Rhoden	61.98% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Lean R	Solid R	Solid R	Solid R
Tennessee	R+14	Bill Lee (term-limited)	64.91% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Solid R
Texas	R+6	Greg Abbott	54.76% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Lean R	Solid R	Solid R	Likely R
Vermont	D+17	Phil Scott	73.43% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Solid R
Wisconsin	EVEN	Tony Evers (retiring)	51.15% D	Tossup	Tossup	Tossup	Tilt R (flip)	Tossup	Tossup	Lean D
Wyoming	R+23	Mark Gordon (term-limited)	74.07% R	Solid R	Solid R	Safe R	Safe R	Solid R	Solid R	Solid R

ATTACHMENT TWELVE – FROM WIKI

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES

State	Governor	Party	First elected	Last race	Status	Candidates
Alabama	Kay Ivey	Republican	2017^[c]	66.9% R	Term-limited	▌Doug Jones (Democratic)^[14] ▌Tommy Tuberville (Republican)^[15]
Alaska	Mike Dunleavy	Republican	2018	50.3% R	Term-limited	▌Tom Begich (Democratic)^[16] ▌Click Bishop (Republican)^[16] ▌Dave Bronson (Republican)^[16] ▌Adam Crum (Republican)^[16] ▌Edna DeVries (Republican)^[16] ▌Meda DeWitt (Independent)^[16] ▌Michael Gilbert Republican)^[16] ▌Matt Heilala (Republican)^[16] ▌Shelley Hughes (Republican)^[16] ▌Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (Democratic)^[16] ▌Henry Kroll (Republican)^[16] ▌Lesil McGuire (Republican)^[16] ▌James Parkin (Republican)^[16] ▌Destry Payne Sr. (Independent)^[16] ▌Treg Taylor (Republican)^[16] ▌Bill Walker (Independent)^[16] ▌Bernadette Wilson (Republican)^[16]
Arizona	Katie Hobbs	Democratic	2022	50.3% D	Incumbent renominated	▌Andy Biggs (Republican)^[17] ▌Katie Hobbs (Democratic)^[17] ▌Teri Hourihan (No Labels)^[17] ▌Risa Lombardo (Green)^[17] ▌Leezah Sun (Independent)^[18]
Arkansas	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Republican	2022	63.0% R	Incumbent renominated	▌Fredrick Love (Democratic)^[19] ▌Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican)^[19] ▌Colt Shelby (Libertarian)^[20]
California	Gavin Newsom	Democratic	2018	59.2% D	Term-limited	▌Xavier Becerra (Democratic)^[21] ▌Steve Hilton (Republican)^[21]
Colorado	Jared Polis	Democratic	2018	58.5% D	Term-limited	▌Greg Lopez (Independent)^[22] ▌Victor Marx (Republican)^[23] ▌Jeff Peckman (Unity)^[23] ▌Phil Weiser (Democratic)^[23]
Connecticut	Ned Lamont	Democratic	2018	56.0% D	Incumbent running	▌Josh Elliott (Democratic)^[24] ▌Ryan Fazio (Republican)^[25] ▌Ned Lamont (Democratic)^[26]
Florida	Ron DeSantis	Republican	2018	59.4% R	Term-limited	▌Dean Abrams (Independent)^[27] ▌Charles Burkett (Independent)^[27] ▌Evelyn Castillo-Bach (Democratic)^[27] ▌Jay Collins (Republican)^[27] ▌Jeffrey Datto (Independent)^[27] ▌Moe Dimanche (Independent)^[27] ▌Byron Donalds (Republican)^[27] ▌Thomas Fernandez (Democratic)^[27] ▌James Fishback (Republican)^[27] ▌Dayna Foster (Democratic)^[27] ▌Scott Jewett (Libertarian)^[27] ▌David Jolly (Democratic)^[27] ▌Dotie Joseph (Democratic)^[27] ▌Desmond Meade (Independent)^[27] ▌Daniel Nokovich (Republican)^[27] ▌Stephann Norman (Democratic)^[27] ▌Paul Renner (Republican)^[27] ▌Rachel Rodriguez (Republican)^[27] ▌Frank Russo (Independent)^[27] ▌James Shaw (Republican)^[27] ▌Caneste Succe (Republican)^[27] ▌Bobby Williams (Republican)^[27]
Georgia	Brian Kemp	Republican	2018	53.4% R	Term-limited	▌Keisha Lance Bottoms (Democratic)^[28] ▌Rick Jackson (Republican)^[28]
Hawaii	Josh Green	Democratic	2022	63.2% D	Incumbent running	▌Duke Bourgoin (Democratic)^[29] ▌Gary Cordery (Republican)^[29] ▌Ken Fujiyama (Republican)^[29] ▌John Giuffre (Independent)^[29] ▌Josh Green (Democratic)^[29] ▌Bu La'ia Hill (Independent)^[29] ▌Clyde McClain Lewman (Independent)^[29] ▌George Lucas-Tadeo (Democratic)^[29] ▌Lauren Kapoliahi'iaka Shim (Democratic)^[29] ▌Calvert Williamson (Independent)^[29]
Idaho	Brad Little	Republican	2018	60.5% R	Incumbent renominated	▌Brad Little (Republican)^[30] ▌Terri Pickens (Democratic)^[30] ▌Pro-Life (Constitution)^[30] ▌Paul Sand (Libertarian)^[30] ▌John Stegner (Independent)^[30]
Illinois	JB Pritzker	Democratic	2018	54.9% D	Incumbent renominated	▌Darren Bailey (Republican)^[31] ▌JB Pritzker (Democratic)^[31]
Iowa	Kim Reynolds	Republican	2017^[d]	58.0% R	Incumbent retiring^[32]	▌Zach Lahn (Republican)^[33] ▌Rob Sand (Democratic)^[33] ▌Sondra Wilson (Independent)^[34]
Kansas	Laura Kelly	Democratic	2018	49.5% D	Term-limited	▌Ethan Corson (Democratic)^[35] ▌Joy Eakins (Republican)^[36] ▌Cindy Holscher (Democratic)^[37] ▌Ty Masterson (Republican)^[38] ▌Charlotte O'Hara (Republican)^[39] ▌Stacy Rogers (Republican)^[40] ▌Philip Sarnecki (Republican)^[41] ▌Vicki Schmidt (Republican)^[42] ▌Scott Schwab (Republican)^[43] ▌Curt Skoog (Democratic)^[44] ▌Marty Tuley (Democratic)^[45]
Maine	Janet Mills	Democratic	2018	55.7% D	Term-limited	▌Rick Bennett (Independent)^[46] ▌Robert B. Charles (Republican)^[47] ▌Hannah Pingree (Democratic)^[47]
Maryland	Wes Moore	Democratic	2022	64.5% D	Incumbent renominated	▌Dan Cox (Republican)^[48] ▌Andy Ellis (Green)^[48] ▌Wes Moore (Democratic)^[48] ▌Cathy White (Working Class)^[48]
Massachusetts	Maura Healey	Democratic	2022	63.7% D	Incumbent running	▌Maura Healey (Democratic)^[49] ▌Andrea James (Independent)^[50] ▌Muhammed Kokonezis-Hanino (Independent)^[51] ▌Mike Minogue (Republican)^[52] ▌Brian Shortsleeve (Republican)^[53]
Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer	Democratic	2018	54.5% D	Term-limited	▌Jocelyn Benson (Democratic)^[54] ▌Anthony Hudson (Libertarian)^[55] ▌John James (Republican)^[54] ▌Perry Johnson (Republican)^[54] ▌Chris Swanson (Democratic)^[54] ▌Karla Wagner (Independent)^[56]
Minnesota	Tim Walz	DFL	2018	52.3% DFL	Incumbent retiring^[3]	▌Loner Blue (Republican)^[57] ▌Lisa Demuth (Republican)^[58] ▌Raul Estrada (Republican)^[57] ▌Thomas Evenstad (DFL)^[57] ▌Bill E. Gates Jr.^[e] (DFL)^[59] ▌Tim Holden (DFL)^[57] ▌Amy Klobuchar (DFL)^[60] ▌John Krhin (Republican)^[57] ▌Kobey Layne (DFL)^[61] ▌Mike Lindell (Republican)^[62] ▌Ross Nova (Republican)^[57] ▌Kendall Qualls (Republican)^[63] ▌Ole Savior (DFL)^[57] ▌Po Vang (DFL)^[57] ▌Mohammad Wazwaz (DFL)^[57]
Nebraska	Jim Pillen	Republican	2022	59.7% R	Incumbent renominated	▌Rick Beard (Legal Marijuana Now)^[64] ▌Jim Pillen (Republican)^[64] ▌Lynne Walz (Democratic)^[64]
Nevada	Joe Lombardo	Republican	2022	48.8% R	Incumbent renominated	▌Christopher Battenberg (Independent)^[65] ▌Max Beck (Independent)^[65] ▌Aaron Ford (Democratic)^[65] ▌Danielle Ford (Independent)^[65] ▌Jordan Koteras (Independent)^[65] ▌Joe Lombardo (Republican)^[65] ▌Allen Rheinhart (Independent)^[65] ▌Emilio Rodriguez (Independent)^[65] ▌John Scott (Independent)^[65] ▌Gracie Vanburn (Independent)^[65]
New Hampshire	Kelly Ayotte	Republican	2024	53.6% R	Incumbent running	▌Kelly Ayotte (Republican)^[66] ▌Jon Kiper (Community First)^[67] ▌Cinde Warmington (Democratic)^[68]
New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Democratic	2018	52.0% D	Term-limited	▌Deb Haaland (Democratic)^[69] ▌Gregg Hull (Republican)^[69]
New York	Kathy Hochul	Democratic	2021^[f]	53.2% D	Incumbent renominated	▌Bruce Blakeman (Republican)^[70] ▌Kathy Hochul (Democratic)^[71] ▌Amy Taylor (Working Families)^[72]
Ohio	Mike DeWine	Republican	2018	62.4% R	Term-limited	▌Amy Acton (Democratic)^[73] ▌Timothy Grady (Independent)^[74] ▌Donald Kissick (Libertarian)^[73] ▌Vivek Ramaswamy (Republican)^[73]
Oklahoma	Kevin Stitt	Republican	2018	55.4% R	Term-limited	▌Robert Brooks Sr. (Independent)^[75] ▌Gentner Drummond (Republican)^[75] ▌Jerry Griffin (Independent)^[75] ▌Mike Mazzei (Republican)^[75] ▌Cyndi Munson (Democratic)^[75]
Oregon	Tina Kotek	Democratic	2022	47.0% D	Incumbent renominated	▌Christine Drazan (Republican)^[76] ▌Tina Kotek (Democratic)^[76]
Pennsylvania	Josh Shapiro	Democratic	2022	56.5% D	Incumbent renominated	▌Tony Dastra (Green) ^[77] ▌Stacy Garrity (Republican)^[78] ▌Ken Krawchuk (Libertarian) ^[79] ▌Justin Magill (Constitution) ^[80] ▌Josh Shapiro (Democratic)^[78]
Rhode Island	Dan McKee	Democratic	2021^[g]	57.9% D	Incumbent running	▌Emmanuel Adjei (Republican)^[81] ▌Ken Block (Independent)^[82] ▌Jonathan Coker (Democratic)^[81] ▌Amy Ferreira (Republican)^[81] ▌Helena Foulkes (Democratic)^[81] ▌Frank Gallucci (Republican)^[81] ▌Steven Gregersen (Democratic)^[81] ▌Aaron Guckian (Republican)^[81] ▌Dan McKee (Democratic)^[81] ▌Elaine Pelino (Republican)^[81] ▌Gregory Stevens (Democratic)^[81]
South Carolina	Henry McMaster	Republican	2017^[h]	58.1% R	Term-limited	▌Michael Addison (United Citizens)^[83] ▌Walid Hakim (Green)^[83] ▌Jermaine Johnson (Democratic)^[83] ▌Alan Wilson (Republican)^[83]
South Dakota	Larry Rhoden	Republican	2025^[i]	62.0% R	Incumbent nominated to full term	▌Dan Ahlers (Democratic)^[84] ▌Allison Renville (Independent)^[85] ▌Larry Rhoden (Republican)^[84]
Tennessee	Bill Lee	Republican	2018	64.9% R	Term-limited	▌Misam Abidi (Independent)^[86] ▌Santiago Asconape (Independent)^[86] ▌Carnita Atwater (Democratic)^[86] ▌Marsha Blackburn (Republican)^[86] ▌Carlton Boleyjack (Republican)^[86] ▌Dean Brewer (Independent)^[86] ▌Ray Brown (Independent)^[86] ▌Tim Cyr (Democratic)^[86] ▌Monty Fritts (Republican)^[86] ▌Jerri Green (Democratic)^[86] ▌Taylor Hafley (Independent)^[86] ▌David Hatley (Independent)^[86] ▌Rebecca Inman (Republican)^[86] ▌Wendell Jackson (Independent)^[86] ▌Martin Kennedy (Democratic)^[86] ▌Adam Kurtz (Democratic)^[86] ▌Kevin McCants (Democratic)^[86] ▌Charles Van Morgan (Independent)^[86] ▌Eddie Lee Murphy (Independent)^[86] ▌Lauren Pinkston (Independent)^[86] ▌John Rose (Republican)^[86] ▌Karl Smithson (Independent)^[86] ▌L. Webb Taylor (Independent)^[86] ▌Robert Vick (Independent)^[86]
Texas	Greg Abbott	Republican	2014	54.8% R	Incumbent renominated	▌Greg Abbott (Republican)^[87] ▌Gina Hinojosa (Democratic)^[87]
Vermont	Phil Scott	Republican	2016	73.4% R	Incumbent running	▌Amanda Janoo (Democratic)^[88] ▌Aly Richards (Democratic)^[89] ▌Phil Scott (Republican)^[90]
Wisconsin	Tony Evers	Democratic	2018	51.2% D	Incumbent retiring^[5]	▌Joel Brennan (Democratic)^[91] ▌David Crowley (Democratic)^[92] ▌Francesca Hong (Democratic)^[93] ▌Andy Manske (Republican)^[94] ▌Kelda Roys (Democratic)^[95] ▌Tom Tiffany (Republican)^[96]
Wyoming	Mark Gordon	Republican	2018	74.1% R	Term-limited	▌Eric Barlow (Republican)^[97] ▌Brent Bien (Republican)^[98] ▌Megan Degenfelder (Republican)^[99] ▌Gabriel Green (Democratic)^[100] ▌Joseph Kibler (Constitution)^[101]

Territories and federal district(s)

Territory	Governor	Party	First elected	Last race	Status	Candidates
District of Columbia	Muriel Bowser	Democratic	2014	74.7% D	Incumbent retiring^[1]	▌Janeese Lewis George (Democratic)^[102] ▌Robert Gross (Green)^[102]
Guam	Lou Leon Guerrero	Democratic	2018	55.5% D	Term-limited	▌Vicente Ada (Republican)^[103] ▌Jeffrey Pleadwell (Independent)^[103] ▌Therese Terlaje (Democratic)^[103]
Northern Mariana Islands	David M. Apatang	Independent	2025^[j]	54.1% I^[k]	Incumbent retiring^[4]	▌Blas T. Attao (Independent)^[104] ▌Ralph Torres (Republican)^[105]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan	Democratic	2018	56.0% D	Term-limited	▌Oakland Benta (Independent)^[106] ▌Adlah Donastorg Jr. (Independent)^[106] ▌Donna Frett-Gregory (Democratic)^[106] ▌Gustav James (Independent)^[106] ▌Warren Mosler (Independent)^[106] ▌Stacey Plaskett (Democratic)^[106] ▌Tregenza Roach (Democratic)^[107]

ATTACHMENT THIRTEEN – FROM NCSL (NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES)

STATE LEGISLATURES CAPSULE DESCRIPTION AND HIGHLIGHTS

State primary dates for 2026 are listed below. Primary elections are used to determine which candidates will run for office in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election. Legislative, congressional, gubernatorial and statewide offices are on the ballots in 46 states.

Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia hold their state legislative and executive elections in odd-numbered years. The dates listed for those states apply to congressional and other races.

The earliest state primaries for 2026 are held March 3, with the latest in mid-September and the primary for Louisiana U.S. House seats will be held in November. With 15 primaries, June is the busiest month for state primaries.

Please visit NCSL's State Primary Election Types for information on closed, open, top two and other primary election types.

Primary dates are subject to change by legislative action. The dates listed here are based on statutory requirements as of May 22, 2026.

This page is for informational purposes only. For current and accurate information on voting in your state, please contact your state or local election official.  

