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Primary Elections Sweep Across U.S. States

Updated 2026-08-18 21:10 UTC 1 source Neutral

Voters across multiple states are casting ballots in primary elections for various congressional seats, including Florida's Senate and House races, California's special election to replace Eric Swalwell, Alaska's House race, and Wyoming's open House seat.

Coverage timeline — 10 articles
The Hill
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is leaving the Florida governor's mansion in January, teeing up a fiery battle to succeed the term-limited state executive. Rep. Byron Donalds (R) leads the crowded GOP field and has notched President Trump's coveted endorsement. Democrat David Jolly, meanwhile, dominate
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The Hill
Voters in Alaska are at the polls Tuesday to choose who will duke it out in one of the most closely watched Senate races this cycle. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) is on defense as Democrats look to former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) to flip the seat. To further complicate matters, an Alaska Republican — also...
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The Hill
Alaskans on Tuesday will weigh in on a suite of candidates to replace term-limited Gov. Mike Dunleay (R). Over a dozen candidates, including former state Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich (D) and businessowner Bernadette Wilson (R), have led recent polls. Other contenders include Democrat Jonathan K
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The Hill
Wyoming voters are at the polls Tuesday to select their Republican and Democratic candidates for governor, an open seat with incumbent Gov. Mark Gordon (R-Wyo.) ineligible for another term. The Cowboy State's Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction, Megan Degenfelder, is running with President
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The Hill
Wyoming voters head to the polls on Tuesday to select the Republican and Democratic candidates for the November election to replace retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.). Wyoming's lone member of Congress, Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.), is running to replace Lummis in the reliably-red Cowboy State.
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The Hill
Florida voters are at the polls Tuesday for the special primary election to fill the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Senate term. Republican Sen. Ashley Moody was appointed to the seat in 2025 and is running in a contested GOP primary to finish the final two years of Rubio's term. On t
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The Hill
Florida voters are at the polls Tuesday to select the Democratic and GOP candidates for November's U.S. House races following Florida Republicans redrawing the Sunshine State's congressional districts in hopes of netting up to four additional seats. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) seeking the Florida go
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The Hill
Voters in California's 14th Congressional District, which spans a portion of the Bay Area's Alameda County, will go to the polls on Tuesday for the runoff in the special election to replace former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned from congress in April amid allegations of sexual assault and miscondu
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The Hill
Voters in Alaska are at the polls Tuesday as first-term Rep. Nick Begich (R) looks to defend his seat in November. Indepedent Bill Hill leads the crowded field of primary challengers for the state's at-large seat. Democrat Matt Schultz, an Anchorage pastor, initially led Hill in the polls, but dropp
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The Hill
Wyoming voters head to the polls on Tuesday to pick the Republican and Democratic candidates for the Cowboy State's at-large U.S. House seat. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) is seeking a promotion to the upper chamber and has left Wyoming's lone House seat open, with a large field of Republicans seeki
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