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The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino in Washington and Richard Luscombe in Coral Springs, Florida

US election 2024 primaries: intrigue in down-ballot races as Trump-Biden rematch set

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Kevin McCarthy, the former House speaker. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

With a rematch set between Joe Biden and Donald Trump after both candidates crossed the delegate threshold needed to clinch their parties’ presidential nominations, suspense around the next wave of Tuesday primaries shifts to a handful of key down-ballot races.

Five states – Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio – will hold their presidential nominating contests on Tuesday. Trump and Biden are expected to sail to victory, growing their delegate counts in a march toward this summer’s conventions, where they will officially secure their parties’ nomination.

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