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Darline Graham led South Carolina's 10-candidate special Senate primary with 33 percent and will meet Ralph Norman in an Aug. 25 runoff. In Minnesota, state House Speaker Lisa Demuth beat Trump-endorsed Mike Lindell for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
House Republicans, led by NRCC Chair Richard Hudson, are demanding the Senate move the $95 billion reconciliation package before November as Majority Leader John Thune holds it back. Meanwhile, Michigan's Democratic Senate primary is fracturing the party between Sanders-wing progressive Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens — with Republican Mike Rogers waiting in November.
Trump-endorsed Rep. Andy Biggs captured the Republican nomination for Arizona governor in a landslide as Trump-backed candidates swept the state's primaries. In Washington, the House passed a stopgap funding bill 220-205 to head off a fall shutdown, setting up a Senate rewrite.
Arizona Republicans choose a nominee Tuesday to challenge Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs — a top GOP takeover opportunity — with Trump-endorsed Rep. Andy Biggs facing Rep. David Schweikert. In Washington, Senate conservatives are openly weighing attaching the SAVE America Act to the September government-funding stopgap, daring Democrats to block it.
President Trump used a Thursday-night primetime address to announce the declassification of intelligence documents on election security, alleging China compromised 220 million U.S. voter files, and urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act. Hours earlier, the House Budget Committee advanced the Reconciliation 3.0 blueprint 20-14, clearing the way for up to $95 billion in defense, farm, and election-integrity funding.
President Trump's attorney general pick Todd Blanche and intelligence chief nominee Jay Clayton face Senate confirmation hearings this morning, with Democrats unified in opposition to Blanche. Trump will deliver a primetime address Thursday night focused on elections ahead of November's midterms.
President Trump removed the last members of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission months before the midterms, citing the Supreme Court's Slaughter ruling. U.S. forces struck some 90 targets across Iran for a second straight night after the administration declared the fragile ceasefire over.
Colorado's June 30 primary handed Republicans a clean Senate nominee in Mark Baisley and a tight, uncalled governor's race, while Democratic voters ousted 29-year Rep. Diana DeGette and denied sitting Sen. Michael Bennet the gubernatorial nod. The results underscore a restless Democratic electorate heading into November.
President Trump pressed Senate Republicans to take up the SAVE America Act voter-ID bill at Wednesday's policy lunch as Majority Leader John Thune held the line on the math. Meanwhile, the America 250 celebration kicked off in Washington and new battleground polling reshaped the November map.
South Carolina's 2026 governor runoff pits Pamela Evette against Alan Wilson for the GOP nod today. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
NRSC banked $48.6M and the NRCC $32.2M as Republicans defend six 2026 Senate toss-ups. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
Trump signed a deal ending the war in Iran at Versailles; the Senate cleared the Housing Act 84-8. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
Mike Collins faces Jon Ossoff in Georgia's 2026 Senate race as the GOP holds a cash edge. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
Four days before Georgia's June 16 Senate runoff, Mike Collins and Derek Dooley are locked in a final sprint as President Trump weighs an endorsement that could decide the race. In Alabama, former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson leads Rep. Barry Moore ahead of Tuesday's runoff for Tommy Tuberville's Senate seat.
Sen. Lindsey Graham easily won renomination in South Carolina while Rep. Nancy Mace's bid for governor collapsed without Trump's backing, sending Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette into a runoff. In Maine, Democrats handed Sen. Susan Collins a self-described socialist opponent, while the NRCC posted the best fundraising year in its history.
Republican voters in South Carolina, Maine, Nevada, and North Dakota go to the polls today as Lindsey Graham seeks a fifth term and Democrats fight over who will challenge Susan Collins. Republican committees enter primary season with a commanding fundraising lead over their Democratic counterparts.
Four Senate Republicans joined all Democrats Thursday to kill Trump's voter ID overhaul 48–50, handing the president a sharp legislative rebuke on election reform. As California continues counting ballots placing Republican Steve Hilton on track for the November general election, Republicans in Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina prepare for pivotal primaries and runoffs over the next ten days.
The Senate moved to final passage on the $64 billion Secure America Act Thursday, locking in the largest ICE and CBP funding in history on a 53-46 party-line vote. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Operation Epic Fury has ended and nuclear negotiations with Iran have resumed, even as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and Republican candidates in competitive races are growing uneasy about the war's political durability.
Trump-backed Republicans swept Tuesday's primaries: Rep. Ashley Hinson won Iowa's Senate nomination by 50+ points and Kurt Alme cruised in Montana at 77%, while Steve Hilton leads California's governor race with results still coming in. House GOP leaders canceled the Iran war powers vote for a third time, shielding Trump's military campaign from a congressional rebuke.
Trump-endorsed candidates are favored in six-state primary elections on June 2, 2026, including marquee Senate and gubernatorial races in Iowa, Montana, and California. The House faces a constitutional deadline on the Iran War Powers resolution as Senate Republicans advance reconciliation after dropping the anti-weaponization fund. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.