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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.
Gov. Larry Rhoden crushed Toby Doeden 71-29 in South Dakota's first-ever gubernatorial primary runoff, and the Senate advanced the Russia and Iran sanctions bill named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. South Carolina's nine-candidate special Senate primary field is now set for Aug. 11.
The Senate votes at approximately 5:30 p.m. tonight on cloture for Jay Clayton, President Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, kicking off a packed pre-recess sprint. Meanwhile, a New York Times report details a Democratic National Committee in crisis — chairman Ken Martin isolated after a phone-throwing HR complaint, the committee $2 million in debt while the RNC sits on nearly $130 million.
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.
The Senate reconvenes today for its first session since Sen. Lindsey Graham's sudden death Saturday at 71, leaving Republicans with a thinner working margin heading into a crowded pre-midterm agenda. In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster prepares to name an interim successor as an August 11 special primary takes shape and Rep. Nancy Mace moves toward a run.
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.
Rep. Julia Letlow won Louisiana's GOP Senate runoff 57–43 over John Fleming, completing President Trump's revenge against Bill Cassidy and extending Trump's ~98% primary endorsement streak. Letlow will face Democrat Jamie Davis in November for the deep-red seat Republicans are heavily favored to hold.
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.
Attorney General Alan Wilson captured the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial nomination, closing out a runoff President Trump had dual-endorsed. In Texas, a new University of Texas poll shows Ken Paxton edging James Talarico 43%-42% as Republicans defend their Senate majority.
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.
Rep. Mike Collins won Georgia's GOP Senate runoff and will challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November, while Barry Moore (Alabama) and Kevin Hern (Oklahoma) clinched their Senate nominations. In a stunning upset, businessman Rick Jackson defeated Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in Georgia's Republican gubernatorial runoff.
Republican voters head to the polls in three states today as Georgia and Alabama settle their Senate runoffs and Oklahoma holds its primary. President Trump's endorsement winning streak — already 5-for-5 after Texas and Louisiana — is on the line in marquee races for Mike Collins and Barry Moore.
President Trump endorsed Rep. Mike Collins on Sunday in Georgia's Republican Senate runoff, undercutting Gov. Brian Kemp's pick, Derek Dooley, one day before voters decide. Georgia and Alabama both set their GOP Senate nominees in Tuesday's June 16 runoffs.
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.