May 14, 2024, 11:08 PM EDT
Final thoughts from a busy night?
All the races we were tracking tonight have now been projected! What are everyone’s takeaways from the night’s results?
—Nathaniel Rakich, 538
Maryland, West Virginia and Nebraska primaries 2024: Alsobrooks beats Trone
538 tracked over 10 competitive primaries for Senate, House and governor.
By538 and ABC News 
Last Updated: May 14, 2024, 5:59 PM EDT
Tuesday, May 14 was another busy primary day, as voters in three states decided who would be on their general election ballots this fall. In Maryland, Democrats nominated women in two safely Democratic congressional seats, including Angela Alsobrooks, who is poised to become only the third Black woman ever elected to the Senate. In West Virginia and Nebraska, incumbent Republican representatives fended off far-right challengers.
538 reporters and contributors broke down the election results as they came in with live updates, analysis and commentary. Read our full live blog below.
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Here's how the news is developing.
May 14, 2024, 11:01 PM EDT
Coal country was weak for Biden, though
West Virginia actually has a history of casting protest votes against incumbent Democratic presidents in primaries, Irena. For instance, in 2012, Barack Obama beat total rando Keith Judd here just 59 percent to 41 percent. This year, Biden is winning a decent 71 percent of the vote, but he's especially weak in coal country in the southwestern part of the state — for example, winning just 49 percent in Mingo County. But these are no anti-Israel protest votes; coal country is a deeply conservative part of the country that nonetheless still has a lot of registered Democrats. These protest votes, therefore, are protesting the liberal direction that the national party has taken this century.
—Nathaniel Rakich, 538
ByIrena Li
May 14, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT
Jason Palmer is so back
The only presidential primary-related news you should pay attention to tonight is that Jason Palmer, the Democratic winner in American Samoa on Super Tuesday, is on the ballot again today in West Virginia! With 69 percent of the expected vote in, ABC News has projected that Biden will win the Mountain State's Democratic primary, but Palmer is sitting in second place with 12 percent of the vote.
—Irena Li, 538
May 14, 2024, 10:58 PM EDT
Checking in on anti-abortion candidates
With Morrissey's projected win in the Republican gubernatorial primary, the GOP in West Virginia is nominating a slate of anti-abortion candidates. In Maryland's 6th, Parrott's projected win for the Republican nomination means that abortion could be a big issue in the competitive district in November. Maryland voters, like voters nationwide, are supportive of abortion rights, and this fall they'll decide on an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. The projected Democratic primary winner, McClain Delaney, has championed abortion rights in her campaign. In an interview with The Baltimore Sun, Parrott said abortion should be left to the states.
—Monica Potts, 538
