Missouri, Michigan, Washington and Kansas primaries 2024: Cori Bush loses
The fields are set for Michigan's Senate and Missouri's governor contests.
Three months out from the big November election, around a third of all states had yet to hold (non-presidential) primaries. On Tuesday, Democrats and Republicans in Missouri, Michigan, Washington and Kansas went to the polls to pick which candidates will appear on their ballots in the fall.
The electoral fate of a couple endangered House incumbents hung in the balance on this packed primary day. In Missouri, a progressive "Squad" member was defeated by centrist forces, and in Washington, one of only two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump was challenged by not one but two Trump-endorsed opponents from his right.
Meanwhile, both parties locked in their nominees for Michigan’s critical Senate race, and the outcomes of Republican primary contests are likely to determine Missouri’s next governor and attorney general. In battleground House districts, the fields were set for competitive fall contests, while in safe red and blue districts, ideological lines were drawn as candidates duke it out in primaries tantamount to election.
As usual, 538 reporters and contributors broke down the election results as they came in with live updates, analysis and commentary. Check out our full live blog below!
Latest headlines:
- McDonald Rivet projected winner in Michigan's 8th District Democratic primary
- Marlinga secures a rematch in Michigan's 10th
- Hudson projected to win GOP primary in Michigan's 3rd District
- Will Washington's 6th District get a bipartisan matchup or two Democrats in November?
- Baumgartner advances in Washington's 5th District
Another vote drop in St. Louis — this one better for Bell
St. Louis city just reported another batch of votes in the Democratic primary for Missouri's 1st, and unlike the last batch, which went overwhelmingly for Bush, Bell actually won this one. The drop didn't change the districtwide numbers much: Bell leads Bush 55 percent to 42 percent with an estimated 33 percent of the vote counted.
—Nathaniel Rakich, 538
Bailey wins the GOP nomination for Missouri attorney general
The AP has projected that incumbent Andrew Bailey will win the Republican primary for Missouri attorney general. With 32 percent of the estimated vote counted, the race is not close: Bailey leads Will Scharf 65 percent to 35 percent. Although Scharf is one of Trump’s personal attorneys, this was hardly a victory for moderates; both candidates in this race were hard-right culture warriors.
—Nathaniel Rakich, 538
While we're waiting ... how bout them Chiefs?
While results in Missouri slowly trickle in, here's some fun Missouri polling. In a mid-June Emerson/The Hill survey, 63 percent of Missourians said that the Kansas City Chiefs remaining in Missouri (as opposed to moving to Kansas) was "very" or "somewhat" important to them, 46 percent of whom said it was "very" important. The Kansas City Royals don't get quite the same enthusiasm: 58 percent of Missourians think the Royals staying in the state is "very" or "somewhat important", of which 38 percent say it's "very" important to them.
Kansas has been trying to lure both teams over state lines in the coming years, with the Kansas legislature passing a plan to make it happen. What Missourians will be able to do about it, we'll just have to wait and see.
—Mary Radcliffe, 538
The Kansas Legislature loses a conserva-Dem
Daniel Nichanian of Bolts flags that a conservative Democratic legislator who often sided with Republicans has lost his primary tonight.
—Nathaniel Rakich, 538