Maryland, West Virginia and Nebraska primaries 2024: Alsobrooks beats Trone, GOP incumbents survive
538 tracked over 10 competitive primaries for Senate, House and governor.
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.
Latest headlines:
Knives out for Hogan
That was quick. Just minutes after Hogan was projected the victor in the Republican primary, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is out with a new digital ad, using his own words against him — spotlighting Hogan calling himself a "lifelong Republican" (a not-so-veiled attempt to paint him as anything but moderate).
Democrats know the balance of the Senate is at stake here. They seem to be wasting no time reminding everyone else.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News
Polls are now closed in Nebraska
It's 8 p.m. Central, and the polls are now closed in the final state we're watching tonight: Nebraska.
—Nathaniel Rakich, 538
Johnny O is no Johnny-come-lately
He may be new on the national scene, but us Marylanders have been watching Johnny O's career with great interest for nearly two decades. He got to the state house in 2006 at just 24 years old and has been pegged as a rising star ever since then. At just 41, he's young enough to be a credible Senate or gubernatorial candidate down the line.
—Jacob Rubashkin, Inside Elections
Johnny O's lead is Johnny whoa
Not only did Olszewski win, Elliott, but he is blowing the competition out of the water with 82 percent of the vote (with 30 percent of the expected vote reporting). I can't remember ever seeing a non-incumbent doing that well in a primary.
—Nathaniel Rakich, 538
Blankenship <3 Mingo County
Nathaniel, in 2018 Blankenship won just four counties in the GOP primary. One of them was Mingo County, on the state's southern edge and Blankenship's home base. He won it with 45 percent of the vote in 2018, and in 2024 it's the only county he's carrying so far, with about 52 percent of the vote. Mingo was once staunchly Democratic but has zoomed rightward, as has most of the state. In 2004, John Kerry carried over George W. Bush by 13 percent. In 2020, Biden only won 13 percent of the vote!
—Jacob Rubashkin, Inside Elections