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Iowa has had open seats for governor and the U.S. Senate in just two of the previous 30 cycles in which both offices have been...

Paxton received the largest support in a Texas U.S. Senate runoff for a second place primary finisher

Four-term incumbent Jo...

A record number of Republicans are vying for their party’s U.S. Senate nomination this cycle

Although the race to replace se...

For just the second time in state history, the Democratic and Republican nominees are running unopposed in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial primaries with Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro and GOP state Treasurer Stacy Garrity advancing to the general election on Tuesday. The only other cycle in which neither party held a contested primary for the office was in 2006 when Democrati...

In Nebraska’s Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, incumbent Jim Pillen cruised to a 66.2-point victory in a five-candidate field as he seeks a second term this November. Pillen’s victory marked the 19th successful renomination bid by a sitting Nebraska GOP governor out of 19 attempts dating back to the state’s first primary in 1908 when Republican Governor George She...