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Jeff Singer
Polls start closing for tonight's primaries in about 40 mins in South Carolina. We've got previews of every key race—around 20 in all—in all four states that are on the docket:
Get up to speed on *every* major primary taking place tonight in California, New Jersey, Iowa, South Dakota, New Mexico *and* Montana with our one-of-a-kind preview!
I posted a legal theory on Bluesky on Friday night and by the end of the weekend, Hakeem Jeffries was talking about it with Virginia Democrats.
Not sure anything I've ever written aged as badly as what I said when Ken Paxton was indicted for securities fraud in 2015: "Paxton is refusing to step down so far, but it’s hard for a state’s top law enforcement official to continue serving when he’s accused of breaking his own state’s laws."
Or as stephenwolf.bsky.social has demonstrated, Democrats can counter Republican gerrymandering AND respect the VRA. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...
A frustrating false choice. As we've shown—with actual maps!—Democrats can target many Republican seats while respecting the VRA, even if SCOTUS no longer does. www.the-downballot.com/p/how-democr...
Sen. John Cornyn is the heavy underdog vs. Ken Paxton in tonight's GOP primary runoff, and there's far more to watch in Texas.
A Dem congressman *will* lose in Houston, GOP meddles to boost toxic candidate in Dem race, a notorious far-right extremist could win another key primary ... and much more.
Grab a jumbo iced tea and settle in with our behemoth preview of *all* of Tuesday's top primaries, featuring more than 30 races across half a dozen states.
We've got everything from #CAGov to #MTSen to #IA02 and even New Mexico's land commissioner!
We've previewed the key races to watch tonight from coast to coast.
They include, but are *not* limited to: A closely watched primary for the nation's most Democratic House seat; key primaries for governor in Georgia and Oregon, and a pair of general elections for the Georgia Supreme Court.
A must-read new piece from @stephenwolf.bsky.social: How Democrats can counter Republican gerrymandering while still respecting the Voting Rights Act.
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Quinn Yeargain
We preview a Texas-sized election night across the Lone Star State
We preview more than 30 races across the country, from California to New Jersey
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David Nir
It whips ass that people talk about how Bluesky has no influence but there’s also an entire account that the newspaper of record maintains to defend its honor on here