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State	Primary Date	Runoff Date	Statute/Notes
Alabama (most offices)	05/19/2026	06/16/2026	Ala. Code § 17-13-3 The primary election for congressional districts 1, 2, 6 and 7 is scheduled for Aug. 11, and the primary election for other offices remains on May 19.
Alabama (certain U.S. House districts)	08/11/2026		HB 1a / SB 1a (2026) The primary election for U.S. House districts 1, 2, 6 and 7 was postponed by order of the governor and is now scheduled for Aug. 11. The primary election for other 2026 races, including U.S. Senate, state legislature and governor, will take place on May 19.
Alaska	08/18/2026		Alaska Stat. § 15.25.020
Arizona	07/21/2026		Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 16-201
Arkansas	03/03/2026	03/31/2026	Ark. Stat. Ann. § 7-7-203
California	06/02/2026		Cal. Elec. Code § 1201
Colorado	06/30/2026		Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-101
Connecticut	08/11/2026		Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-423
Delaware	09/15/2026		Del. Code Ann. tit. 15, § 3101
Florida	08/18/2026		Fla. Stat. § 100.061
Georgia	05/19/2026	06/16/2026	Ga. Code §§ 21-2-150, 2-2-501(a)
Hawaii	08/08/2026		Hawaii Rev. Stat. § 12-2
Idaho	05/19/2026		Idaho Code § 34-601
Illinois	03/17/2026		Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 10, § 5/2A-1.1
Indiana	05/05/2026		Ind. Code § 3-10-1-3
Iowa	06/02/2026		Iowa Code § 43.7
Kansas	08/04/2026		Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25-203
Kentucky	05/19/2026		Ky. Rev. Stat. § 118.025 Kentucky holds elections for statewide offices in odd-numbered years.
Louisiana (U.S. Senate and local offices.)	05/16/2026	06/27/2026	La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 18:402, 18:410.10, 18:419.2 These dates only apply to the 2026 primary for U.S. Senate and some local offices. U.S. House races will tentatively take place July 15. Louisiana holds elections for state legislators and statewide offices in odd-numbered years.
Louisiana (U.S. House)	11/03/2026	12/12/2026	HB 842 (2026) The primary election for U.S. House seats will take place Nov. 3, 2026, and a general election for the offices will take place Dec. 12, 2026 The primary election for other 2026 races, including U.S. Senate, took place May 16, with the general election scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.
Maine	06/09/2026		Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 21-A, § 339
Maryland	06/23/2026		Md. Elect. Code Ann. § 8-201
Massachusetts	09/01/2026		Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 53, § 28
Michigan	08/04/2026		Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.534
Minnesota	08/11/2026		Minn. Stat. § 204D.03
Mississippi	03/10/2026	04/07/2026	Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-1031 These dates apply only to the 2026 congressional primary. Mississippi holds elections for state legislators and statewide offices in odd-numbered years.
Missouri	08/04/2026		Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.341
Montana	06/02/2026		Mont. Code Ann. § 13-1-107
Nebraska	05/12/2026		Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-401
Nevada	06/09/2026		Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.175
New Hampshire	09/08/2026		N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 653:8
New Jersey	06/02/2026		N.J. Rev. Stat. § 19:23-40 These dates apply only to the 2026 congressional primary. New Jersey holds elections for state legislators and statewide offices in numbered odd years.
New Mexico	06/02/2026		N.M. Stat. Ann. § 1-8-11
New York	06/23/2026		N.Y. Elect. Law § 8-100
North Carolina	03/03/2026	05/12/2026	N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 163-1, 163-11
North Dakota	06/09/2026		N.D. Cent. Code § 16.1-11-01
Ohio	05/05/2026		Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3501.01
Oklahoma	06/16/2026	08/25/2026	Okla. Stat. tit. 26, §§ 1-102, 1-103
Oregon	05/19/2026		Or. Rev. Stat. § 254.056
Pennsylvania	05/19/2026		Pa. Stat. tit. 25, § 2753
Rhode Island	09/09/2026		R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-15-1
South Carolina	06/09/2026	06/23/2026	S.C. Code Ann. §§ 7-13-15, 7-13-50
South Dakota	06/02/2026	07/28/2026	S.D. Codified Laws Ann. §§ 12-2-1, 12-6-51.1
Tennessee	08/06/2026		Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 2-1-104, 2-13-202
Texas	03/03/2026	05/26/2026	Tex. Elect. Code Ann. § 41.007
Utah	06/23/2026		Utah Code Ann. § 20A-1-201.5
Vermont	08/11/2026		Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 17, § 2351
Virginia	08/04/2026		Va. Code § 24.2-510 These dates apply only to the 2026 congressional primary. Virginia holds elections for state legislators and statewide offices in odd-numbered years.
Washington	08/04/2026		Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.04.311
West Virginia	05/12/2026		W. Va. Code § 3-5-1
Wisconsin	08/11/2026		Wis. Stat. § 5.02
Wyoming	08/18/2026		Wyo. Stat. § 22-2-104

ATTACHMENT FOURTEEN – FROM FEC (FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION)

How much has been raised by:

Senate candidates

Running in:

2026

$932,392,004

Total raised by all Senate candidates running in 2026

Dem. $575,923,702

Rep. $337,920,880

Other $18,547,422

Who's raising the most

How much has been raised by:

Senate candidates

Running in:

2026

01/01/2021–12/31/2026

Name Total raised

1. OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN [DEM] $97,986,263.04

2. TALARICO, JAMES [DEM] $68,555,930.42

3. BROWN, SHERROD [DEM] $38,566,234.10

4. COOPER, ROY [DEM] $34,975,789.18

5. BOOKER, CORY A. [DEM] $33,504,255.00

6. KRISHNAMOORTHI, S [DEM] $31,558,602.76

7. WARNER, MARK ROBERT [DEM] $25,160,577.96

8. GRAHAM, LINDSEY O. [REP] $21,525,706.65

9. PLATNER, GRAHAM [DEM] $21,050,419.38

10. COLLINS, SUSAN M. [REP] $18,930,077.99

Name Total raised

11. HAGERTY, BILL [REP] $15,967,647.66

12. WEIL, JOSHUA JOSEPH [DEM] $15,933,478.15

13. PELTOLA, MARY [DEM] $15,575,539.30

14. VINDMAN, ALEXANDER [DEM] $14,595,387.39

15. EL-SAYED, ABDUL [DEM] $14,528,335.93

16. HUSTED, JON [REP] $14,360,027.53

17. CORNYN, JOHN SEN [REP] $14,261,513.59

18. COTTON, THOMAS [REP] $13,601,049.27

19. CASSIDY, WILLIAM M. [REP] $13,597,914.93

20. PAPPAS, CHRIS [DEM] $13,371,607.38

21. CRAIG, ANGIE [DEM] $12,746,617.68

22. FLEMING, JOHN C. JR. [REP] $12,302,506.27

23. STEVENS, HALEY [DEM] $11,884,632.43

24. MCMORROW, MALLORY [DEM] $11,386,720.36

25. WHATLEY, MICHAEL [REP] $11,272,504.49

26. RICKETTS, PETE [REP] $11,233,506.70

27. SULLIVAN, DAN [REP] $11,100,596.28

28. CROCKETT, JASMINE [DEM] $11,096,965.96

29. ROGERS, MICHAEL J [REP] $10,898,177.09

30. ANDREWS, ANNIE [DEM] $10,804,040.50

31. MOODY, ASHLEY [REP] $10,802,229.65

32. HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W. [DEM] $10,285,376.31

33. ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON [REP] $10,217,845.39

34. BARR, GARLAND ANDY [REP] $9,981,055.48

35. HERN, KEVIN [REP] $9,953,578.89

36. PAXTON, WARREN KENNETH JR. [REP] $9,248,698.53

37. MORRIS, NATE [REP] $8,631,718.69

38. LUJAN, BEN RAY [DEM] $8,277,478.32

39. MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN [DEM] $7,893,849.32

40. ALLRED, COLIN [DEM] $7,629,042.50

Name Total raised

41. MARKEY, EDWARD SEN. [DEM] $7,548,478.64

42. COLLINS, MICHAEL A JR [REP] $7,409,349.57

43. CARTER, EARL LEROY [REP] $7,300,242.83

44. COONS, CHRISTOPHER A. [DEM] $6,669,193.85

45. FLANAGAN, MARGARET [DFL] $6,516,272.76

46. CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE [REP] $6,488,842.91

47. TUREK, JOSHUA [DEM] $6,276,526.90

48. LETLOW, JULIA [REP] $6,210,121.50

49. MARSHALL, ROGER W [REP] $6,205,622.26

50. MILLS, JANET TRAFTON [DEM] $6,063,106.45

51. WOOD, JORDAN [DEM] $6,044,820.45

52. LYNCH, MARK [REP] $5,919,538.70

53. STRATTON, JULIANA [DEM] $5,906,598.55

54. OSBORN, DAN [IND] $5,751,950.79

55. MOULTON, SETH [DEM] $5,651,172.00

56. HYDE-SMITH, CINDY [REP] $5,458,311.27

57. TAFOYA, MICHELE [REP] $5,292,552.78

58. ODE, FREDERICK J [DEM] $5,001,938.94

59. MULLIN, MARKWAYNE [REP] $4,841,067.45

60. DOOLEY, DEREK [REP] $4,725,351.25

61. ROUNDS, MIKE [REP] $4,513,920.02

62. RISCH, JAMES E MR. [UNK] $4,431,093.48

63. REED, JOHN F. [DEM] $4,213,768.74

64. HAMILTON, ADAM [DEM] $4,169,077.81

65. MOORE, FELIX BARRY [REP] $3,787,329.72

66. SUNUNU, JOHN E [REP] $3,662,251.84

67. KELLY, ROBIN [DEM] $3,507,919.00

68. BODNAR, SETH [IND] $3,238,150.74

69. NICKEL, WILEY [DEM] $2,972,089.47

70. LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS. [REP] $2,718,016.58

71. TRACY, DON [REP] $2,459,889.83

72. COLOM, SCOTT [DEM] $2,384,921.14

73. MCGRATH, AMY [DEM] $2,373,624.84

74. SHOFFNER, HALLIE [DEM] $2,269,113.78

75. CAMERON, DANIEL [REP] $2,254,282.77

76. HUNT, WESLEY [REP] $2,129,887.39

77. HAGEMAN, HARRIET [REP] $2,023,907.58

78. WALKER, RODNEY [REP] $2,015,962.90

79. ALME, KURT [REP] $1,984,860.91

80. DAVIS, JAMIE [DEM] $1,983,548.38

Name Total raised

81. BROWN, SCOTT P. [REP] $1,943,324.75

82. HUDSON, JARED [REP] $1,920,538.54

83. DEATON, JOHN [REP] $1,498,561.16

84. SCHWARZE, ADAM [REP] $1,439,560.53

85. SAGE, NATHAN [DEM] $1,433,543.65

86. EVANS, JEANNIE [REP] $1,308,510.17

87. MARSHALL, STEVEN T [REP] $1,298,351.43

88. CHEW, ROBERT [FWD] $1,270,007.00

89. CHEW, BOB [OTH] $1,270,007.00

90. SEIDEN, KATHY W [REP] $1,202,191.00

91. BOOKER, CHARLES [DEM] $1,099,509.09

92. DANS, PAUL [REP] $1,081,243.72

93. EVANS, JONATHAN DERRICK [REP] $1,062,145.01

94. GONZALES, JULIE [DEM] $979,214.71

95. MUJICA, HECTOR DANIEL [DEM] $856,667.26

96. ROMANS, DALE [DEM] $838,359.99

97. BENGS, BRIAN [IND] $782,049.78

98. ACHILLES, TODD BAKER [IND] $692,245.06

99. EMERSON, JULIE CATHRYN [REP] $688,875.02

100. WHITE, ROYCE [REP] $661,620.48

Name Total raised

101. WILLIS, THOMAS EDWARD II [REP] $641,739.27

102. NIXON, ANGELA [DEM] $625,119.49

103. JOHNSON, LEE [DEM] $569,185.56

104. ADLAKHA, SARAH ANNE DR [REP] $566,184.12

105. KING, JOHN [REP] $563,078.46

106. SHREWSBURY, ZACHARY C [DEM] $515,586.59

107. FRY, RUSSELL [REP] $495,026.63

108. CARLIN, JAMES [REP] $494,420.13

109. JOSHI, JANAK [REP] $485,987.20

110. KLEBAN, DAN [DEM] $458,786.42

111. SPIDEL NEUMANN, SANDY [DEM] $410,526.70

112. MIZUSAWA, BERT K [REP] $376,213.05

113. BOTSFORD, STEVE [DEM] $372,718.37

114. NORRIS, JACKIE [DEM] $363,563.01

115. WILLETT, JOEL [DEM] $350,036.01

116. CROCKETT, GARY [DEM] $350,000.00

117. PRIEST, JIM [DEM] $316,147.10

118. MARKERT, GEORGE WASHINGTON MR V [REP] $315,360.14

119. STEVENSON, PAMELA [DEM] $311,392.24

120. LOPEZ FRANZEN, MELISA [DEM] $299,376.29

121. NEILL, REILLY [DEM] $298,977.55

122. AUSTIN, KYLE [LIB] $262,194.97

123. SCHMIDT, PATRICK [DEM] $256,046.18

124. MEAD, SAMUEL [REP] $252,015.14

125. TATE, JOSEPH ALLEN [DEM] $243,635.76

126. RODRIGUEZ, DAIRA [DEM] $242,582.34

127. BEAUDION, JULIAN C [DEM] $228,295.15

128. BROWN, DON [REP] $224,689.23

129. WEILER, TOM [REP] $220,513.63

130. BAUER, ANDRE [REP] $216,272.42

131. SCHOLTEN, JAMES [DEM] $213,415.45

132. MURRAY, ERIK [DEM] $212,503.11

133. MANZUR, KARISHMA [DEM] $206,753.29

134. SANFORD, MARSHALL C HON. [REP] $206,237.49

135. CHLEBEK, CASIMER MR. [REP] $202,000.00

136. DAVIS, CHRISTY [DEM] $194,388.26

137. LEBOVICS, ROBERT [REP] $178,218.82

138. NORMAN, RALPH [REP] $173,609.91

139. LAVE, DENNY [REP] $170,735.00

140. SWEETSER, KYLE [DEM] $166,055.63

141. BRESLIN, KAREN [DEM] $165,311.66

142. MCKAY, RAYMOND TYLER MR [REP] $163,438.70

143. TAYLOR, NOAH [DEM] $161,737.65

144. INHOFE, JAMES M. SEN. [REP] $154,687.18

145. COSTELLO, DAVID [DEM] $154,376.98

146. LARRIETT, DAKARAI [DEM] $154,254.02

147. FARINGTON, KIM [REP] $148,369.64

148. TACHE, JOSEPH [OTH] $147,751.43

149. ALBARES, NICHOLAS S. [DEM] $143,283.64

150. RYAN, KEVIN [DEM] $139,010.63

ALSO FROM FEC (Federal Election Commission)

Spending summary

How much has been spending by:

Senate candidates

Running in:

2026

$656,163,003

Total spending by all Senate candidates running in 2026

Dem. $387,281,918

Rep. $257,495,586

Other $11,385,500

Who's spending the most

How much has been spent by:

Top Ten Senate candidates

Running in:

2026

01/01/2021–12/31/2026

Name Total spent

1. OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN [DEM] $59,730,545.53

2. TALARICO, JAMES [DEM] $47,007,775.34

3. GRAHAM, LINDSEY O. [REP] $31,707,364.83

4. KRISHNAMOORTHI, S [DEM] $31,484,014.95

5. BROWN, SHERROD [DEM] $22,336,492.78

6. PLATNER, GRAHAM [DEM] $19,287,361.26

7. BOOKER, CORY A. [DEM] $16,330,421.17

8. WEIL, JOSHUA JOSEPH [DEM] $15,933,478.15

9. CORNYN, JOHN SEN [REP] $14,352,854.31

10. COOPER, ROY [DEM] $14,258,221.92

ATTACHMENT FIFTEEN – FROM FEC

Who's raising the most

How much has been raised by:

HOUSE candidates

Running in:

2026

01/01/2021–12/31/2026

Name Total raised

1. OCASIO-CORTEZ, ALEXANDRIA [DEM] $32,607,753.66

Candidate information

Seat:	New York House District 14
Type of candidacy:	Incumbent
Political party:	Democratic Party
Statement of candidacy:	Current version (PDF) FEC-1848759 Filed 11/14/2024

Candidate financial totals

Incumbent

Candidate	Party	Total receipts	Total disbursements	Cash on hand	Source reports
LEADING MONEYSNATCHING INCUMBENT OCASIO-CORTEZ, ALEXANDRIA	DEMOCRATIC PARTY	$32,607,753.66	$20,381,468.84	$15,960,931.70	Coverage ending: 06/30/2026 View all
DISTRICT CHALLENGERS: FORTE, TINA	REPUBLICAN PARTY	$803,140.69	$882,617.67	$2,738.07	Coverage ending: 06/30/2026 View all
HYSENAJ, DIAMANT	REPUBLICAN PARTY	$342,895.97	$311,855.01	$31,040.96	Coverage ending: 06/30/2026 View all
DOLAN, MARTIN WILLIAM MR	DEMOCRATIC PARTY	$80,952.65	$78,490.33	$2,462.32	Coverage ending: 06/30/2026 View all
RIVERA-DIAZ, ARIEL	REPUBLICAN PARTY	$1,524.50	$1,494.50	$7.20	Coverage ending: 03/31/2026 View all

TOP THIRTY...

2. TRONE, DAVID [DEM] $26,207,403.56

3. JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL [REP] $20,976,864.33

4. JEFFRIES, HAKEEM [DEM] $14,899,980.61

5. KHANNA, ROHIT [DEM] $13,761,490.91

6. VINDMAN, YEVGENY 'EUGENE' [DEM] $12,355,663.90

7. DELANEY, APRIL MCCLAIN [DEM] $12,308,220.11

8. CONSTANTINO, ANTHONY THOMAS [REP] $12,060,254.31

9. CHATZKY, PETER [DEM] $11,707,921.60

10. GROSS, KEITH [REP] $10,654,949.30

11. SCALISE, STEVE MR [REP] $10,638,030.12

12. LAUBACHER, EILEEN [DEM] $10,349,940.18

13. EMMER, THOMAS EARL JR. [REP] $9,786,063.83

14. CRANE, ELI [REP] $9,481,427.94

15. MASSIE, THOMAS H. [REP] $8,837,696.95

16. KIM, YOUNG [REP] $8,837,238.63

17. COOKE, REBECCA [DEM] $8,601,145.96

18. JONES, ERIC [DEM] $8,378,928.57

19. GOLDMAN, DANIEL [DEM] $8,365,109.43

20. LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT [REP] $8,172,045.60

21. HARRIS, SHAWN [DEM] $8,098,513.75

22. VAN ORDEN, DERRICK F. MR. [REP] $7,526,052.22

23. ALLRED, COLIN [DEM] $7,431,941.28

24. RASKIN, JAMIE [DEM] $7,425,389.43

25. MENDOZA, JOANNA [DEM] $7,354,599.10

26. MILLER-MEEKS, MARIANNETTE JANE [REP] $7,208,271.35

27. CONWAY, GEORGE [DEM] $7,086,218.17

28. BOHANNAN, CHRISTINA [DEM] $7,051,745.42

29. TORRES, RITCHIE JOHN [DEM] $6,908,654.83

30. BAREEBE, QUINCY [DEM] $6,805,527.57

Spending summary

$1,333,179,903

Total spending by all House candidates running in 2026

Dem.

$754,467,212

Rep.

$570,860,466

Other

$7,852,225

Newly filed summary data may not appear for up to 48 hours.

Who's spending the most

1. TRONE, DAVID [DEM] $24,745,121.25

2. OCASIO-CORTEZ, ALEXANDRIA [DEM] $20,381,468.84

3. JEFFRIES, HAKEEM [DEM] $14,854,085.60

4. GOTTHEIMER, JOSH [DEM] $12,704,563.59

5. JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL [REP] $12,616,083.40

6. DELANEY, APRIL MCCLAIN [DEM] $12,013,487.97

7. CHATZKY, PETER [DEM] $11,707,132.24

8. GROSS, KEITH [REP] $11,329,071.41

9. SCALISE, STEVE MR [REP] $10,883,240.82

10. CONSTANTINO, ANTHONY THOMAS [REP] $9,023,868.62

ATTACHMENT SIXTEEN – FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, leads Representative Haley Stevens by just over one percentage point, with more than 95 percent of votes counted in the state. But the largest of uncounted votes is in Wayne County, which includes Detroit, where Stevens has held an edge. See live results here.

“We knew this was going to be a close race, and that’s exactly what we’ve got,” Stevens told supporters shortly before 1 a.m.

At least one progressive candidate scored a decisive win last night: Down ballot in Michigan, the left-wing organizer William Lawrence prevailed in one of the most competitive House districts in the country after his two centrist opponents, each refusing to drop out of the race, split the moderate vote. When I interviewed Lawrence over the weekend, he told me it was his priority “to stop these stupid wars around the world that are wasting trillions of our dollars, including for war crimes committed by Israel.”

