NPR's Domenico Montanaro looks at what happened Tuesday, the last big primary day of the season. Read on for his takeaways and a roundup of reporting from member stations -- and also check out NPR's full primaries coverage here.
Election Shockwave
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Tuesday was the biggest primary day left on the 2022 midterm calendar – and there were some telling results that could have implications for this fall, most notably the stunning result on abortion rights in Kansas and the bellwether it could represent.
1. Abortion rights supporters get a major boost. It was a double-digit result on the side of abortion rights supporters. Even a close result in ruby red Kansas was going to be seen as an indicator of where the energy is when it comes to abortion. It’s fired up those who are outraged at the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and could help Democrats blunt expected GOP gains in the House and potentially hold the Senate.
3. But Trump and MAGA candidates are going to be tested this fall. Can Trump candidates peddling his election lies and who hold hard-line policy positions win in general elections in swing states? Some of last night’s wins for Trump are shifting the landscape in Democrats’ favor.
4. Democrats potentially face a more powerful Trump if he becomes president. If they do win, though, and Trump runs and wins the presidency again, he will control more levers at the state level, including elections officials in swing states, than he did when he first took office in 2017 or when he left in 2021.
In Kansas, anti-immigration hardliner and one-time Trump ally, Kris Kobach, won the GOP primary for attorney general. Kobach lost the race for governor in 2018, leaving some to worry his nomination could cost Republicans the AG's office in November.
In Michigan, Tudor Dixon won the GOP primary for governor and will face off against incumbent Gretchen Witmer in November. Late last week, Trump endorsed Dixon calling her "a conservative warrior."
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