Tuesday’s primaries feature a multimillionaire House member and a multimillionaire governor vying for open Senate seats in Maryland and West Virginia, while a multimillionaire Nebraska senator is funding a super PAC to aid a potentially vulnerable House colleague.
Of course, money does not guarantee success, and the clearest example of that is in a North Carolina primary runoff Tuesday in which one of the candidates — after putting more than $4 million of her own money into the race — dropped out and endorsed her opponent.
Below is a rundown of the key races that will be decided.