More elections results:

In Kansas …

Cindy Holscher, a state senator who called for a pause on the construction of data centers, is the Democrats’ pick to try to keep the governor’s mansion blue in a deep-red state.
The pastor of the largest United Methodist congregation in the country, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, won the Democratic nominee for Senate. He faces an uphill battle: The state hasn’t sent a Democrat to the Senate in nearly 100 years.
Voters rejected a ballot measure that would have required state Supreme Court justices to be elected, rather than appointed by the governor. (That’ll be a setback for Republicans hoping to overturn the court’s decision legalizing abortion.)

In Missouri …

A moderate pro-Israel Democrat, Wesley Bell, fended off a primary challenge from former Representative Cori Bush, a democratic socialist and critic of Israel who had been trying for a comeback.
Voters rejected an attempt by the Republican-controlled Legislature to make it harder to pass citizen-sponsored amendments to the state’s constitution, which have been used to expand Medicaid, legalize marijuana and establish a right to abortion.

And in Virginia: Democratic primary voters chose former Representative Elaine Luria to face Representative Jen Kiggans, a Republican, in a House race expected to be one of the most competitive in the country this fall.

ATTACHMENT SEVENTEEN – FROM NBC

SENATE RACES

KANSAS

Last update 3:05 PM ET

Kansas Senate Primary Results 2026

GOP Sen. Roger Marshall faces nominal opposition in his primary, while eleven Democrats are on their primary ballot in the deep-red state.

ROGER MARSHALL WINS THE KANSAS PRIMARY

Candidate Roger Marshall

Votes 267,794

Percentage 79.9%

Also running: Pond Naramore 67,445 20.1%

98.6% expected votes in (Est. remaining 4,700)

Democrats

ADAM HAMILTON WINS THE KANSAS PRIMARY

Candidate: Adam Hamilton

Votes: 76,715

Percentage: 34.8%

Also running:

Christy Davis 31,352 14.2%

Noah Taylor 29,890 13.6%

Anne Parelkar 16,513 7.5%

Erik Murray 14,845 6.7%

Patrick Schmidt 13,188 6.0%

Sandy Neumann 12,460 5.6%

Jason Hart 12,123 5.5%

Damon Anderson 5,774 2.6%

Kevin Latz 4,035 1.8%

Michael Soetaert 3,640 1.7%

97.9% expected votes in (Est. remaining 4,900)

MICHIGAN

Michigan Senate Primary Results 2026

After a bruising Democratic primary, former public health official Abdul El-Sayed has emerged the winner. He'll face Republican Mike Rogers, who ran unopposed for his party's nomination, as the sprint to the general election begins.

MIKE ROGERS WINS THE MICHIGAN PRIMARY

This race was uncontested.

Democrats

ABDUL EL-SAYED WINS THE MICHIGAN PRIMARY

Candidate Abdul El-Sayed

Votes 743,455

Percentage 48.5%

Haley Stevens 727,758 47.5%

Mallory McMorrow 61,407 4.0%

98.9% expected votes in (Est. remaining 18,000)

MISSOURI

No primaries

VIRGINIA

Last update 4:29 PM ET

Virginia Senate Primary Results 2026

Republicans

BERT MIZUSAWA WINS THE VIRGINIA PRIMARY

Candidate Bert Mizusawa

Votes 122,480

Percentage 51.5%

Also running:

David Williams 68,923 29.0%

Kim Farington 46,638 19.6%

98.5% expected votes in (Est. remaining 3,700)

Democrats

Projected winner

MARK WARNER WINS THE VIRGINIA PRIMARY

This race is uncontested.

WASHINGTON (STATE)

NO PRIMARIES

ATTACHMENT EIGHTEEN – FROM NBC

HOUSE RACES

KANSAS

Last update 3:05 PM ET

Kansas House Primary Results 2026

District 1 99% in


T. Mann	73,823	81.0%
C. Musser	17,288	19.0%

District 2 98.5% in


D. Schmidt	62,500	79.9%
C. Young	15,687	20.1%

District 3 98.8% in


E. Jenkins	60,288	78.7%
C. LaPorte	16,335	21.3%

District 4 98.5% in


R. Estes	66,613	80.9%
F. McCollum	15,770	19.1%

Democratic Kansas House District Results

District 1 97.3% in


L. Reinhold	24,643	64.1%
C. McRoberts	13,794	35.9%

District 2 0% in


D. Coover	0	0.0%

District 3 98% in


S. Davids	72,928	83.4%
S. Preu	14,482	16.6%

District 4 98.2% in


K. Tyndell	27,317	66.1%
C. Carmichael	9,071	22.0%
R. Gilbert	3,152	7.6%
C. Epley	1,769	4.3%

MICHIGAN

Last update 2:58 PM ET

Michigan House Primary Results 2026

Democrats have a three-way race running in the swing 7th District for the right to take on GOP Rep. Tom Barrett, while both parties have open primaries in the 10th District, which Republican Rep. John James left open to run for governor. Rep. Haley Stevens’ Senate run has also sparked an open race for the 11th District. And Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar’s job is under threat thanks to a primary in the 13th District.

District 1 99% in


J. Bergman	80,740	74.3%
M. DenOtter	14,260	13.1%
J. Michal	13,619	12.5%

District 2 0% in


J. Moolenaar	0	0.0%

District 3 99% in


T. DeBoer	54,181	78.5%
R. Cushman	14,799	21.5%

District 4 99% in


B. Huizenga	72,143	85.0%
P. Tanis	12,736	15.0%

District 5 0% in


T. Walberg	0	0.0%

District 60% in


H. Smiley	0	0.0%

District 7 0% in


T. Barrett		0.0%

District 8 99% in


T. Smith	31,149	50.4%
A. Hassan	20,506	33.2%
A. Lemmo	10,115	16.4%

District 9 0% in


L. McClain	0	0.0%

District 10 99% in


M. Bouchard	45,473	72.2%
J. Kirk	11,388	18.1%
R. Lulgjuraj	3,676	5.8%

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District 11

0% in


E. Baker	0	0.0%

District 12 0% in


J. Hooper	0	0.0%

District 13 0% in


T. Nykoriak	0	0.0%

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Democratic Michigan House District Results

District 1 99% in


C. Barr	62,107	58.4%
K. Blomquist	38,005	35.7%
W. Stiles	6,227	5.9%

District 2 99% in


B. Ambrose	32,439	44.3%
J. Hill	30,946	42.3%
C. Welford	9,802	13.4%

District 3 0% in


H. Scholten	0	0.0%

District 4 99% in


S. McCann	66,137	65.7%
D. Harris	34,591	34.3%

District 5 0% in


C. Vukasovich	0	0.0%

District 6 0% in


D. Dingell	0	0.0%

District 7 99% in


W. Lawrence	55,921	43.7%
B. Brink	36,870	28.8%
M. Maasdam	35,307	27.6%

District 80% in


K. McDonald Rivet	0	0.0%

District 9 0% in


R. Pooley	0	0.0%

District 10 98.5% in


C. Hines	46,993	47.0%
E. Chung	29,650	29.7%
T. Greimel	23,307	23.3%

District 1196% in


J. Moss	73,140	49.5%
A. Farooqi	46,950	31.8%
J. Torres	15,410	10.4%

District 12 98.4% in


R. Tlaib	102,510	73.9%
S. Jackson	23,327	16.8%
B. Nolen	12,800	9.2%

District 13 99% in


D. McKinney	57,714	51.9%
S. Thanedar	53,494	48.1%

MISSOURI

Last update 3:11 PM ET

Missouri House Primary Results 2026

Democratic Rep. Wesley Bell and former Rep. Cori Bush are battling in a 1st District primary, part of the party’s running battle between progressives and moderates, Meanwhile, state Republicans redrew Missouri’s congressional map, turning the 5th District from a safe blue seat to a deeply Republican bastion and one of the party’s best opportunities to pick up a House seat this year.

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Republican Missouri House District Results

District 1 99% in


P. Berry	7,037	53.5%
A. Jones	6,125	46.5%

District 299% in


A. Wagner	63,637	73.9%
P. Pfeifer	6,847	7.9%
B. Wilkinson	6,046	7.0%

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District 3 99% in


B. Onder	66,668	66.3%
J. Fraser	33,853	33.7%

District 4 99% in


M. Alford	72,325	77.7%
H. Shelton	15,922	17.1%
S. Vera	4,888	5.2%

District 5 99% in


R. Brattin	34,853	45.0%
T. Burks	20,438	26.4%
B. Patty	8,049	10.4%

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District 6 99% in


C. Stigall	43,276	44.1%
N. Willett	33,634	34.3%
J. Ingram	8,831	9.0%

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District 7 99% in


E. Burlison	76,021	73.8%
G. Hunt	13,590	13.2%
J. Casey	13,422	13.0%

District 8 99% in


J. Smith	94,468	86.0%
G. Heslop	15,367	14.0%

Democratic Missouri House District Results

District 1 99% in


W. Bell	83,663	59.2%
C. Bush	52,083	36.9%
A. Murphy	3,250	2.3%

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District 2 99% in


F. Wellman	39,327	45.8%
J. VonDras	36,906	43.0%
T. Bilash	9,547	11.1%

District 3 99% in


B. Mann	39,279	69.1%
T. Holstein	10,049	17.7%
P. Wilson	7,519	13.2%

District 4 99% in


J. Herrera	19,850	30.4%
H. Gray	18,055	27.7%
J. Cass	9,581	14.7%

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District 5 0% in


E. Cleaver	0	0.0%

District 6 99% in


J. Smead	25,487	47.7%
M. Levine	16,151	30.2%
S. Pondelick	11,826	22.1%

District 7 0% in


M. Hesketh	0	0.0%

District 8 99% in


C. Reichard	15,334	54.1%
F. Barnitz	12,999	45.9%

VIRGINIA

Last update 4:29 PM ET

Virginia House Primary Results 2026

Democrats are seeking to challenge GOP Reps. Rob Wittman and Jen Kiggans in the 1st and 2nd Districts, part of a broader effort to challenge for the House majority. Democrats tried to redraw the state’s congressional map earlier this year and won approval from voters to pursue the plan, but the state Supreme Court tossed out the state constitutional amendment, meaning these elections are taking place under the long-existing map.

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Republican Virginia House District Results

District 1 0% in


R. Wittman	0	0.0%

District 2 0% in


J. Kiggans	0	0.0%

District 3 0% in


E. Rivera	0	0.0%

District 4 0% in


R. Murray	0	0.0%

District 5 99% in


J. McGuire	42,057	84.3%
M. Lucero	7,853	15.7%

District 6 0% in


B. Cline	0	0.0%

District 7 98.4% in


D. Ollivant	13,442	56.7%
P. Harding	7,246	30.6%
R. Smithers	3,008	12.7%

District 8 0% in


T. Sabio		0.0%

District 9 0% in


H. Griffith	0	0.0%

District 10 97.5% in


D. Beckwith	13,092	72.5%
J. Perry	3,684	20.4%
A. Suttles	1,002	5.5%

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District 110% in


A. Purves	0	0.0%

Democratic Virginia House District Results

District 1 99% in


S. Taylor	24,939	53.1%
S. Bhatti	9,238	19.7%
J. Knapp	4,701	10.0%

District 2 98.2% in


E. Luria	32,885	80.4%
S. Devanath	6,624	16.2%
W. Fleming	830	2.0%

District 3 0% in


R. Scott	0	0.0%

District 4 0% in


J. McClellan	0	0.0%

District 5 98.3% in


T. Perriello	29,653	79.7%
S. Krzyzanowski	5,403	14.5%
R. Tracinski	2,134	5.7%

District 6 0% in


B. Macy	0	0.0%

District 7 0% in


E. Vindman	0	0.0%

District 8 97.9% in


D. Beyer	39,714	67.6%
M. Seifeldein	10,351	17.6%
A. Dunigan	5,267	9.0%

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District 9 98.4% in


J. Powers	9,403	51.8%
A. Murphy	6,572	36.2%
D. Crockett	2,168	11.9%

District 10 0% in


S. Subramanyam	0	0.0%

District 11 0% in


J. Walkinshaw	0	0.0%

WASHINGTON

Last update 4:02 PM ET

Washington House Primary Results 2026

Republicans are eager to nominate a candidate who can take on Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in Washington’s 3rd District. Meanwhile, GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse’s retirement in the 4th District has sparked intense competition for a deep-red seat. Candidates from all parties run on one primary ballot in Washington, with the top two candidates advancing to the general election.

Washington House District Results

District 1 71.8% in

S. DelBene DEM	60,317	54.1%
M. Silva GOP	30,202	27.1%
J. Etzkorn IND	7,898	7.1%
H. Gordon DEM	5,780	5.2%
B. Nickel DEM	2,509	2.3%
B. Kincaid DEM	2,378	2.1%
C. Hildebrand DEM	2,330	2.1%

District 2 71.5% in

R. Larsen DEM	67,544	44.0%
E. Feller GOP	49,728	32.4%
T. Scheel DEM	19,795	12.9%
D. Hermanson DEM	16,323	10.6%

District 3 79.4% in
J. Braun GOP	68,616	39.4%
M. Gluesenkamp Perez DEM	65,404	37.5%
B. Hennrich DEM	28,129	16.1%
J. Roco GOP	3,209	1.8%
J. Saulie-Rohman IND	2,703	1.6%
L. Kellogg GOP	2,173	1.2%
T. Rasband DEM	1,619	0.9%
A. Braswell DEM	1,342	0.8%
A. Barran IND	990	0.6%

District 4 64.1% in


A. McKinney GOP	31,913	34.7%
J. Duresky DEM	28,266	30.7%
J. Sessler GOP	12,996	14.1%
M. Boehnke GOP	9,952	10.8%
F. Valencia IND	3,566	3.9%
J. Kobiesa IND	1,461	1.6%
D. Poore IND	1,088	1.2%
J. Hughs GOP	1,085	1.2%
E. Saavedra GOP	881	1.0%
Z. Rossi IND	586	0.6%
K. Vaz GOP	289	0.3%

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District 5 61.1% in


M. Baumgartner GOP	61,052	47.6%
C. Conroy DEM	26,557	20.7%
N. Powell IND	19,036	14.8%
D. Womack DEM	4,937	3.8%
K. Fagan DEM	4,874	3.8%
B. Mavalwalla DEM	3,833	3.0%
R. Freudenberg DEM	1,806	1.4%
A. Danimus IND	1,774	1.4%
M. Hayes IND	1,617	1.3%
K. Usrey IND	1,461	1.1%
M. McGarr DEM	813	0.6%
A. Bartleson IND	496	0.4%

District 6 62.6% in


E. Randall DEM	86,774	60.7%
T. Fox GOP	35,369	24.8%
L. Lawson GOP	13,000	9.1%
B. O'Gorman IND	4,359	3.1%
M. Jones IND	3,353	2.3%

District 7 71% in


P. Jayapal DEM	104,661	83.8%
N. Sheth GOP	13,261	10.6%
G. Kirkland DEM	4,137	3.3%
D. Blomstrom IND	2,905	2.3%

District 8 73.5% in


K. Schrier DEM	72,652	53.7%
S. Meline GOP	20,628	15.2%
T. Ha GOP	20,538	15.2%
B. Hagglund GOP	15,236	11.3%
A. Valleza GOP	3,244	2.4%
K. Arnold DEM	3,011	2.2%

District 9 71% in


A. Smith DEM	44,010	50.2%
D. Basler GOP	21,140	24.1%
K. Sawant IND	11,405	13.0%
M. Chaudhry DEM	10,124	11.6%
J. Perasso IND	937	1.1%

District 10 68.9% in


M. Strickland DEM	52,908	48.6%
C. Chung GOP	35,611	32.7%
A. Arafat DEM	9,946	9.1%
A. Scheel DEM	9,031	8.3%
D. Maynes IND	970	0.9%
K. Engle IND	483	0.4%

ATTACHMENT NINETEEN – FROM NBC

HOUSE RACES FROM NBC

KANSAS

Last update 3:05 PM ET

Kansas House Primary Results 2026

District 1 99% in


T. Mann	73,823	81.0%
C. Musser	17,288	19.0%

District 2 98.5% in


D. Schmidt	62,500	79.9%
C. Young	15,687	20.1%

District 3 98.8% in


E. Jenkins	60,288	78.7%
C. LaPorte	16,335	21.3%

District 4 98.5% in


R. Estes	66,613	80.9%
F. McCollum	15,770	19.1%

Democratic Kansas House District Results

District 1 97.3% in


L. Reinhold	24,643	64.1%
C. McRoberts	13,794	35.9%

District 2 0% in


D. Coover	0	0.0%

District 3 98% in


S. Davids	72,928	83.4%
S. Preu	14,482	16.6%

District 4 98.2% in


K. Tyndell	27,317	66.1%
C. Carmichael	9,071	22.0%
R. Gilbert	3,152	7.6%
C. Epley	1,769	4.3%

MICHIGAN

Last update 2:58 PM ET

Michigan House Primary Results 2026

District 1 99% in


J. Bergman	80,740	74.3%
M. DenOtter	14,260	13.1%
J. Michal	13,619	12.5%

District 2 0% in


J. Moolenaar	0	0.0%

District 3 99% in


T. DeBoer	54,181	78.5%
R. Cushman	14,799	21.5%

District 4 99% in


B. Huizenga	72,143	85.0%
P. Tanis	12,736	15.0%

District 5 0% in


T. Walberg	0	0.0%

District 60% in


H. Smiley	0	0.0%

District 7 0% in


T. Barrett		0.0%

District 8 99% in


T. Smith	31,149	50.4%
A. Hassan	20,506	33.2%
A. Lemmo	10,115	16.4%

District 9 0% in


L. McClain	0	0.0%

District 10 99% in


M. Bouchard	45,473	72.2%
J. Kirk	11,388	18.1%
R. Lulgjuraj	3,676	5.8%

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District 11

0% in


E. Baker	0	0.0%

District 12 0% in


J. Hooper	0	0.0%

District 13 0% in


T. Nykoriak	0	0.0%

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Democratic Michigan House District Results

District 1 99% in


C. Barr	62,107	58.4%
K. Blomquist	38,005	35.7%
W. Stiles	6,227	5.9%

District 2 99% in


B. Ambrose	32,439	44.3%
J. Hill	30,946	42.3%
C. Welford	9,802	13.4%

District 3 0% in


H. Scholten	0	0.0%

District 4 99% in


S. McCann	66,137	65.7%
D. Harris	34,591	34.3%

District 5 0% in


C. Vukasovich	0	0.0%

District 6 0% in


D. Dingell	0	0.0%

District 7 99% in


W. Lawrence	55,921	43.7%
B. Brink	36,870	28.8%
M. Maasdam	35,307	27.6%

District 80% in


K. McDonald Rivet	0	0.0%

District 9 0% in


R. Pooley	0	0.0%

District 10 98.5% in


C. Hines	46,993	47.0%
E. Chung	29,650	29.7%
T. Greimel	23,307	23.3%

District 1196% in


J. Moss	73,140	49.5%
A. Farooqi	46,950	31.8%
J. Torres	15,410	10.4%

District 12 98.4% in


R. Tlaib	102,510	73.9%
S. Jackson	23,327	16.8%
B. Nolen	12,800	9.2%

District 13 99% in


D. McKinney	57,714	51.9%
S. Thanedar	53,494	48.1%

MISSOURI

Last update 3:11 PM ET

Missouri House Primary Results 2026

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Republican Missouri House District Results

