A jam-packed month of primaries comes to a close today, with voters in Florida, Oklahoma and New York heading to the polls to set key Senate, House and gubernatorial contests for the fall.
After Tuesday, just two more primary days are left on the calendar before November. Below is a guide to help you follow along with the results as they roll in tonight, put together with a major assist from our friends in the CNN Political Unit.
8 p.m. ET: Final polls close in Florida and Oklahoma
In Florida, Democrats will select their nominees to take on a past presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, and a possible future one, Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The more competitive primary is to face DeSantis, featuring Rep. Charlie Crist, who previously served as a Republican governor of the state, and Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who is vying to be the first female governor in the state. Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the final stretch of the primary has largely been centered on the abortion issue.
In the Democratic Senate primary, Rep. Val Demings, once a member of Joe Biden’s vice-presidential shortlist, is the heavy favorite and has already been spending big on TV ads. Both Democratic nominees will start as underdogs against DeSantis and Rubio in a state that has trended red in recent elections.
Oklahoma is hosting several primary runoffs tonight, with the special election for the seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe serving as the main attraction. Rep. Markwayne Mullin and former state House Speaker T.W. Shannon are in a head-to-head battle to become the Republican nominee in the solidly conservative state. Mullin led in the voting from the initial primary election in June, has raised more money than Shannon, and secured former President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
9 p.m. ET: Final polls close in New York
The decennial redistricting process resulted in several contentious Democratic House primaries in New York that will reach their conclusion Tuesday. In the state’s newly drawn 12th District, Reps. Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney — both 30-year veterans of Congress and powerful committee chairs — will face off in a contest that also includes attorney Suraj Patel. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has endorsed Nadler.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who chairs the House Democrats’ campaign committee, caused an uproar when he decided to run in the 17th District under the state’s new map, territory that had largely been represented by Rep. Mondaire Jones, a first-term Black lawmaker. Jones decided to run in the newly open 10th District instead. But Maloney now faces a primary challenge from progressive state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, who was endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Maloney still has the backing of the party establishment, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Jones now faces a crowded field in the Democratic primary in the 10th District, including Dan Goldman, one of the House’s impeachment lawyers in Trump’s first impeachment hearing, and former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, who served on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate investigation.
Finally, a special House election in New York could serve as a useful barometer for the broader political environment 11 weeks out from the general election. Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Marc Molinaro are squaring off in the 19th District — which went for Joe Biden in 2020, Trump in 2016 and Barack Obama in 2012 — to complete the term of former Rep. Antonio Delgado, a Democrat who stepped down to become New York’s lieutenant governor.
If Ryan, who has campaigned heavily on abortion rights, wins the race, it will further bolster Democrats’ confidence they can use the issue to their advantage in battlegrounds across the country.
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