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Pennsylvania Voters Rejected the Political Establishment in Tuesday's Primaries

But the pitched battle for the GOP Senate nomination in the Keystone State is still too close to call.

Reason

John Fetterman wins Democratic Senate primary, with a promise to unite progressives and rural Pa.

PITTSBURGH — John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor whose shorts- and scowl-wearing persona made him something of a political celebrity, has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to the Associated Press.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

It’s officially Charles Booker vs. Rand Paul in the fall for Kentucky’s US Senate seat

WASHINGTON — Charles Booker became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky on Tuesday, setting up his long-shot challenge to Sen. Rand Paul in November.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Fetterman wins Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary, GOP race is too close to call

Pennsylvania has an open Senate seat for the first time in 12 years. While the Democratic race was easily decided, the Republican primary looked like it's headed for a recount.

WEKU

Rep. Ted Budd, former state Chief Justice Cheri Beasley win North Carolina’s Senate primaries

An endorsement by former President Donald Trump and $11 million from a conservative political interest group proved just the ticket for Ted Budd to win Tuesday the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.

Tribune News Service

Budd will face off against Beasley in North Carolina Senate contest, per AP race calls

Rep. Ted Budd, who has former President Donald Trump's endorsement, easily won the North Carolina GOP Senate primary, the AP reports. He will face Democrat Cheri Beasley in November.

WEKU

Midterm updates | Senate hopeful Fetterman getting pacemaker

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the leading contender in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, is getting a pacemaker following last week’s stroke

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2022 midterms: Pennsylvania, North Carolina test Trump’s pull

Trump-favoured candidates are vying for Republican voters’ backing in key US Senate nominations.

Al Jazeera

10 races to watch Tuesday, led by Senate contests in Pennsylvania and North Carolina

Five states hold primaries Tuesday. The top race is in Pennsylvania, where the GOP Senate primary will be another test of Trump's influence, while Democratic voters seem to favor John Fetterman.

WEKU

It’s primary day in five states

Welcome to the Tuesday, May 17, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Trump’s sway gets blurred in 3-way, down-to-wire Senate race

Pennsylvania is at the heart of a dramatic midterm primary election race. On the Republican side there is a former Wall Street executive vying with a celebrity physician and a surging conservative firebrand. Their likely rival is a Democrat recovering from a stroke.

Tribune News Service

Seven Missourian candidates complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since May 1

Below are a selection of responses from the candaidates who filled out Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since May 1. To read each candidate’s full responses, click their name at the bottom of the article.

Ballotpedia

Four candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Arkansas

Four candidates — Jake Bequette, Heath Loftis, Jan Morgan, and incumbent John Boozman — are running in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022, for U.S. Senate in Arkansas. Boozman, Bequette, and Morgan have led in polling and fundraising.

Ballotpedia

Oz, Mastriano extend leads in Pa.'s Republican primaries for US Senate, governor, new Emerson College poll says

In a poll conducted over the weekend of a relatively large sample of very likely Republican primary voters, former President Donald Trump's endorsed candidates for two of the state's biggest races — Dr. Mehmet Oz for U.S. Senate and Doug Mastriano for governor — were leading the pack.

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93 statewide measures certified (so far)

Welcome to the Monday, May 16, Brew.

Reuters

Top Senate Republican meets Zelenskiy, Russia says U.S. involvement dangerous

Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday with other Republican senators and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for talks.

The Independent UK

Primaries spotlight coming battles over state supreme courts

Upcoming primary elections for state supreme court seats in North Carolina and Arkansas are putting the spotlight on how such races across the U.S. have grown in importance in recent years and led to high-dollar, partisan battles for control

Ballotpedia

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 22 (May 12, 2022)

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 22 (May 12, 2022)

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More results from Tuesday’s primaries

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Chicago Sun-Times

Protesters ‘promise to stay in the streets’ after failed Senate effort to codify abortion rights

Chicago protesters continue to demonstrate in the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion potentially overturning Roe v. Wade.

Ballotpedia

Saturday’s Texas turnout – 7.5%

Welcome to the Wednesday, May 11, Brew.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Complaining and whining isn't a winning strategy, as Democrats learn the hard way

It wasn’t so long ago when Missouri was a purple state, up for grabs by whichever party did the best job capturing voters’ imaginations. The state was split down the middle politically as recently as 2000, and even in 2016 Democrats held a U.S. Senate seat and the offices of…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Alex Padilla for US Senate

When Gov. Gavin Newsom named then-California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris’ seat in the U.S. Senate after she was elected vice president, it was the right choice — and not only because it was high time that this state, where 39% of residents are Latino, had…

Tribune News Service

Trump takes the stage in Pa., with mixed review of Dr. Oz

GREENSBURG, Pa. – Former President Donald Trump was welcomed on Friday to western Pennsylvania by buckets of rain.

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