District 1 99% in


P. Berry	7,037	53.5%
A. Jones	6,125	46.5%

District 299% in


A. Wagner	63,637	73.9%
P. Pfeifer	6,847	7.9%
B. Wilkinson	6,046	7.0%

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District 3 99% in


B. Onder	66,668	66.3%
J. Fraser	33,853	33.7%

District 4 99% in


M. Alford	72,325	77.7%
H. Shelton	15,922	17.1%
S. Vera	4,888	5.2%

District 5 99% in


R. Brattin	34,853	45.0%
T. Burks	20,438	26.4%
B. Patty	8,049	10.4%

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District 6 99% in


C. Stigall	43,276	44.1%
N. Willett	33,634	34.3%
J. Ingram	8,831	9.0%

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District 7 99% in


E. Burlison	76,021	73.8%
G. Hunt	13,590	13.2%
J. Casey	13,422	13.0%

District 8 99% in


J. Smith	94,468	86.0%
G. Heslop	15,367	14.0%

Democratic Missouri House District Results

District 1 99% in


W. Bell	83,663	59.2%
C. Bush	52,083	36.9%
A. Murphy	3,250	2.3%

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District 2 99% in


F. Wellman	39,327	45.8%
J. VonDras	36,906	43.0%
T. Bilash	9,547	11.1%

District 3 99% in


B. Mann	39,279	69.1%
T. Holstein	10,049	17.7%
P. Wilson	7,519	13.2%

District 4 99% in


J. Herrera	19,850	30.4%
H. Gray	18,055	27.7%
J. Cass	9,581	14.7%

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District 5 0% in


E. Cleaver	0	0.0%

District 6 99% in


J. Smead	25,487	47.7%
M. Levine	16,151	30.2%
S. Pondelick	11,826	22.1%

District 7 0% in


M. Hesketh	0	0.0%

District 8 99% in


C. Reichard	15,334	54.1%
F. Barnitz	12,999	45.9%

VIRGINIA

Last update 4:29 PM ET

Virginia House Primary Results 2026

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Republican Virginia House District Results

District 1 0% in


R. Wittman	0	0.0%

District 2 0% in


J. Kiggans	0	0.0%

District 3 0% in


E. Rivera	0	0.0%

District 4 0% in


R. Murray	0	0.0%

District 5 99% in


J. McGuire	42,057	84.3%
M. Lucero	7,853	15.7%

District 6 0% in


B. Cline	0	0.0%

District 7 98.4% in


D. Ollivant	13,442	56.7%
P. Harding	7,246	30.6%
R. Smithers	3,008	12.7%

District 8 0% in


T. Sabio		0.0%

District 9 0% in


H. Griffith	0	0.0%

District 10 97.5% in


D. Beckwith	13,092	72.5%
J. Perry	3,684	20.4%
A. Suttles	1,002	5.5%

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District 110% in


A. Purves	0	0.0%

Democratic Virginia House District Results

District 1 99% in


S. Taylor	24,939	53.1%
S. Bhatti	9,238	19.7%
J. Knapp	4,701	10.0%

District 2 98.2% in


E. Luria	32,885	80.4%
S. Devanath	6,624	16.2%
W. Fleming	830	2.0%

District 3 0% in


R. Scott	0	0.0%

District 4 0% in


J. McClellan	0	0.0%

District 5 98.3% in


T. Perriello	29,653	79.7%
S. Krzyzanowski	5,403	14.5%
R. Tracinski	2,134	5.7%

District 6 0% in


B. Macy	0	0.0%

District 7 0% in


E. Vindman	0	0.0%

District 8 97.9% in


D. Beyer	39,714	67.6%
M. Seifeldein	10,351	17.6%
A. Dunigan	5,267	9.0%

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District 9 98.4% in


J. Powers	9,403	51.8%
A. Murphy	6,572	36.2%
D. Crockett	2,168	11.9%

District 10 0% in


S. Subramanyam	0	0.0%

District 11 0% in


J. Walkinshaw	0	0.0%

WASHINGTON

Last update 4:02 PM ET

Washington House Primary Results 2026

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Washington House District Results

District 1 71.8% in


S. DelBene DEM	60,317	54.1%
M. Silva GOP	30,202	27.1%
J. Etzkorn IND	7,898	7.1%
H. Gordon DEM	5,780	5.2%
B. Nickel DEM	2,509	2.3%
B. Kincaid DEM	2,378	2.1%
C. Hildebrand DEM	2,330	2.1%

District 2 71.5% in


R. Larsen DEM	67,544	44.0%
E. Feller GOP	49,728	32.4%
T. Scheel DEM	19,795	12.9%
D. Hermanson DEM	16,323	10.6%

District 3 79.4% in
J. Braun GOP	68,616	39.4%
M. Gluesenkamp Perez DEM	65,404	37.5%
B. Hennrich DEM	28,129	16.1%
J. Roco GOP	3,209	1.8%
J. Saulie-Rohman IND	2,703	1.6%
L. Kellogg GOP	2,173	1.2%
T. Rasband DEM	1,619	0.9%
A. Braswell DEM	1,342	0.8%
A. Barran IND	990	0.6%

District 4 64.1% in


A. McKinney GOP	31,913	34.7%
J. Duresky DEM	28,266	30.7%
J. Sessler GOP	12,996	14.1%
M. Boehnke GOP	9,952	10.8%
F. Valencia IND	3,566	3.9%
J. Kobiesa IND	1,461	1.6%
D. Poore IND	1,088	1.2%
J. Hughs GOP	1,085	1.2%
E. Saavedra GOP	881	1.0%
Z. Rossi IND	586	0.6%
K. Vaz GOP	289	0.3%

District 5 61.1% in


M. Baumgartner GOP	61,052	47.6%
C. Conroy DEM	26,557	20.7%
N. Powell IND	19,036	14.8%
D. Womack DEM	4,937	3.8%
K. Fagan DEM	4,874	3.8%
B. Mavalwalla DEM	3,833	3.0%
R. Freudenberg DEM	1,806	1.4%
A. Danimus IND	1,774	1.4%
M. Hayes IND	1,617	1.3%
K. Usrey IND	1,461	1.1%
M. McGarr DEM	813	0.6%
A. Bartleson IND	496	0.4%

District 6 62.6% in


E. Randall DEM	86,774	60.7%
T. Fox GOP	35,369	24.8%
L. Lawson GOP	13,000	9.1%
B. O'Gorman IND	4,359	3.1%
M. Jones IND	3,353	2.3%

District 7 71% in


P. Jayapal DEM	104,661	83.8%
N. Sheth GOP	13,261	10.6%
G. Kirkland DEM	4,137	3.3%
D. Blomstrom IND	2,905	2.3%

District 8 73.5% in


K. Schrier DEM	72,652	53.7%
S. Meline GOP	20,628	15.2%
T. Ha GOP	20,538	15.2%
B. Hagglund GOP	15,236	11.3%
A. Valleza GOP	3,244	2.4%
K. Arnold DEM	3,011	2.2%

District 9 71% in


A. Smith DEM	44,010	50.2%
D. Basler GOP	21,140	24.1%
K. Sawant IND	11,405	13.0%
M. Chaudhry DEM	10,124	11.6%
J. Perasso IND	937	1.1%

District 10 68.9% in


M. Strickland DEM	52,908	48.6%
C. Chung GOP	35,611	32.7%
A. Arafat DEM	9,946	9.1%
A. Scheel DEM	9,031	8.3%
D. Maynes IND	970	0.9%
K. Engle IND	483	0.4%

ATTACHMENT TWENTY – FROM NBC

SENATE RACES FROM NBC

KANSAS

Last update 3:05 PM ET

Kansas Senate Primary Results 2026

GOP Sen. Roger Marshall faces nominal opposition in his primary, while eleven Democrats are on their primary ballot in the deep-red state.

ROGER MARSHALL WINS THE KANSAS PRIMARY

Candidate Roger Marshall

Votes 267,794

Percentage 79.9%

Also running: Pond Naramore 67,445 20.1%

98.6% expected votes in (Est. remaining 4,700)

Democrats

ADAM HAMILTON WINS THE KANSAS PRIMARY

Candidate: Adam Hamilton

Votes: 76,715

Percentage: 34.8%

Also running:

Christy Davis 31,352 14.2%

Noah Taylor 29,890 13.6%

Anne Parelkar 16,513 7.5%

Erik Murray 14,845 6.7%

Patrick Schmidt 13,188 6.0%

Sandy Neumann 12,460 5.6%

Jason Hart 12,123 5.5%

Damon Anderson 5,774 2.6%

Kevin Latz 4,035 1.8%

Michael Soetaert 3,640 1.7%

97.9% expected votes in (Est. remaining 4,900)

ATTACHMENT TWENTY ONE – FROM NBC

MICHIGAN SENATE PRIMARY RESULTS 2026

MIKE ROGERS WINS THE MICHIGAN PRIMARY

This race was uncontested.

Democrats

ABDUL EL-SAYED WINS THE MICHIGAN PRIMARY

Candidate Abdul El-Sayed

Votes 743,455

Percentage 48.5%

Haley Stevens 727,758 47.5%

Mallory McMorrow 61,407 4.0%

98.9% expected votes in (Est. remaining 18,000)

MISSOURI

No primaries

ATTACHMENT TWENTY TWO – FROM NBC

VIRGINIA SENATE PRIMARY RESULTS 2026

Republicans

BERT MIZUSAWA WINS THE VIRGINIA PRIMARY

Candidate Bert Mizusawa

Votes 122,480

Percentage 51.5%

Also running:

David Williams 68,923 29.0%

Kim Farington 46,638 19.6%

98.5% expected votes in (Est. remaining 3,700)

Democrats

Projected winner

MARK WARNER WINS THE VIRGINIA PRIMARY

This race is uncontested.

WASHINGTON (STATE)

NO PRIMARIES

GUBERNATORIAL RACES

NO PRIMARIES

ATTACHMENT TWENTY THREE – FROM THE NEW YORK POST (TAKEAWAYS)

PRIMARY ELECTIONS 2026 LIVE UPDATES: MIKE ROGERS UNLOADS ON EL-SAYED IN BLISTERING POST-VICTORY TAKEDOWN

By: Victor Nava, Marisa Schultz, Samuel Chamberlain, Emily Goodin, Ryan King, Steven Nelson, Josh Christenson and Thomas Gamba-Ellis Updated Aug. 5, 2026, 11:33 a.m. ET

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the hotly-contested Democrat Senate primary and will face former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in November.

President Trump was surprised the race was so close, telling reporters in Los Angeles that it “looks like it’s going to be a little bit of a horse race.”

Trump notched another win as Army veteran Michael Bouchard won the Republican primary for the Wolverine State’s 10th Congressional District, for Rep. John James’ seat. James, also backed by Trump, clinched the GOP gubernatorial nomination, teeing up a tough general election contest against Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

Meanwhile in Missouri, Cori Bush lost her bitter Democratic primary against incumbent Rep. Wesley Bell Tuesday, two years after the former “Squad” lawmaker vowed to take revenge against the pro-Israel group that contributed to her political downfall.

Show-Me State voters also rejected a ballot measure that would’ve abolished state income taxes.

Over in Virginia, retired Army officer Bert Mizusawa defeated his two Republican opponents to face longtime incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Warner in the general election.

1 day ago

Mike Rogers unloads on El-Sayed in blistering post-victory takedown: 'Someone who believes America deserved 9/11'

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Republican Mike Rogers unloaded on Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and zeroed in on his ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker.

"I spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11," Rogers said in a statement.

Rogers called El-Sayed "an extremist" and accused him of being affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.

"The choice this November is simple: common sense or complete insanity," Rogers said. "...Abdul doesn't represent a vision for the future. He's leading a movement grounded in ideological fanaticism. His agenda would make our communities less safe and our state less affordable."

1 day ago

Abdul El-Sayed downplays narrow victory, predicts uptick in Islamophobia

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed downplayed his narrower than expected victory, contending that Democrats had a healthy debate in the primary fight.

He also predicted that there will be an uptick in Islamophobic attacks against him.

"You're right. That's the only play they got," he said when asked about Islamophobia. "They're gonna point at me and go point at my name."

"That's the best you got," he added. "You can't actually talk about what you want to do. My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not taking us to war. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries, you know what is their BS policies."

1 day ago

Abdul El-Sayed dares Mike Rogers to five debates

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed goaded Republican Mike Rogers to take him on in five debates after dusting off a list of broadsides against him.

"What's funny about Mike Rogers is not he's like the worst of all versions of the Republican Party, right? He's the worst of the neocon version," he chided. "He could never support Donald Trump until, of course, he was licking Donald Trump's boots."

"So now he carries the burden of both of those things," he added. "...I'm gonna say right here, I know you're going to say no because you're a coward. Five debates."

1 day ago

Anti-Israel El-Sayed makes appeal to Jewish voters

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed made an overture to Jewish Michiganders before launching into a blistering series of attacks against Republican Mike Rogers.

"I want to speak specifically to an issue that has been focused on in this race to my Jewish American sisters and brothers, one of the most indelible memories of this campaign will have been the opportunity to break bread with you," he said. "To embrace, to be embraced by you."

"I understand that self-determination for one people does not require the quenching of self-determination for another people, that unless all of us are free, none of us are free."

1 day ago

El-Sayed fumes at Mike Rogers for mispronouncing his name

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed tore into Republican Mike Rogers for mispronouncing his name.

"They think that you want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen, man, if you can't say the name ... keep the name out your damn mouth," he raged.

"I'll be happy to give you lessons."

1 day ago

El-Sayed jokes about how he doesn't practice medicine

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed cracked a joke about how he doesn't actually practice medicine despite bragging about being an epidemiologist.

"I trained to be a doctor in the single most important moment that makes a clinical encounter is that moment that somebody s their pain with you, believing that you can do something about it," he said.

"I don't practice medicine, as has been well documented by all of you, but I hope that I get to practice that part of things and I've been able to practice it," he added. "But it requires people being willing to their pain with you so that you can do something about it."

1 day ago

El-Sayed gloats about all the 'big money' he overcame

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed gloated over his victory despite the tens of millions of dollars spent against him.

"You can build a conversation that builds into a movement that defeats Goliath," he said. "And my hope is that our democracy will never be the same. So when Big Pharma and Big Tech on DTE and Blue Cross come knocking saying, 'You know what, this is our democracy and we're going to own it from here on out,' we can always point and say, 'No.'"

"...It turns out that you can spend as much money as you want on lies, but it doesn't make them true."

1 day ago

El-Sayed likens himself to Muhammad Ali after squeaking out a win

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed compared himself to legendary boxer Muhammad Ali and claimed that his campaing "shook up the world."

"In the words of Muhammad Ali, we shook up the world," he crowed. "I want to say, just first and foremost, how grateful I am for the opportunity to participate in Democracy Now! My family immigrated to this country from a place where there is not democracy."

"I just want to want to say thank you. and how grateful I am, to have your support here today. I cannot wait to see what you do next."

1 day ago

El-Sayed heaps praise on Haley Stevens: 'one of the most committed public servants'

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed heaped praise on Rep. Haley Stevens, whom he spoke with this morning.

"I know that it was a bitter end to this very long primary, but I also know that Haley brings, the best of herself to her work," he said. "She is one of the most committed public servants that you'll ever meet. She loves democracy."

"Whatever differences that we might have had in the primary, they pale in comparison to what unifies us."

1 day ago

Mallory McMorrow pushes for Dem unity

By Ryan King

DETROIT — State Sen. Mallory McMorrow made good on her word to stand with the Michigan Democratic Senate primary winner in a push for unity.

"I know that this was a long and brutal primary. Take it from me. I lived through it personally," she said standing next to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.

"But what is most important now is that we recognize that for all of the differences we may have had in this primary, that those differences pale in comparison to the contrast that we face in November."

She also underscored how Republicans are hoping Democrats will be too fractured to win heading into the general election.

1 day ago

Rep. Haley Stevens concedes to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) called Dr. Abdul El-Sayed to concede the Michigan Democratic primary to him after massively overperforming expectations.

"I love Michigan and am so proud to have put up my hand to serve. I spoke with Abdul a few moments ago to offer him my full support as we work to defeat Mike Rogers this November," she posted on X.

1 day ago

Michigan Dem Party Chair hails turnout advantage over Republicans

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Curtis Hertel Jr. boasted about his party's turnout advantage over Republicans in the primary last night and called for unity.

"Yesterday was the highest turnout for Democrats in the history of a Michigan primary. And more importantly, over 500,000 more Michiganders voted in the Democratic primary than in the Republican primary," he said, standing next to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.

"...What's important is that Democrats are united," he later added.

1 day ago

Democrat Rep. Shri Thanedar ousted by DSA-backed Donavan McKinney in latest win for far-left

By Ryan King

DETROIT, Mich. — Rep. Shri Thanedar was taken down Tuesday by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed state Rep. Donavan McKinney in the latest primary victory for the progressive left.

Thanedar, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, was seeking a third term representing Michigan’s 13th District, which includes part of Detroit.

McKinney will be heavily favored to win the general election in November against GOP longshot T.P. Nykoriak.

1 day ago

Trump predicts 'rigged election' in 'corrupt,' 'Third World' Michigan

By Ryan King

DETROIT — President Trump lashed out Wednesday at election officials in Wayne County, Mich.

"Wayne County (Detroit) in Michigan is one of the most corrupt voting areas in the United States, if not the World," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "It is strictly Third World! Miracles happen in Wayne County, including more votes being cast than there are voters, by a lot. Therefore, the Communist [Abdul El-Sayed], who is not liked in Detroit, is potentially in 'Vote Counter' trouble.

"The Radical Left Socialist [Rep. Haley Stevens] has a real shot, and don’t discount all of those fake mail-in ballots that will 'surprisingly' show up at the last moment. Get ready for another Rigged Election. In November we must VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS, and make Michigan TOO BIG TO RIG. God Bless America!"

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Far-left Mich. Dem Abdul El-Sayed beats Rep. Haley Stevens in record-breaking US Senate primary

By Ryan King

DETROIT, Mich. — Far-left Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Tuesday defeated Dem Rep. Haley Stevens in a nail-biter finish in the party’s record-breaking primary for a US Senate seat, marking a huge win for progressives against the establishment.

More than $80 million was spent on the Michigan race, making it the most expensive Senate Democratic primary ever, according to AdImpact.

