Georgia, Oregon, Idaho and Kentucky primaries 2024: Tough night for progressives

Though Trump has already clinched the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, many states have yet to vote in their party primary. Political observers have been closely watching Trump's margins in these states for any potential signs of weakness with his base ahead of the general election. While many who vote against Trump in the primary probably weren't going to vote for him in the general election anyway, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the presidential race in March, has routinely been garnering between 15 and 20 percent of the vote in primaries since then, a potential sign of dissatisfaction with Trump among some Republicans.

Whether or not you think that means trouble for Trump in November, he's not having that problem in Kentucky tonight: With 72 percent of the expected vote in, the former president is currently winning 85 percent of the vote, while Haley is at just 6 percent.

—Cooper Burton, 538

Two of the four anti-abortion Republican candidates we've been tracking in Kentucky are projected to win their races, according to The Associated Press. Incumbents Guthrie and Massie prevailed against their challengers, while Edwards lost to incumbent Rogers.

In Georgia, Yu, McCormick, Scott, Clyde, Collins, and Greene were uncontested in their respective districts. In the 11th District Republican primary, Loudermilk is projected to defeat his challenger. With just over half the expected vote reporting, he has 88 percent of the vote.

—Monica Potts, 538

Looking a little further down the ballot in the Peach State, Democrats are hoping they can reclaim the state legislative 56th District in Atlanta. Technically, Democrats won this seat in the last election, but state Rep. Mesha Mainor switched parties last year, after Democrats criticized her conservative stance on issues like school vouchers and policing.

Mainor is running unopposed in the GOP primary tonight, but four candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination, including 23-year-old public school math teacher Bryce Berry, who is currently leading with 55 percent, with half of the expected votes in. Berry has accumulated a decent war chest for a state House race, and has the endorsement of some high profile state Democrats, including House Democratic chairman Bill Mitchell and several local state Reps and state Senators, so it's not a total surprise to see him in the lead. If he wins the nomination tonight, he'll square off against Mainor in the fall to see if the Democrats can prevail despite no longer having the incumbent candidate.

—Kaleigh Rogers, 538

It’s only 8 p.m. Eastern, and yet 40 percent of the statewide vote is reporting in Georgia and we have a pretty good feel for where these races are headed. That could be a good sign for November, when Georgia will obviously be one of the most closely watched states in the nation. A clear winner here early-ish on election night would do a lot to avoid a repeat of 2020, when a winner wasn’t projected until the Saturday after the election. (And yes, I’m still traumatized from that.)

—Nathaniel Rakich, 538