Texas: Rep. Henry Cuellar (pictured), a moderate counted as the only Democrat in the House who opposes abortion rights, held off a challenge by progressive Jessica Cisneros in the Texas primary runoff for the U.S. House 28th District, 50.2% to 49.8%, Ballotpedia reports.
Minnesota: In primaries for a special election to replace Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), who died in office February 17, Brad Finstad narrowly defeated Jeremy Munson in the GOP primary, MPR News reports, while Jeff Ettinger easily took the Democratic primary. The special general election is August 9, and the winner will have incumbent advantage in the midterms three months hence.
Georgia: Second-term 6th House district Rep. Lucy McBath beat first-term 7th House district Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, 62.6% to 31% in the Democratic primary for the redrawn 7th District. McBath’s Republican opponent in November has not been determined as of Wednesday morning.
Sen. Raphael Warnock, who won a Georgia runoff against David Perdue in January 2021, easily won the Democratic primary to face Republican challenger and Trump ally Herschel Walker in November.
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