El-Sayed, who got his medical degree from Columbia University, had been the polling favorite against Stevens in the Michigan race, and his clinching of the Democratic nomination sets up a critical test about whether the far left can ultimately succeed in a swing state, as the doctor gears up for a showdown with Republican Mike Rogers.

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El-Sayed declares victory with Michigan Senate primary too close to call

By Ryan King

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed claimed victory in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary early Wednesday, despite multiple media outlets saying the race was too close to call.

"We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November," El-Sayed posted on X after NBC News projected his defeat of Rep. Haley Stevens.

A former primary rival, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, formally endorsed El-Sayed hours earlier.

"Congratulations to @AbdulElSayed on winning the Michigan Democratic primary to be our nominee for US Senate. Abdul has my full endorsement and support," she posted on X.

"This was a brutal primary (believe me, I know). And Trump and Mike Rogers are counting on us staying divided. Let's prove them wrong by beating Mike Rogers and taking our country back."

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El-Sayed and Stevens race too close to call, AP reports

By Kathleen Joyce

The Associated Press reported the race between Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed to nab Michigan's Democratic Senate nomination was too close to call as of early Wednesday morning.

NBC News called the race for El-Sayed but a number of other outlets have reported the race is still too close.

Stevens told her supporters she was feeling "fired up" while El-Sayed said "we are on track to outvote the historical umbers that we should expect."

ATTACHMENT TWENTY FOUR – FROM POLITICO

PROGRESSIVES DIDN’T GET THE BIG ELECTION NIGHT THEY WANTED

The razor-thin margin will only deepen divisions over the future of the Democratic Party.

By Alec Hernandez, Erin Doherty and Aaron Pellish 08/05/2026 03:41 AM EDT

Progressives didn’t get the earthquake they expected. Moderates are relishing in their stronger than expected showing.

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, with Michigan’s marquee Democratic Senate primary still in limbo, one of Democrats’ key questions of the midterms remains unresolved: Can the party’s most progressive faction successfully compete — and go on to win — in a battleground state?

The razor-thin margin between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens will leave Democrats arguing about the answer regardless of who ultimately prevails.

The finger-pointing within the party has already begun.

“These guys are unbelievably cocky,” said a Democratic operative granted anonymity to speak candidly. The person was frustrated over El-Sayed’s decision to attend a pool party with progressive streamer Hasan Piker on Monday, hours before polls opened.

El-Sayed led by three points by the time both candidates addressed their supporters around 1 a.m. Wednesday, with thousands of votes yet to be counted. He performed best in the state’s wealthiest and most highly-educated places, while Stevens outperformed him in areas with lower average incomes and where fewer voters have college degrees.

But that marginal lead was a far cry from what El-Sayed and his allies had expected.

Public polling in the campaign’s closing stretch showed El-Sayed ahead of Stevens by double digits. And his campaign projected confidence they would deliver a decisive win that would cement the strength of the progressive movement in Michigan, a state crucial to the Democratic Party’s prospects of retaking the Senate in November and, eventually, the White House in 2028.

The progressive wave never materialized on Tuesday night, igniting fresh questions about the potency of the movement. Progressive candidates have notched a series of wins throughout the spring primary season in safe and competitive districts, from California to Maine. Michigan, however, was widely viewed as their biggest test yet.

“The Democratic Party is a coalition that spans everything from center to socialist,” Democratic strategist Tré Easton wrote on social media Wednesday morning in response to Tuesday’s results. “Each part needs the other.”

El-Sayed has maintained a steady lead after the polls closed, and could very well still pull off a win for his progressive coalition and advance to the general election — but instead of kicking off the next phase of his campaign with a victory lap, he’ll emerge limping out of a closer-than-foretold primary.

Even beyond the Senate race, the results were mixed: Progressive Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence won his primary for Michigan’s 7th District, but largely because two more moderate candidates had split the vote. Democratic socialist Donavan McKinney is still locked in a tight race with incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar for Michigan’s 13th District. And over in Missouri, progressive Cori Bush’s comeback bid fell apart.

“Bottom line is if [El-Sayed] wins, the DSA brand beyond major urban areas is not popular,” a national Democratic operative granted anonymity to speak candidly said early Wednesday morning. “Certainly puts a dent in the movement especially with Cori Bush’s loss.”

Stevens sent her own supporters home on an optimistic note Wednesday morning: “I’m feeling good about this race.”

El-Sayed, for his part, quickly recast his narrow lead as a victory against the barrage of spending against him from pro-Stevens groups — despite projecting enough confidence to declare he would beat Rogers “by seven” percentage points in the general election earlier on Tuesday.

“I wish I could tell you that I was declaring victory right about now. Turns out it takes a long time to count some votes in Michigan,” El-Sayed told supporters at his election night party in Detroit.

For some El-Sayed allies a win is a win, even if the final margins are close. “Any win is good, as long as it’s called tonight,” Bhaskar Sunkara, a 2020 Bernie Sanders surrogate and former DSA vice chair, told POLITICO.

Regardless of the final outcome, the race’s narrow margin ensures that the winner will have significant work to do to unify the party after an acrimonious primary riddled with personal attacks from both sides — a reality both candidates appeared to acknowledge in remarks to supporters.

“To all of our supporters here tonight, watching on TV, tomorrow we begin to mend fences,” El-Sayed said. “If your instinct is to be like, ‘I told you.’ Nope. Let’s come together to build a movement that’s even bigger, that’s even stronger, that’s even more powerful, that reaches into the very depths of this state, that reminds us the best of who we are and who we can be.”

Democrats across the state had already set their focus on uniting their deeply fractured party ahead of another likely bruising contest in the general election.

“It’s no secret that this has at once been a contentious and bruising primary, but Democrats through it all have shown resilience towards coming together following primaries,” said Chris Herweyer, an organizing director for the Kent County Democratic Party.

Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who ran for Senate before suspending her campaign a month before the primary, endorsed El-Sayed early Wednesday as he maintained a narrow advantage over Rep. Haley Stevens — another sign of swift efforts to reconcile, even as the race remained in limbo.

Republicans, meanwhile, are still hoping for an El-Sayed win. Rogers’ primary proved a bright spot for Republicans on the Senate map, where the party successfully avoided a costly and heated primary of their own and could focus early on the general election.

“El-Sayed is the preferred candidate” for Republicans, Jason Roe, a longtime Republican operative in Michigan, said in a text message. “El-Sayed is not doing very well outstate and I think that’s what a lot of Republicans are banking on. It will be very difficult for him to beat Rogers with those rural counties.”

Andrew Howard and Will Steakin contributed to this report.

ATTACHMENT TWENTY FIVE – FROM TIMES OF ISRAEL

ABDUL EL-SAYED’S MICHIGAN PRIMARY WIN IS A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR ANTI-ISRAEL DEMOCRATS

Progressive in key swing state takes a step closer to the US Senate, after tens of millions of dollars spent by AIPAC, marking a huge victory for opponents of Israel in the party

By Ben Sales 8/5, 3:59 am

When progressive Abdul El-Sayed declared victory on Wednesday against his moderate opponent, US Representative Haley Stevens, he was celebrating a win in a hard-fought Democratic Senate primary battle in Michigan.

But he was also cheering on behalf of a much larger cause: The ascendant anti-Israel movement in the Democratic Party.

El-Sayed isn’t the first pro-Palestinian activist to win a major race. But more than any single candidate, his success demonstrates that the party is taking a sharp turn on Israel, and that it’s doing so quickly.

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El-Sayed is hardly the first anti-Israel candidate to hoist the Democratic Party’s banner. Zohran Mamdani, who has called pro-Palestinian activism the “core” of his politics, is the mayor of America’s biggest city. A string of anti-Israel candidates have won Democratic primaries in recent months. Several more already serve in Congress.

But in numerous ways, this is a bigger deal than all of those — even if El-Sayed doesn’t win the general election in November. In many senses, in fact, it’s anti-Israel activists’ biggest victory so far — and the biggest defeat for pro-Israel activists, including the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC.

PUTTING A STAUNCH OPPONENT OF ISRAEL AT THE DOOR OF THE SENATE

For one thing, this is a race for the Senate — not for a House district, and not for a city hall. Every US House member is just one of 435, serving a two-year term. They tend to run the ideological gamut and include not a few people with fringe beliefs.

And Mamdani, for all his power and influence, has no direct role in American foreign policy. He and his critics talk about Israel often, but it’s always refracted through the lens of issues within New York’s city limits, like whether he’s going to march in the pro-Israel parade, or whether he can arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or whether his public condemnations of Israel have anything to do with the rise in antisemitic incidents on his watch.

Senators are more prestigious and influential than representatives, serving in a body of just 100 and elected to six-year terms that span presidential elections. The Senate votes on treaties, and it approves or strikes down defense budgets. Senators also have a history of direct involvement in American foreign policy. Look no further than the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham, who was known for globetrotting, and for his outspoken support for Ukraine and Israel.

SPEAKING AGAINST ISRAEL’S JEWISH CHARACTER

Now, Michigan Democrats have nominated someone for that role who is a vocal critic not just of Israeli policy, not just of the leading US pro-Israel lobby, but of Israel’s character as a Jewish state.

He was asked last month by CNN whether it’s possible to be both Zionist and progressive. His answer? “Every definition of a Jewish state ends up in some articulation of illiberal values, every single one.” He also said that money is the only reason Democrats who “believe in human rights” would support Israel. (Elsewhere, he has spoken in favor of Jewish “self-determination.”)

He has consistently decried US aid to Israel. And he has campaigned with Hasan Piker, the outspoken anti-Israel streamer who recently blamed Israel, without evidence, for instigating the recent crisis in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, and who has praised Hezbollah while calling Hamas 1,000 times better than Israel.

El-Sayed has framed much of his campaign around domestic concerns. But if he is elected, his foreign policy views will get a prominent platform.

Right now, the senator considered by many to be the chamber’s loudest critic of Israel is Vermont’s Bernie Sanders. But Sanders is a Jew who has defended Israel’s existence as a Jewish state, and who once lived on an Israeli kibbutz. Sanders endorsed El-Sayed, and if El-Sayed wins, he will become the Senate’s biggest opponent of Israel.

A BOOST FROM SWING STATE DEMOCRATS

The second reason why his primary win is significant is that it occurred in a large swing state that has been under the American political spotlight for more than a decade. Other staunch opponents of Israel who have won House primaries recently — Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York, for example, or Melat Kiros in Colorado — have done so in solidly blue districts that have long been seen as progressive strongholds.

Michigan is deeply purple. It has voted for the winner of the presidential election five times straight, and its races have been tightly fought for the past few cycles. The Senate election in November, pitting El-Sayed against Republican Representative Mike Rogers, is considered a nail-biter. El-Sayed’s win showed that his brand of anti-Israel politics plays among Democrats not just in liberal bastions like New York City and Denver, but in a politically diverse battleground state.

A STARK DEFEAT FOR AIPAC

El-Sayed’s victory is also a painful defeat for AIPAC, which once commanded broad loyalty among Democrats but now has lost a race where it spent record amounts to defeat an anti-Israel candidate.

The lobby spent an unprecedented $30 million or so on behalf of Stevens, part of more than $60 million in spending by outside groups that gave Stevens a nine-to-one financial advantage over El-Sayed. Graham Platner, the former disgraced Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, was also a vocal critic of Israel and accused it of genocide, but did not attract nearly the same amount of spending from AIPAC.

It didn’t help — and El-Sayed made it the centerpiece of his campaign, posting online about AIPAC frequently, decrying its influence and once calling Stevens “a suit with a large AIPAC bank account” who couldn’t “string together two coherent sentences.”

Some voices said El-Sayed’s focus on AIPAC smacked of antisemitism. In the closing days of the campaign, Stevens, who is not Jewish, posted online to her opponent, “everyone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans.”

She meant it as an attack. But ironically, all of the AIPAC spending may have turned some voters toward El-Sayed. National polls show most Democrats have an unfavorable view of Israel. And a poll last month found that about half of Michigan Democrats have an unfavorable view of AIPAC, as opposed to just 12% who view it favorably.

WILL JEWS VOTE FOR EL-SAYED?

El-Sayed has also been accused of antisemitism for his response to the March attack by a Lebanese American man on a Detroit-area synagogue, which he condemned before adding that “hurt people do hurt people, and the circumstances happening 6,000 miles away can affect the lives that we live here.” The remark was a reference to Israel’s war in Lebanon, and drew concerns that he was excusing or equivocating about the attack.

He has pushed back repeatedly on accusations of antisemitism. Speaking on Wednesday, he spoke about experiences he had going to synagogue or attending a Passover Seder (where, in an awkward turn of phrase, he recalled being able to “break bread”).

“To all of my sisters and brothers of the Jewish faith, or any faith, or no faith at all, my commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters,” he said.

A chunk of Michigan Jews will likely be persuaded by that commitment. Jews have historically voted for Democrats in large numbers, political polarization remains at a fever pitch in the US, and Jewish Democrats in a swing state may not be willing to abandon their party’s nominee in a crucial election where control of the Senate is at stake, regardless of how they feel about the nominee’s Israel policy.

In any case, however, the AIPAC discourse almost certainly isn’t over. On Wednesday, as it licked its wounds from the primary defeat, the lobby said its “members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November.”

ATTACHMENT TWENTY SIX – FROM NY POST

FAR-LEFT MICHIGAN DEM ABDUL EL-SAYED BEATS REP. HALEY STEVENS IN RECORD-BREAKING SENATE PRIMARY

By Ryan King Updated Aug. 5, 2026, 12:48 p.m. ET

DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed was projected Wednesday to defeat Rep. Haley Stevens in a nail-biting Michigan Democratic Senate primary, giving progressives their most significant victory yet in this midterm election cycle.

“In the words of Muhammad Ali, we shook up the world,” El-Sayed, 41, crowed to reporters soon after the Associated Press and other outlets called the race in his favor. “It turns out that you can spend as much money as you want on lies, but it doesn’t make them true.”

With 99% of the expected vote tallied, El-Sayed led Stevens by fewer than 15,000 votes out of more than 1.5 million cast, an unexpectedly close result after a series of surveys in the final week before primary day showed him leading by double-digits.

El-Sayed, who was walloped by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary, will now face former Rep. Mike Rogers in the November general election, which Democrats see as a must-win for their hopes of taking control of the Senate next year.

In an early jab at his GOP opponent, El-Sayed told Rogers he should move back to Florida — where he briefly lived earlier this decade — because “you are not going to have safe quarter from people holding you accountable” in Michigan.

The former Detroit health official has championed radical left-wing economic and social reforms, including so-called “Medicare for all,” abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), hiking taxes and ending US aid to Israel.

With Stevens, 43, touting a more pragmatic, centrist platform focused on protecting American manufacturing, lowering the cost of healthcare and boosting federal funding for education and infrastructure, many of El-Sayed’s far-left fans viewed the primary as a battle over the future direction of the Democratic Party.

By contrast, Stevens downplayed the national overtones of the race, insisting: “It’s a Michigan moment for me.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) publicly backed Stevens, as did the term-limited governor, Whitmer, and retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who stumped with Stevens Sunday.

On the other side, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) were among those to back El-Sayed.

While progressive candidates linked to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have flourished in deep-blue areas this cycle, El-Sayed’s win is significant as it comes in a purple state that backed Donald Trump in the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections.

More than $80 million was spent on the Michigan race, making it the most expensive Senate Democratic primary ever, according to AdImpact.

The race turned bitter in its final weeks, with El–Sayed suggesting that Stevens was unable to “string together two coherent sentences” and implying that she was bought by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), whose super PAC spent nearly $30 million backing her.

The victor tried to mend fences Wednesday, saying that Stevens “brings the best of herself to her work.”

“She is one of the most committed public servants that you’ll ever meet. She loves democracy,” added El-Sayed. “Whatever differences that we might have had in the primary, they pale in comparison to what unifies us.”

State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, another beaten primary opponent, joined El-Sayed for his first post-election event, while former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg plans to rally with the nominee on Friday.

El-Sayed will become the first Muslim elected to the Senate in US history if he defeats Rogers. During his watch party at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre, several of his supporters were seen performing Islamic prayers.

Tuesday’s primaries saw other victories for Michigan progressives, with “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, state Rep. Donavan McKinney, and Bernie Sanders-backed William Lawrence winning over moderate opponents.

However, El-Sayed was the star of the far-left slate, with controversial streamer Hasan Piker among those who flew into Michigan for the final days of the campaign.

Piker infamously suggested that America deserved the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which Rogers seized upon in a statement Wednesday.

The RealClearPolitics polling average has Rogers with a narrow lead over El-Sayed, but more than 10% of respondents had yet to decide which way they would go.

Democrats are hoping widespread backlash to the Trump administration in November would be enough to carry their nominee over the finish line.

“When they say I’m not electable, they’re not talking about me,” El-Sayed told supporters during a rally in Grand Rapids on Saturday.

“They’re saying that you couldn’t possibly be open-minded enough … to elect somebody with a name like mine who prays like I do in a state like ours.”

Democrats need to flip a net of four seats to take control of the US Senate for the first time in four years.

“We have a real shot to take the majority of the United States Senate,” Peters told reporters Sunday while stumping for Stevens. “That’s become increasingly likely as every month goes by. But it doesn’t happen if we lose Michigan.

“This state is absolutely critical.”

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· Tom G

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It’s scary that these far left individuals are winning. It’s even more scary that voters are swayed by their rhetoric and promises.

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o Lawrence of Suburbia

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Almost as scary as being far left and being named Abdul!

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· Fine Print

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This is excellent news for Mike Rogers! The last 7 polls showed El Sayed beating Stevens by 10+ points. He only won by 1 point! He is weaker than the media wants you to believe. Rogers will win in November.

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o Muhammad Amin

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Who paid for the polls? Think harder.

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· Tall Tree

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america is being conquered. open borders and foreign money. and the constitution will not protect you once judges are in place who will simply ignore it.

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o Isabel

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No matter what the radicals do they can not win over the majority of hearts and minds in America which is why they want to open borders and replace the current population with as many foreigners as possible. I think American spirit and heart are so much more powerful than Soros financing our enemie...See more

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· Buck Truth

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The anti American DSA is intentionally destroying the very foundations of our nation (like basic law and order and public safety) in an effort to create a third world “utopia”. Funded by Soros and our enemies like China, the goal is to destroy America from within. That said, Republicans must wake u...See more

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· Ted Editedit

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Moderate Democrats plus Republicans and Independents need to put a stop to this in November.

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o Alougee7

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The demo party is now dsa...dont be fooled

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· Isabel

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The Dem establishment doesn't want to crush these radicals. They want to use them to create the chaos the globalists need to take over. These candidates aren't being supported by grassroots donations. They are being funded by billionaire globalists intent on weakening America so it will fall in l...See more

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· Brian

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Let's pray Michigan voters come to their senses in the general election & there's a big turnout of mainstream voters. Otherwise, we're on the road to ruin.

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o backcountry164 undefined

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It's predicted that 94% of muslims voted in this primary. So, good luck with that...

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· George Borges

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Fact: he never completed a medical residency nor has he any medical license. NYP has no business calling him a "doctor."

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o Patrick Thomas

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He has a degree but he stopped there. A fake doctor

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· David Vinson

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Just like NYC, many in MI are voting for their own demise. Unbelievable.

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o Tre Ma

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Three thoughts: 1. I thought there were a lot of mail-in votes yet to be counted. 2. Ya gotta give it to Autopen-- that mass immigration is really having an effect. 3. It's disappointing but not unexpected. The slightly good news is how the polls were SO wrong in predicting he'd blow past her. Now we ...See more

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· Fauci'sMask

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He's not winning and I hope Rogers sends him a honey baked ham as a consolation gift

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o Joe DeCarlo Jr.

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Yes but they HAVE to get the mail-in ballots fiasco under control or he can win.

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· Trip Densby

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The far-left miraculously wins every razor-close race. Can't imagine how.

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· The Brain

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And now the word will get out about what's in the DSA platform and voters will be horrified. Get rid of the Constitution, Military, cops, SCOTUS, Senate, Presidency. The Democratic Party is going to implode because of the Communists they let in....See more

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o Stella

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They are all pretending to be moderate until the general election. They all say the same thing, that they have evolved.

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· Chris Adams

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The Republican party is over. The backlash in 2026 and 2028 will be unlike anything we've ever seen. Blue wave incoming.

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o Pedro Gonzalez

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I'm sure your grandkids will love the coming sharia law!

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ATTACHMENT TWENTY SEVEN – FROM SLATE

WE HAVE FOUND THE ONLY CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF LAST NIGHT’S ELECTION RESULTS

Centrists faced off with progressives in Democratic primaries across the country last night. Who won?

By Ian Prasad Philbrick Aug 05, 2026 5:25 PM

Hello! I’m back from a matrimonial break with a pep in my step and a shiny new ring on my finger. But politics news waits for no one, so let’s dive right in:

The progressives-vs.-establishment battle for control of the Democratic Party drags on. Last night’s marquee race, the U.S. Senate primary in Michigan, was a bit of a letdown for both sides. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, beat the centrist Rep. Haley Stevens, but by an unexpectedly narrow margin. The story was much the same in other primaries across the country: real wins for the left tempered by plenty of evidence that the party’s center is still alive and kicking.

Political journalists often sieve through elections for clear takeaways, which make for better stories (and punchier headlines). But yesterday’s results, from El-Sayed’s narrow victory on down, don’t point in any single direction. Unsatisfying though it may be, voters in different places picked different candidates for reasons that go beyond ideology; the only way to declare this a win for centrists or progressives would be to ignore part of the story. Instead, let’s explore where each faction prevailed—and where they fell short.

Progressive strength:

El-Sayed’s close win, in which he underperformed the polling, in some ways undersells his achievement. He fought Michigan’s Democratic powers that be to a draw-plus-1 despite being vastly outspent. AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, showered almost $30 million on Stevens’ candidacy.

But progressives flexed muscle elsewhere too. Michigan state Rep. Donavan McKinney, a democratic socialist, ousted Rep. Shri Thanedar, the latest Democratic incumbent to fall to a lefty challenger. The establishment also whiffed in Kansas, which held primaries yesterday as well. State Sen. Cindy Holscher, who supports a data center moratorium and accuses both Democrats and Republicans of having “sold out” the working class, won the gubernatorial primary over a candidate who had the moderate sitting Democratic governor’s support. A decade ago, these kinds of progressive wins in purple and red states would have qualified as a political earthquake. Now it’s just Tuesday.

REMAINDER PAYWALLED (No great loss! – DJI)

ATTACHMENT TWENTY EIGHT – FROM WABE (GA)

PROGRESSIVES AND MODERATE DEMOCRATS BOTH SEE WINS IN PRIMARY RACES WHILE TRUMP FLEXES POWER OVER GOP

By Saige Miller | NPR August 5th, 2026

Everyone got a little bit of what they wanted in Tuesday’s primary elections. It was a good night for the Democratic establishment, the progressives and Republican candidates endorsed by President Trump.

Some of the primary races for House and Senate in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia and Washington are critical to which party will hold power in the next Congress. But one of the most hotly watched contests, the Democratic primary Senate race in Michigan, is still too close to call. The outcome of that race will show where a swing electorate stands ahead of the general election.

The results following the primary elections indicate a clear split between the establishment and progressive arms of the Democratic Party, while Trump continues to flex his power with Republicans. But voters also pushed back against Republican Party priorities in a pair of ballot initiatives in red states.

PROGRESSIVE POWER TESTED

Both wings of the Democratic Party came out of Tuesday’s contests victorious. But establishment Democrats gained a few more wins than the progressive arm of the party.

Progressives largest test — Michigan’s Senate race— is yet to be determined. In a close matchup, former county health director Abdul El-Sayed was ahead of Rep. Haley Stevens early Wednesday morning.

The heated contest is important for progressive Democrats. If El-Sayed wins, it shows there is an appetite for populist policies, like Medicare for All, even in a swing state. Stevens, who flipped a suburban area in 2018, is backed by establishment Democrats and has taken a more moderate approach.

Either way, the race makes it clear there is a stark divide among Democratic primary voters. Whoever wins the primary will face a tough challenge from Republican nominee former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers.

Progressives did pick up a win in Michigan’s one true toss-up district. Progressive William Lawrence beat two other Democrats for the nomination. Lawrence is set to challenge first-term incumbent Rep. Tom Barrett in November.

Establishment Democrats got the candidates they wanted in a few key races. In Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell won a rematch against former Rep. Cori Bush. Bell was backed by the national party, while Bush clenched endorsements from Democratic socialists and high-profile progressives, such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Bell will face Republican nominee Paul Berry in November, though Cook Political Report rates the district as solidly Democratic.

In Virginia, Democratic voters picked establishment-backed candidates for two House seats. The two seats, Virginia’s 1st and 2nd congressional districts, are ones Democrats hope to flip in November to inch toward the party’s goal of taking control of the chamber.

MONEY IN POLITICS A BIT OF A MIXED BAG

One of the rallying cries of the progressive left has been to “get money out of politics.” As the spending in Michigan’s Senate race ballooned, El-Sayed specifically criticized a pro-Israel political action committee, AIPAC, saying the organization had too much influence in politics. AIPAC and its aligned groups spent millions of dollars backing Stevens in the Democratic primary — money that it’s not clear paid off.

According to Open Secrets, a nonpartisan non-profit organization that tracks congressional candidate fundraising and spending, by mid-July, outside groups had spent $52 million in Michigan. That’s the most expensive use of outside spending apart from Texas’ contentious and protracted Senate race.

In the race in St. Louis, Rep. Bell’s commitment to fund humanitarian and military aid to Israel saw AIPAC back his candidacy in a safe blue seat, to prevent another candidate, who might be critical of Israel, from taking that seat.

TRUMP INFLUENCE REMAINS STRONG WITH REPUBLICANS

Trump-back candidates in Washington state, Kansas and Michigan won their party’s nomination.

In Washington’s 4th congressional district, Trump endorsed Yakima County Commissioner Amanda McKinney. She beat 10 other candidates for the top spot. The wide-open seat is to replace outgoing Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse – one of the only Republicans still in office who voted to impeach Trump in 2021.

McKinney received Trump’s endorsement but it didn’t come with any certainty. A Trump endorsed candidate has never won a general election in the conservative, rural district. Although, there is a possibility that could change since Newhouse is not on the ballot. McKinney will face Democrat John Duresky in November.

Trump-backed candidates also won the Republican nomination for governor in Michigan and Kansas. Democrats currently hold the office in both states, but Republicans are hoping to take the mansion back since the sitting governors are term-limited.

In Michigan, Republican Rep. John James won the nomination. He’ll face off against Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. In Kansas, Republican state Sen. Ty Masterson clinched the nomination. Masterson faces a challenge from Cindy Holscher, another state senator.

While Trump won both states in 2024, Michigan and Kansas have different electorates. Michigan is a swing state and Democrats have hung on to the office since 2018. Kansas, on the other hand, is solidly red. Even though there has been a Democratic governor running the state the last two election cycles, it’s unclear if that can happen again.

The three races show Trump’s grip on the Republican base, despite record-low approval ratings over the state of the economy and the US involvement in the Iran war.

BAD NIGHT FOR REPUBLICAN-BACKED BALLOT INITIATIVES

It was a tough loss for two Republican-led ballot initiatives in Missouri and Kansas.

No changes to the state supreme court bench are happening in Kansas’ future. Voters there rejected a Republican-backed proposal for state supreme court justices to be elected instead of appointed.

Currently, judges for the state’s highest court are appointed by the governor based on choices presented by a nominating committee. Most of the court has been appointed by the current and previous governors, both Democrats elected in the mostly Republican state. The court has upheld abortion rights among other stands objected to by Republican leaders.

Voters in Missouri voted against a proposal by the Republican-led legislature to make it harder for the public to pass future amendments to the state constitution.

After an amendment passed in recent years to end the legislature’s strict ban on abortion and another that expanded Medicaid, the legislature proposed a question on Tuesday’s ballot that would have raised the bar.

Currently, approval just requires a majority vote statewide. The defeated amendment would have required a majority vote in each of the state’s eight congressional districts. None of the recent amendments would have passed that were the threshold.

ATTACHMENT TWENTY NINE – FROM ABC

PRIMARIES TAKEAWAYS: PROGRESSIVES SCORE BIG WINS AND TURN TO NOVEMBER

Democrats quickly coalesced around the progressive winners.

By Ivan Pereira August 5, 2026, 6:56 PM

Tuesday's primaries in five states had surprising results for Democrats who are looking to take back Congress in the midterms.

Key wins in Michigan, including Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's victory in the Senate Democratic primary, gave progressives major wins in their fight for the direction of the party.

Although the Democrats quickly coalesced around the progressive challengers, Republicans and President Donald Trump ramped up their attacks, previewing their message to keep power in Congress in the fall.

Here are takeaways from Tuesday's primaries:

Progressives power through, moderates coalesce

El-Sayed announced his victory Wednesday morning after his opponent Rep. Haley Stevens conceded.

El-Sayed won by only 14,000 votes -- roughly one percentage point -- in a race that pitted the party's new blood against the old guard.

El-Sayed, who was backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive power players, campaigned hard on policies such as Medicare for all, affordability and support for Gaza in a state with a significant Muslim and Palestinian population.

He repeatedly slammed Stevens for her votes to support U.S. aid to Israel.

Michigan 2026 live primary election results

Stevens, who was backed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other party leaders, tried to win voters over with her experience in the House and push to help Magician's manufacturing community. In interviews, events and ads, Stevens portrayed El-Sayed as an unserious candidate

"Abdul is running for celebrity," Stevens said during a debate in July.

Despite El-Sayed's slim margin and bad blood from the campaign, Stevens, Schumer and other mainstream Democrats quickly put out statements congratulating El-Sayed and urged Democrats to back him in the general election against former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers.

El-Sayed quickly buried the hatchet as well, complimenting Stevens and saying he would be working with her and other Democrats to win the seat.

"She loves democracy like I love democracy," he said of Stevens. "And whatever differences that we might have had in the primary, they pale in comparison to what unifies us."

An L for progressives

In Missouri, progressives were were hoping former Rep. Cori Bush could win her rematch with Rep. Wesley Bell, who unseated her two years ago.

Missouri live primary results: Rep. Wesley Bell wins rematch against Cori Bush

Bell, who was supported by pro-Israel groups, was projected to win early in the night and won by around 22 percentage points.

Bush tried to capitalize on voter sentiment souring on Israel and the rise of other progressives, but that wasn't enough to sway Missouri voters who stuck with the incumbent.

Bell, on his end, notched the support of Democratic leaders such as Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and major groups such as the Congressional Black Caucus PAC.

ATTACHMENT THIRTY – ALSO FROM ABC – US-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP RECKONING

ABC also reported that support from pro-Israel group AIPAC has become a dividing line in Democratic races.

El-Sayed's win marked a major blow to American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which spent more than $32 million in ads against his campaign.

The group, which has become a target for many progressive candidates across the country, has been critical of El-Sayed's views on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

The group's president, Bernie Kaminetsky, criticized El-Sayed in a letter sent to supporters on Wednesday and labeled him as "a fiercely anti-Israel candidate." Kaminetsky did not confirm if AIPAC or its affiliate super PAC plans to spend to support Rogers or against El-Sayed.

The spending comes as polls show support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government waning as the conflict with Gaza closes in on four years. Opinions of Israel have turned negative since March 2025, according to a Marquette Law School poll released Wednesday, which said 55% of adults said they are unfavorable of Israel now, up from 43% then.

The PAC's money did not appear to deter a majority of Michigan voters, a point that El-Sayed noted in his victory speech.

"What we showed is that the power of our money is greater than the power of their money," he said of the $70 million of outside money spent against him.

TRUMP, GOP TURN UP THE VOLUME FOR NOVEMBER

Michigan voters got their first look at the Rogers-El-Sayed matchup as the Republican candidate and President Donald Trump attacked the Democratic nominee over his progressive views and stance on Israel.

Trump posted on his social media platform that El-Sayed's victory was "great news for the Republican Party" and labeled him a "Communist loser," a phrase that he has thrown at several progressive Democrats over the last couple of years.

Rogers said in an X post that El-Sayed "would make our communities less safe and our state less affordable," through his policies.

GOP REDISTRICTING PUSH EFFECTS IN DISPLAY

Although the GOP faces major headwinds in November, their controversial mid-decade redistricting push could yet limit their losses.

In Missouri, Republicans are focused on flipping Democratic Rep. Emanual Cleaver's 5th Congressional District, which the legislature redrew to be more Republican-friendly. Republican State Sen. Rick Brattin, who is backed by Trump, will face Cleaver in November.

Although Democrats have attempted to redistrict in blue states, they were unable to adopt a redistricting plan for Virginia that would have negated gains in Republican states.

ATTACHMENT THIRTY ONE – FROM FOX

LEE CARTER: ELECTION SHOCKER: THE WINNERS HAD A SLOGAN; THE LOSERS JUST HAD RÉSUMÉS

From Michigan to Missouri, candidates with clear promises defeated opponents who led with credentials

Published August 5, 2026 3:27pm EDT |

Tuesday night, the left won. The right won. The establishment won. The insurgents won.

In other words, nobody won.

Except for the message.

100 DAYS UNTIL MIDTERMS AND DEMOCRATS ARE WINNING BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MESSAGE

The political class will now perform its traditional postmortem: Find the result it agrees with and declare a sweeping ideological mandate.

But voters delivered a simpler verdict: Tell me what you are going to do for me, and please do it before I lose interest.

The real divide was not left versus right. It was memorable versus forgettable.

'SQUAD' MEMBER'S COMEBACK BID THWARTED AS ESTABLISHMENT DEMS NOTCH VICTORY AGAINST SOCIALISTS

The winners had a sentence. The losers had a résumé.

Consider Abdul El-Sayed, who defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.

His message was "Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All."

Eleven words. Three beats. A villain, a benefit and a policy. In that order.

DAVID MARCUS: IN BOOMING DETROIT, VOTERS SKEPTICAL OF SOCIALISM SNAKE OIL

Politicians like to imagine voters carefully comparing policy frameworks. Voters are usually wondering why everything costs so much and whether anyone in public life has noticed.

Stevens made the respectable case: experience, credentials and electability. All of that may have been true. It was also about her.

"I can win" is not a promise to voters. It is a candidate asking the public to participate in her career planning.

A résumé is evidence. It is not a reason. No one has ever left a rally humming, "She performs well in hypothetical general election matchups."

DEM PRIMARY ERUPTS AS ESTABLISHMENT FAVORITE DISMISSES RIVAL AS ‘CELEBRITY CANDIDATE’

The same dynamic appeared in Missouri, although ideology changed costumes.

Former "Squad" member Cori Bush warned that billionaires and outside interests were trying to control her district.

Her opponent, Wesley Bell, answered with six words: "Progressives are supposed to make progress."

It was a lethal little sentence.

EX-'SQUAD' MEMBER FIGHTS FOR COMEBACK AS SOCIALIST WING RAMPS UP WAR ON DEM ESTABLISHMENT

Bell took a word Bush believed she owned — "progressive" — and handed it back with a new definition: not posture, purity or national attention, but results.

Bush offered an enemy. Bell offered a standard. See Video

A villain alone is not enough. It is only the first half of the argument.

The complete version is: They are doing this to you, and I will do this for you.

FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS WANT MAJOR CHANGE AMID ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DISCONTENT

Too many candidates never reach the second clause. They mistake indignation for persuasion.

But anger is an accelerant, not a destination. It can start the car. It cannot tell you where you are going.

The closer an issue gets to the kitchen table, the less ideological it feels.

Donald Trump understood this in 2016.

China was taking the jobs; he would bring them back.

Washington had lost control of the border; he would build the wall.

America had been diminished; he would make it great again.

Villain. Action. Benefit.

One could object to every detail and still understand the whole thing before the elevator doors closed.

Republicans saw their own version in Michigan’s gubernatorial primary. John James spoke about restoration, work, security and a Michigan comeback. Perry Johnson emphasized a sweeping audit of state government.

An audit may be useful. But it is a process.

A comeback is a promise.

Politicians adore process words because they sound responsible. Voters hear paperwork.

They are not dreaming of an interagency working group. They would like the electric bill to go down.

This may be why data centers became one of the night’s more revealing issues.

William Lawrence made opposition to unchecked data center development central to his Michigan campaign. He took something vast and abstract — artificial intelligence infrastructure — and brought it home.

"AI infrastructure policy" is remote.

"Your family may pay more to power someone else’s data center" can move votes.

The closer an issue gets to the kitchen table, the less ideological it feels.

That is also why affordability has become the great unifying language of recent elections.

Politicians with little else in common have discovered that voters are preoccupied with the same rude facts: rent, groceries, child care, healthcare and the shrinking distance between a paycheck and a minor financial emergency.

But "affordability" is not, by itself, a message. It becomes persuasive only when people can picture it: the prescription they can fill, the rent increase they avoid, the utility bill they can manage.

Voters do not experience the economy as a set of indicators. They experience it as a series of small humiliations.

The grocery cart edited at checkout. The dinner out quietly canceled. The home that now seems permanently one promotion away. The medicine postponed.

The party that speaks most clearly to that experience will have an advantage. The one that answers with macroeconomic data will deserve what happens next.

Tuesday’s results also suggest something we should not miss.

Americans can be anti-establishment and anti-mayhem at the same time.

They can want change and reassurance. A fighter and a grown-up. Someone who will break the right things and leave the rest of the house standing.

This confuses political professionals, who prefer voters to fit neatly into ideological boxes.

Voters persist in being people.

The quality that matters is not always moderation. It is translation.

Tuesday’s results also suggest something we should not miss. Americans can be anti-establishment and anti-mayhem at the same time.

Can a candidate turn an ideology into an outcome? A policy into a picture? A political argument into something people can see in their own lives?

Tuesday’s winners were not uniformly progressive, moderate, populist or establishment.

What they shared was the ability to place the voter inside the story.

Too many political appeals begin with "I."

I fought. I led. I delivered. I have a plan.

The voter is expected to applaud this autobiographical achievement and infer a benefit.

The stronger appeal begins with an understood "you."

Your money. Your town. Your family. Your future.

Every campaign should have to pass a second-person test.

Can voters hear themselves in it? Can they explain what changes if the candidate wins? Can they repeat the central idea in 10 seconds?

If not, the campaign does not have a message.

It has material.

Both parties will now produce impressive documents announcing that voters endorsed whatever the authors believed on Monday.

But voters may have said something less ideological and more useful: Stop making us work so hard.

Do not hand us a list and call it a vision.

Do not describe your ambition and call it our future.

Do not give us a villain and forget the rescue.

Tell us what is wrong. Tell us what you will do. Tell us how life will be different.

Then stop talking before you ruin it.

Tuesday night was not a triumph of the left or the right.

It was a triumph of the personal over the procedural, the promise over the résumé and the memorable over the merely correct.

The winners gave voters a sentence.

The losers gave them something to read.

Lee Hartley Carter is a communications strategist and public opinion expert. She's the founder and CEO of Carter Intelligence Group and author of "Persuasion: Convincing Others When Facts Don't Seem to Matter" (TarcherPerigee, September 3, 2019). Follow her on X on @lh_carter.

ATTACHMENT THIRTY TWO – FROM WASHINGTON TIMES

MICHIGAN RETIREE WHO DROPPED OUT OF RACE SCORES UPSET OF TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATE IN PRIMARY

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times - Wednesday, August 5, 2026

A Michigan autoworker with virtually no money defeated a Trump-endorsed candidate in a shocking Republican primary upset Tuesday — a month after he had ended his campaign.

Thomas Smith, a retired engineer for General Motors, defeated President Trump’s preferred candidate, Amir Hassan, 50% to 30% in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District.

The upset could complicate Republicans’ plans to make inroads in the Flint area, a historic Democratic stronghold that has shifted to the right in recent years.

“I fell short last night,” Mr. Hassan said in a video statement. “I make no excuse. It was a tough race.”

The victorious Mr. Smith had already stopped campaigning in July and endorsed another Republican candidate, Al Lemmo, who placed third in the primary. But Mr. Smith was still on the ballot Tuesday.

“I am humbled and honored that Republicans have chosen me to take the fight to [Rep.] Kristen McDonald Rivet,” Mr. Smith said in a statement, adding he looked forward to working with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, and Mr. Trump.

He told The Washington Times he will seek to tie Ms. McDonald Rivet to Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate who narrowly won the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan on a hard-left platform of providing universal healthcare, abolishing ICE and cutting aid to Israel.

· Left-wing rebel El-Sayed’s win jolts Democratic establishment, sets up bruising Senate fight

“Abdul El-Sayed leads the most extreme Democratic ticket Michigan has ever seen,” Mr. Smith said in a statement. “Kristen McDonald Rivet must answer whether she stands with El-Sayed and his extreme agenda. I am ready to hold her accountable and defeat her in November.”

Mr. Hassan had campaigned alongside Mr. Trump and was endorsed by multiple sitting Republican congressional lawmakers.

As of mid-July, Mr. Hassan had almost $730,000 in recorded receipts for his campaign, with Mr. Lemmo recording $220,000 and Mr. Smith recording zero dollars.

Mr. Smith told the Federal Election Commission less than a month ago in a handwritten note that he had raised only $1,850 through the end of June. He explained in the note that he did not file the information electronically “because I have had no success logging in” to the FEC website.

Jason Roe, a Republican consultant in Michigan, says he thinks Mr. Hassan’s loss came down to a lack of resources and a name that was off-putting to some primary voters.

“Quite frankly, I think a lot of people conflated Abdul El-Sayed with Amir Hassan,” he said.

“When you vote in Michigan, you either vote on the Republican ballot or on the Democratic ballot. And so it wouldn’t surprise me at all that Republican voters, hearing about Abdul El-Sayed … see ‘Amir Hassan’ and think it’s the same thing,” Mr. Roe said.

Mr. Hassan, who is Black and was born and raised in Flint, is Christian.

“Dude should have changed his name. If my name was Amir Hassan and I wasn’t a Muslim, I’d be changing my name as soon as I turned 18,” reacted Laura Loomer, a prominent pro-Trump influencer on social media. “I will never vote for anyone with an Islamic name. Neither will most of President Trump’s voters.”

Michigan’s 8th Congressional District is rated “lean Democratic” by the Cook Political Report. Mr. Trump won the district by 2 percentage points in 2024.

Although Democrats have dominated the Flint area for decades, there are signs the community is growing more Republican.

Ms. McDonald Rivet, the district’s incumbent, won it by just over 6.5 points in 2024 — a much narrower win than the almost 11-point margin that her Democratic predecessor, Rep. Dan Kildee, won in 2022.

But Mr. Roe said he thinks the Republican primary result all but ends the race.

“We’re not competitive there. Thing’s over,” he said. “McDonald Rivet just won her reelection.”

Zach Bannon, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, told The Times in a statement that Democrats will lose seats such as the 8th Congressional District in Michigan, where Republicans are seeking “to not just retain but expand our House majority.”

The NRCC had added Mr. Hassan to its “MAGA Majority Program,” a list of Republicans the group supports to pick up seats in battleground districts.

Mr. Smith made a brief appearance at a Michigan Republican luncheon, where he said, “I’m running to unseat communist comrade Rivet, and I’ll need your help to do it.”

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Very good advice:

"Mr. Hassan, who is Black and was born and raised in Flint, is [a] Christian."

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"“Dude should have changed his name. If my name was Amir Hassan and I wasn’t a Muslim, I’d be changing my name as soon as I turned 18,” reacted Laura Loomer, a prominent pro-Trump influencer on social media. “I will never vote for anyone with an Islamic name. Neither will most of President Trump’s voters.”"

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Fake news Washington Times left out President Trump went 28 wins and this 1 loss on Tuesday.

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" ... a name that was off-putting to some primary voters."

In other words, the GOP voters are, as Loomer admitted of herself, religious bigots.

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Thomas Smith drops out of the race and STILL WINS.

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If Mr Roe is half true it just shows that a lot of voters do not really know who they vote for! Mr Hassan to be like a muslin name and Mr Smith American name. Roe's comment that the voters couldn't tell the difference just shows ignorance of the voters. Or It could also be a considered as an insult to the voters because they didn't go along with the party wishes, president Trump

ATTACHMENT THIRTY THREE – FROM MOTHER JONES

MICHIGAN’S PRIMARY RECKONING FOR THE DEMOCRATS

Despite record outside spending, Abdul El-Sayed and a slate of left-leaning candidates triumphed over establishment and incumbent rivals.

By Noah Lanard August 5, 2026

No congressional candidate in Democratic history ever had as much outside money dumped on them in one primary as Abdul El-Sayed. But El-Sayed has now survived the onslaught in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Barely. The Bernie Sanders-endorsed champion of Medicare for All defeated Rep. Haley Stevens by about a 1-point margin on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

The dynamics of the election in Michigan were not new. Like in other recent primaries spanning from Manhattan to California’s Central Valley, a populist outsider ran against an establishment Democrat backed by millions of dollars of super PAC money—much of it from AIPAC allies that aim to keep critics of Israel out of Congress. What sets El-Sayed’s victory apart are the stakes and the scale of the effort to defeat him.

Democrats need to keep the Michigan seat that Sen. Gary Peters is retiring from if they hope to take back the Senate. To do that, they now have to defeat former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in a swing state that has gone for Donald Trump twice, and where Rogers barely lost to Sen. Elissa Slotkin in 2024. It is far from certain that El-Sayed will prevail in November—just as there were no guarantees that Stevens would have won.

After a polarizing primary, El-Sayed has just three months to consolidate Democratic support and make his case to independent voters. El-Sayed began that work in an election-night speech before the race was called. “However much we might disagree with our Democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us,” he told supporters. “Tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.” In a Wednesday speech after the race was called, El-Sayed said he had a “great conversation” with Stevens, and called his former opponent “one of the most committed public servants that you’ll ever meet.”

El-Sayed’s margin of victory was much smaller than expected heading into Tuesday: Polls tracked by the New York Times showed El-Sayed leading by double digits in eight surveys in a row. Instead, the results closely resembled Michighan’s 2016 presidential primary, when Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton by 1.4 points. As of Wednesday morning, El-Sayed is leading Stevens by an even smaller margin.

Stevens, who was endorsed by Peters and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, was the favorite of much of the Democratic establishment including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. But the results on Tuesday were yet another reminder this primary season that much of the Democratic base wants to go in a different direction than party leadership.

The general election will provide a rare chance to help answer a question that is often litigated online but rarely tested offline: Can progressive populists win a swing state like Michigan? A loss by El-Sayed, on the other hand, would likely lead to many warnings from moderate Democrats about what kind of candidate the party should nominate for president in 2028. Republicans have not won a US Senate election in Michigan in more than three decades; the seat El-Sayed is running for has been held by Democrats since 1979—five years before the 41-year-old candidate was born.

El-Sayed’s victory was not the only win for the left wing of the Democratic party in Michigan on Tuesday. In Michigan’s 7th congressional district, which is centered around Lansing, Will Lawrence pulled off a shocking win. The 7th district is a tossup seat held by Republican Rep. Tom Barrett that Democrats hope to flip in November. To do that, Democratic primary voters had two traditionally safe picks: Bridget Brink, who resigned as the US Ambassador to Ukraine soon after Trump returned to office, and Matt Maasdam, a former Navy SEAL who carried the so-called nuclear football for Barack Obama.

Brink and Maaasdam ended up roughly tied with each getting about 28 percent of votes on Tuesday. That may have allowed Lawrence, a millennial founder of the Sunrise Movement who capitalized on local opposition to AI data centers, to prevail with only about 43 percent of the vote. Many Democratic strategists like David Axelrod believe the seat will now be harder to flip in November.

In the Detroit area, Rep. Shri Thanedar narrowly lost his primary to state Rep. Donavan McKinney, who was endorsed by Sanders, El-Sayed, and the Democratic Socialists of America. Thanedar was a notably weak incumbent who has irritated fellow Democrats in Congress. As a largely self-funding Indian American multimillionaire, he was also an unusual fit in a district where more than 40 percent of residents are Black and more than 40 percent of children live in poverty.

The race between El-Sayed and Stevens was one of the most closely watched primaries this year, but it did not attract record spending because super PACs wanted Democrats to control the Senate. About half of the roughly $60 million spent by outside groups came from the AIPAC-backed United Democracy Project, which has worked to elect pro-Israel members of both parties. The Michigan race was UDP’s top priority; the group spent twice as much as it ever had in a single race. (Overall, super PACS favored Stevens by a more than 10-to-1 margin.)

The total amount put into the race by pro-Israel groups may be even higher: A recently formed dark money group called the Center for Democratic Priorities spent a reported $6.5 million backing Stevens, whose views on Israel are captured by her claim that the country “comes to me in my dreams.” As I reported last week, little is known about the Center for Democratic Priorities beyond the fact that its low-profile director apparently served in a similar role for an AIPAC-backed super PAC in Michigan in 2024.

El-Sayed, a doctor and public health expert who served as the health director for Wayne County, is an unapologetic critic of Israel who has accused the nation of committing genocide in Gaza. If elected, he could quickly become Israel’s most vocal opponent in the Senate—as well as one of its most charismatic members. He would also be the first Muslim senator in US history and one of the youngest members of the chamber. (El-Sayed is younger than all but two sitting senators.)

El-Sayed’s victory—along with those of House candidates like Daniel Biss earlier this year in Illinois—is a clear sign to people running for Congress across the country that pro-Israel spending can be successfully resisted. As El-Sayed told my colleague Najib Aminy before the primary, “ If I prove that you can win statewide, taking on AIPAC and winning, that is catastrophic because of what it says about the future of the party. It is existential to oppose it. I think this race is going to change a lot of minds, and it’s going to scramble a lot of expectations.”

On the campaign trail, El-Sayed was highly effective at depicting AIPAC and the corporations spending against him as villains trying to buy the Senate race. He returned to that theme repeatedly in ads, speeches, and his campaign’s call and response slogan: “Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.” The tens of millions of dollars in television ads super PACs spent against him presumably cost him the support of some voters, but it also gave him one of his most powerful talking points.

In Illinois this March, AIPAC-backed groups spent about $7 million trying to defeat Biss, the mayor of Evanston. (Biss, who is Jewish, is the descendant of Holocaust survivors and has noted that some of his relatives live in Israel.) Like El-Sayed, Biss capitalized on the spending by AIPAC, which has supported many election deniers and Trump supporters. He won narrowly, while Kat Abughazaleh—who is further left than Biss—came in second. (Abughazaleh is a former Mother Jones contributor.) AIPAC’s pick, Laura Fine, came in third with only 20 percent of the vote. After he won, Biss wrote an op-ed for The Nation under the headline: “I Was AIPAC’s Number 1 Target—and I Beat Them. Here’s How to Do It.”

Still, AIPAC has not yet suffered a total defeat in Michigan. Two-thirds of the money UDP spent in the primary went to attacking El-Sayed—who it misleadingly accused in one ad of “sexist attacks” against women—rather than promoting Stevens. That spending, along with whatever UDP and its allies may put in for the general election, could make it easier for Rogers to defeat El-Sayed in November. If that happens, AIPAC will almost certainly try to take some of the credit.

But for now El-Sayed can claim victory. In his Wednesday speech, El-Sayed pointed out that he and his supporters had taken on a “machine” and record-breaking outside spending. “You’re not supposed to be able to beat that,” he said. “What we showed is that the power of our many is greater than the power of their money.”

Stevens sent her own supporters home on an optimistic note Wednesday morning: “I’m feeling good about this race.”

Democrats across the state had already set their focus on uniting their deeply fractured party ahead of another likely bruising contest in the general election.

Andrew Howard and Will Steakin contributed to this report.

ATTACHMENT THIRTY FOUR – FROM AP TAKEAWAYS

TRUMP TALKS UP THE ECONOMY AT A LAS VEGAS CASINO

As he often does, President Donald Trump predicted that oil prices will fall once the war in Iran is over – something he has been saying for weeks, but which has yet to fully come to fruition.

Edited By LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA, MICHAEL WARREN, AMY SHAFER and LISA MARIE PANE Updated 7:49 PM EDT, August 5, 2026

Today’s live updates have ended. Read what you missed below and find more coverage at apnews.com.

Here’s what we’re following:

Ahead of November’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump is making a rare appearance in Nevada on Wednesday to sell voters on his handling of the economy against a backdrop of high interest rates, a national housing shortage and gasoline made more expensive by the Iran war.

Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, defeating U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in a massive victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state. The real test will now come in a November matchup against Republican Mike Rogers for the seat, which is pivotal to Democrats’ chances of flipping the Senate.

· The AP declared El-Sayed the winner after confirming Wednesday morning that there were simply not enough votes left to count that would allow Stevens to catch up. El-Sayed’s victory was so narrow that his victory wasn’t assured until almost all statewide ballots were counted. At the time AP declared him the winner, El-Sayed led Stevens by 14,893 votes — a margin of just under 1 percentage point — out of more than 1.5 million ballots counted. See full results.

7:49 PM EDT

Vance says Trump suggested he take parental leave — for one day

By MICHELLE L. PRICE

Vice President JD Vance said in an interview that aired Wednesday on Fox News Channel that Trump called him last month the day his newest son was born and suggested he take some time off.

“And I said, ‘Well, Mr. President, I’ve got a meeting with you tomorrow.’ And he said, ‘Yeah, take some time off. Like today,” Vance said with a laugh.

7:11 PM EDT

Celebrities make appearances at Trump’s Vegas speech

By JESSICA HILL

Retired boxing champ Mike Tyson made an appearance at Trump’s speech, sitting with Rick Harrison of television show “Pawn Stars” and Gov. Joe Lombardo.

Trump gave a shout out to Tyson from the stage, saying he saw his Broadway show called “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth.”

“I’ve seen a lot of Broadway shows, and he was fantastic,” Trump said.

6:37 PM EDT

Trump revives little-mentioned health care plan

By MICHELLE L. PRICE

The president toward the end of his remarks in Las Vegas said that with the help of a Republican-controlled Congress, “We will pass the Great Healthcare Plan. It’s called the Great Healthcare Plan.”

Trump announced the outlines of the plan in January, but he has spent little time speaking about it since then.

The centerpiece of his proposal is to send money directly to Americans for health savings accounts to pay for insurance and health costs.

6:33 PM EDT

Trump says ‘we may have to’ send oil prices higher

By WILL WEISSERT

As he often does, the president predicted that oil prices will fall once the war in Iran is over – something he has been saying for weeks, but which has yet to fully come to fruition.

Trump, however, added a new wrinkle in his Las Vegas speech. He noted that the price of oil has stabilized somewhat recently, “And we may have to send it up again.”

“We may have to — you know what happens when we send it up. But we hope we don’t have to,” the president said.

He didn’t clarify what he meant by that. But oil prices have typically risen as the war in Iran continues — despite Trump’s repeated assurances that the conflict will soon be over.

6:14 PM EDT

Trump jogs to stop toddler from running off stage

By MICHELLE L. PRICE

The president invited up a Las Vegas couple who work as a police officer and casino waitress, along with their two very young children, to talk about the tax breaks on overtime and tips in Trump’s sweeping legislation signed last year.

As Trump stepped aside to let them speak, their young toddler began quickly wandering off toward the edge of the stage.

Trump quickly moved to intercept the youngster, and then cracked a joke about his predecessor Joe Biden that was not quite audible.

6:08 PM EDT

Schumer says he spoke with El-Sayed

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he’s spoken with Abdul El-Sayed after the Democrat won his party’s nomination for Senate in Michigan.

El-Sayed defeated Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens, who Schumer had backed, and ran on an anti-establishment platform.

In an interview after the call, Schumer said that El-Sayed “is a very good candidate” and that Michigan is a “very important path” to winning the Senate.

“He’s brought in some real strengths” and new voters, Schumer said.

“We’re going to work together and our mission is of course to win Michigan and take back the Senate,” Schumer said.

6:00 PM EDT

Trump says he’d ‘like to fire’ Supreme Court justices appointed by Democrats

By WILL WEISSERT

The president complained that the high court’s “Republican judges, or justices, don’t stick together.”

He said that the court’s three liberal judges “never veer” and that “I respect that.”

But Trump added, “It’s too bad they’re on” the court, and that “a couple of them just don’t belong.”

“I’d like to fire them,” Trump said, before suggesting that he was simply responding to Democratic calls to add justices to the court as a way of offsetting the three conservative judges Trump himself appointed.

5:53 PM EDT

Trump lashes out at Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee

By AAMER MADHANI

The president called Abdul El-Sayed a communist and predicted that the Democrat would lose to Republican nominee Mike Rogers, a former congressman, in November’s general election.

Trump made particularly charged comments about El-Sayed’s views on Israel. The Democrat has called for ending U.S. military aid to Israel.

“He doesn’t love Jewish people. He hates them,” Trump said. “He hates them with a passion that burns in his heart and there’s not a fricking thing he can do about it.”

El-Sayed, who would be the first Muslim senator, has rejected accusations of antisemitism.

“My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment to the safety of my own daughters,” he said Wednesday morning.

5:48 PM EDT

Trump again insists that his White House ballroom is a ‘military complex’

By WILL WEISSERT

The president told the Las Vegas crowd, “I’m building this big military complex” and that it includes “a lot of different things, and some of the things I can’t even talk about.”

Later, though, he said the project will still be a ballroom.

Trump originally said the ballroom that he demolished the White House’s East Wing to build would be paid for himself and some friendly donors. But costs have ballooned and Senate Republicans eventually tried to advance $1 billion in funding for White House security and military improvements as part of the new complex.

That proposal has since stalled. But Trump continues to say the ballroom will have strategic value, saying it will include things like drone ports.

5:44 PM EDT

After insulting Canadians, Trump promotes a mining project in Nevada by a Canadian firm

By MICHELLE L. PRICE

Trump in his speech brought up the development of one of the world’s largest lithium mines in northern America, the Thacker Pass project.

The U.S. government last year announced it was taking a minority stake in Vancouver-based Lithium Americas, which is jointly developing the mine with General Motors. The U.S. also took a 5% stake in the mine itself.

Trump told the crowd in Las Vegas, more than 500 miles away on the other end of the state, that “Many people in this audience are going to be working there, and you are working there.”

He didn’t mention that the U.S. government was taking a stake in the project, but shortly after that in his speech, he began warning about the dangers of communism.

5:41 PM EDT

Trump says US exports are ‘totally on fire in a positive way’

By JOSHUA BOAK

The president is trying to convince Americans that his policies have led the rest of the world to buy American goods, but his claims lack context.

“Just yesterday, it was announced that American exports are totally on fire in a positive way,” Trump said. “They’ve skyrocketed exports to the highest level in American history.”

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Tuesday that American exports in June fell 0.9% to $314.7 billion. On a three-month moving average, exports are also down.

However, exports have increased 11.7% so far this year, largely because of increased exports of gold, oil and other energy products. Energy prices have increased this year because of the Iran war.

5:38 PM EDT

Trump at start of Nevada address honors fallen Las Vegas police officer

By AAMER MADHANI

Officer Austin Abdelnabi, 30, a U.S. Marine veteran, was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday while responding to a report of a person with a gun acting erratically and waving a firearm in the air at a business, according to police.

“Austin died a hero, and he will never be forgotten, never going to be forgotten,” Trump said. “So to every law enforcement officer here today, we thank you for your service. And we say, God bless the men and women of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. And frankly, all of law enforcement.”

Trump’s comments came after a man in the crowd loudly booed Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo when he referenced Abdelnabi before the president took the stage.

“No. We’re not booing him. He’s the officer that passed away here recently,” Lombardo replied.

5:31 PM EDT

Trump insults Canadians as he takes the stage in Las Vegas

By MICHELLE L. PRICE

Trump was expounding on the tariffs he’s imposed that’s touched off a contentious trade war with Canada and told the crowd that, “Canada’s nasty. They are. They’re nasty.”

“I love the people, but they’re nasty,” Trump added.

Las Vegas’ tourism-dependent economy has been hit by a slump in visits from tourists and the city’s mayor has said visits from Canada — Nevada’s largest international market — has dried up in the wake of Trump’s trade policies and insults to its northern neighbor.

5:00 PM EDT

Nevada governor urges Republicans to vote in November’s election

By JESSICA HILL

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo faces Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in what is considered one of the most competitive governor’s races in the country.

“You have a choice to get up off the couch,” he told a crowd of hundreds waiting to hear Trump speak. “You have a choice to walk to the ballot and cast your vote.”

Nevada residents also have an opportunity to vote for a state ballot initiative on voter ID in November, he said. It passed by a significant margin in 2024 but needs a second vote to take effect.

Lombardo highlighted his partnership with Trump, the first Republican presidential candidate to win the Silver State in 20 years. He said a federal decision had threatened Nevada’s solar industry, so he spoke to Trump about it and Trump fixed it.

“He’s always taken my phone call,” the governor said.

3:56 PM EDT

Trump will be talking about the economy at a Las Vegas casino

By JESSICA HILL

Hundreds of people waited in a long line wrapped around slot machines at the Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa to get in to see the president.

Tom Port, a professional driver, said he is saving money with Trump’s move to cut tax from tips.

“That’s about the best thing he could have possibly done for me, considering a large portion of my income comes directly from tips,” said Port, 36.

Terilyn Taylor, 60, a teacher in Las Vegas, said she likes Trump, but also thinks home prices, interest rates and gas prices are too high.

“I don’t think it’s all Trump’s fault,” she said. But she would like to see the Iran war end.

“I thought the gas prices would be temporary, so I’m really ready for the Iran thing to be resolved,” she said.

3:34 PM EDT

Temporary status officially ends for 350,000 Haitians

By GISELA SALOMON

U.S. District judge Ana Reyes on Wednesday was forced to lift her stay that had blocked the Trump administration from terminate Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Haitians who had been living and working legally in the United States since 2010.

She issued the order after a Supreme Court ruling on June 25 that sided with the administration’s decision to end the program.

As part of its crackdown on immigration, the Trump administration terminated TPS for about 1 million people from more than a dozen countries, including Haitians.

“As a result of today’s order implementing the Supreme Court’s decision, Haitian TPS holders — all of them noncriminals — can no longer legally work, and many are subject to removal to Haiti,” Geoff Pipoly, the lead counsel for the Haitians, said.

3:13 PM EDT

Brazil’s president calls the Trump administration’s decision to revoke ambassador’s visa ‘irresponsible’

By ELÉONORE HUGHES

The United States’ decision followed Brazil’s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit ahead of upcoming elections as well as what the U.S. said was Brazil’s stalling on approving Trump’s nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia.

While Brazil’s ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti is not being expelled from the United States, if she leaves she would have to reapply for a visa,
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in an interview Wednesday.

“I think it’s an irresponsible, ill-considered course of action for a country with 203 years of diplomacy and diplomatic relations,” Lula said.

3:08 PM EDT

Plane took off as Trump’s helicopter approached Reagan airport

By GARY FIELDS, JOSH FUNK

The FAA is investigating because it appears to be a violation of safety procedures put in place after last year’s midair collision between an airliner and an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

A commercial jet took off Tuesday from the busy Washington, D.C., airport at the same time that Marine One left the White House for Andrews Air Force Base with the president aboard. The jet was climbing above Marine One as the helicopter approached, so the two aircraft were not on a collision course.

After a January 2025 collision that killed 67 people, the FAA decided all takeoffs and landings at Reagan would be halted anytime a helicopter passes by the airport.

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2:06 PM EDT

Sanders dismisses concerns about El-Sayed’s electability

By MATT BROWN

Asked about progressive Abdul El-Sayed’s ability to turn out core Democratic constituencies including Black and Jewish voters, Sanders said that El-Sayed’s economic message had broad appeal.

“I think his economic message will resonate across Democratic constituencies, and I think there’ll be working-class Republicans who will support that,” Sanders told reporters.

He argued that El-Sayed “has the capability of expanding the voter turnout universe, and much many of those new voters will be voting for him.”

Sanders dismissed concerns that El-Sayed’s criticism of Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza will alienate Jewish voters.

“To be critical of the right-wing extremist government of Netanyahu and his horrific policies in Gaza does not make you antisemitic,” said Sanders, who is Jewish.

2:02 PM EDT

Bernie Sanders praises El-Sayed’s primary win as historic sign of ‘unstoppable’ change for Democrats

By MATT BROWN

“Abdul’s victory was, in my opinion, the most extraordinary victory that I can think of in modern American politics,” said Vermont independent Sen. Sanders during a call with reporters.

Sanders also congratulated two progressive candidates who won U.S. House primaries in the state and commended Rep. Haley Stevens for conceding a “tough” race.

Sanders said El-Sayed “took on” the Democratic establishment and outside spending from groups such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. He said the result was a sign of further change.

“The new Democratic Party is going to be broad-based. It’s going to be open and encouraging the participation of working-class people, of young people, of lower-income people. Democracy is messy, and I’m not going to sit here and tell you that everything is going to go 100% smoothly and there’s not going to be differences of opinion. That’s called democracy. I happen to believe in that. But that is the direction in which we are heading, and I think that is unstoppable.”

1:27 PM EDT

Democratic turnout in Michigan primary one of the highest in state history

By ROBERT YOON

The Democratic U.S. Senate contest in Michigan has surpassed turnout for previous Senate and gubernatorial primaries and almost every presidential primary going back to at least 1978, according to Michigan Secretary of State records.

As of noon ET Wednesday, a total of 1,528,280 votes had been counted. The total could end up being higher as ballots continue to be processed.

But it already surpasses the roughly 1,181,000 votes counted in the 2020 U.S. Senate Democratic primary, and the approximately 1,131,000 votes counted in the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary.

The 2026 turnout total so far trails the nearly 1,588,000 votes counted in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. About 1,117,000 votes were counted in the 2024 Republican presidential primary.

12:38 PM EDT

North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards quits reelection bid after committee finds inappropriate conduct

By GARY FIELDS

The House Ethics Committee recommended the Republican be censured for unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his office. Edwards denied intending any of his conduct to be a sexual or romantic advance, but the committee said his behavior would “lead a reasonable observer to interpret it as such.”

State law requires Edwards to submit his Wednesday withdrawal in writing to the state Board of Elections before ballots are mailed to overseas voters and the military. Since the primaries were months ago, the Republican executive committee in his district will name a replacement.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is already juggling other disruptions as he tries to retain the GOP House majority, including in Ohio where Rep. Max Miller is under pressure to resign over his own ethics investigation.

The seat Edwards will be vacating includes progressive Asheville, and farmer Jamie Ager, the Democratic nominee, is hoping to flip it.

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12:19 PM EDT

US removes Fly Baghdad from sanctions list

By FATIMA HUSSEIN

The U.S. removed sanctions on three Iran-linked companies, including Fly Baghdad Airlines, which was sanctioned in January 2024 for allegedly providing assistance to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian proxy groups in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. Also removed from the sanctions is Fly Baghdad’s CEO and two aircraft.

In addition to lifting sanctions on Fly Baghdad, the U.S. on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Iraq Express and another Fly Baghdad-linked company. A Treasury official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview the sanctions said the decision to remove Fly Baghdad from the designations list was not indicative of any shift in U.S. policy toward Iran’s government.

11:43 AM EDT

El-Sayed said he condemns antisemitism, wants to address ‘everybody’s pain’

By JACQUELINE GANUN

El-Sayed said he wants to unify people rather than divide them, and that people should focus on ending wars and corporate influence in politics. He has previously faced criticism for calling Israel’s military campaign in Gaza a “genocide.”

El-Sayed said “we can be talking about everybody’s pain.”

“My commitment to Jewish safety is the same as I’ve got a commitment to my own kids,” he added. “That’s the highest commitment I can offer.”

11:42 AM EDT

Peters says El-Sayed needs to reach out to people to unify Democrats

By MIKE CATALINI

Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, whose retirement led to the primary that Abdul El-Sayed won, said Wednesday that the new nominee needs to start reaching out to “folks” to unify the party.

“I’m sure he will, and that it has to start immediately, which, he assured me will happen,” Peters said.

Peters had little to say about El-Sayed’s views on Israel and whether his win marks a shift for the Democratic Party. El-Sayed has criticized Israel’s conduct in Gaza as well as pro-Israel campaign spending to defeat him in the primary.

“He campaigned on that issue, and the results speak for themselves,” Peters said.

11:29 AM EDT

Rogers calls El-Sayed an ‘extremist’ who represents ‘complete insanity’

By MEG KINNARD

The Republican Senate nominee posted a lengthy statement on social media Wednesday, saying his general election opponent “is leading a movement grounded in ideological fanaticism.”

Rogers also swiped at El-Sayed for stumping with popular but controversial streamer Hasan Piker, who has said “America deserved 9/11.”

Rogers said he never imagined he’d face an opponent with that view, ascribing the comment to the candidate, not the online personality.

His own campaign, Rogers said, is based on the notion that “Michigan has a future built on common sense.”

11:27 AM EDT

AIPAC says it’s committed to defeating El-Sayed in November

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which spent roughly $30 million in a failed effort to defeat El-Sayed in the Democratic primary, says it’s committed to opposing him in the general election.

“Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November,” the group’s statement said.

El-Sayed responded on Wednesday: “You want more pain?”

The son of Egyptian immigrants made AIPAC and the tens of millions of dollars it spent to support Rep. Haley Stevens a centerpiece of his primary campaign. He has called Israel’s military campaign in Gaza a “genocide,” described the Israeli government as “evil,” and argued that AIPAC’s influence distorts Democratic politics.

11:20 AM EDT

Thune calls race between Rogers and El-Sayed ‘a great contrast’

By MEG KINNARD, MARY CLARE JALONICK

On Capitol Hill on Wednesday, the Senate Republican leader called the GOP nominee “a great candidate, very experienced” who is “running a terrific campaign.”

Thune spoke as El-Sayed addressed supporters at a victory news conference in Michigan and issued a five-debate challenge to Rogers.

Thune called the Democratic nominee “the extreme radical choice,” and said Democrats are “going to have to accept those positions that he has been advocating for in a general election setting, which I think puts us in a pretty good spot.”

11:19 AM EDT

GOP Senate super PAC ad labels El-Sayed ‘dangerously radical’

By MEG KINNARD

That’s the theme of a new commercial out Wednesday from the Senate Leadership Fund, the principal super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

The ad features video clips of El-Sayed “in his own words,” calling himself “dangerous” and vowing that, “under my leadership, our state will not expend a dime enforcing federal immigration policy.”

The group says it’s spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to air the ad.

11:17 AM EDT

El-Sayed talks affordability, hammers Mike Rogers as beholden to Trump

By JACQUELINE GANUN

El-Sayed focused on affordability and healthcare in his speech, inviting people who voted for Trump in 2024 to “join this movement now.”

He positioned himself as the candidate who will stand up to Trump, in contrast to Rogers, who El-Sayed said went to Florida “so he could lick every single boot Donald Trump owns.”

11:14 AM EDT

El-Sayed challenges Rogers to 5 general election debates

By MEG KINNARD

“I know you’re gonna say no because you’re a coward,” El-Sayed, addressing his Republican opponent directly.

“Five debates, all right? If you’re willing to stand with me and have a conversation, you and I both know that you will wither in front of your own crimes.”

11:06 AM EDT

El-Sayed quotes boxing legend while speaking to supporters

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI

“In the words of Muhammad Ali, we shook up the world,” El-Sayed told supporters.

El-Sayed was heavily outspent in his primary campaign, and his candidacy was opposed by the Democratic establishment.

11:02 AM EDT

JD Vance quips about future ‘President El-Sayed’

By WILL WEISSERT

The vice president was addressing a roundtable focused on combating fraud, and making the point that the work of a task force he’s leading needs congressional approval to prevent its results from evaporating once the Trump administration is over.

“God forbid you’re going to have President El-Sayed in a few years,” Vance said, referencing Abdul El-Sayed, who clinched Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary just moments prior to his remarks.

“We don’t want him to undo all the incredible work that we’ve been doing,” Vance said.

10:55 AM EDT

Michigan Democrats rally around El-Sayed

By JACQUELINE GANUN, JOEY CAPPELLETTI

Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a news conference at the Spirit of Detroit shortly after winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Curtis Hertel, the chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, urged unity within the party.

“We have got to work together to take this country back,” Hertel said. “I can tell you what we need is a fighter ... Abdul El-Sayed has been a fighter for the people over and over again.”

McMorrow said that “for all of the differences that we may have had in the primary, that those differences pale in comparison to the contrast that we face in November.”

Republicans are counting on rifts inside the Democratic Party, but “this is the start of a celebration of all of us coming together,” McMorrow said.

10:54 AM EDT

Democrats stress unity after difficult primary

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI

Before speaking to supporters on Wednesday morning, El-Sayed spoke to state party chair Curtis Hertel Jr.

El-Sayed was flanked by Mallory McMorrow, the state senator who dropped her own primary campaign earlier this year after failing to gain traction. She announced her support for El-Sayed, and Stevens has as well.

Hertel stressed Democratic enthusiasm as the party looks toward November.

“Yesterday was the highest turnout for Democrats in the history of a primary,” Hertel said.

10:46 AM EDT

Van Hollen says El-Sayed’s win is a ‘wake-up call’ to establishment Democrats

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who backed Abdul El-Sayed, said in an interview that his victory is a “very significant win” and shows that his politics has gained traction with voters.

“This should be a wake-up call to, you know, the Washington Democratic establishment and the Washington insiders in the pundit class,” he said.

Van Hollen stressed how important winning in the fall is for the party. “We need to win Michigan, he can win Michigan,” the senator said, adding that El-Sayed’s “brand of populism can connect with voters across the political spectrum.”

10:14 AM EDT

How Michigan’s counties voted in the Democratic Senate primary

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

10:13 AM EDT

Stevens backs El-Sayed, pledges to support him vs. Mike Rogers

By JACQUELINE GANUN, PAUL SANCYA

Haley Stevens said in a statement Wednesday that she is “proud to offer my support” to Abdul El-Sayed, who won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.

Stevens said it’s important for Democrats to back him so the party can keep the Senate seat and win the chamber in the midterms.

10:02 AM EDT

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, JACQUELINE GANUN, JESSE BEDAYN, JULIA DEMAREE-NIKHINSON

El-Sayed’s defeat of Rep. Haley Stevens is a massive victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state.

The real test of the progressives’ strength will now come in a November matchup against Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman who ran unopposed for the GOP nomination. The seat is pivotal to Democrats’ chances of flipping the Senate and El-Sayed must now unite a divided Democratic base after a bruising primary.

The race remained tight throughout Tuesday night, with a winner not declared until early Wednesday. In his final remarks before the race was called, El-Sayed said “tomorrow we begin to mend fences.”

9:55 AM EDT breaking news updates

JUST IN: Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for US Senate in Michigan

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

9:44 AM EDT

El-Sayed campaign says Stevens conceded in Michigan Senate Democratic primary

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI

Rep. Haley Stevens called Abdul El-Sayed to concede in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan on Wednesday morning, according to El-Sayed’s campaign.

A representative for Stevens’ campaign did not return a request for comment. The Associated Press has not yet called the race.

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