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Wyden wins Dem nod for Senate in Oregon

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SALEM, ORE. >> Incumbent Ron Wyden has won Oregon's Democratic U.S. Senate primary.

The 73-year-old Wyden, who is seeking his fifth full term in the Senate, will be a heavy favorite in the liberal state in November.

Pennsylvan­ia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon held primary elections Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump put his endorsemen­t record on the line in two key Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Pennsylvan­ia and North Carolina. Voters in three states — Pennsylvan­ia, Idaho and Oregon — picked their nominees for governor.

RALEIGH, N.C. >> Firstterm U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn has conceded to North Carolina state Sen. Chuck Edwards in the Republican congressio­nal primary. Luke Ball, a spokespers­on for Cawthorn's campaign, told The Associated Press late Tuesday that Cawthorn had conceded. The AP hasn't called the race.

RALEIGH, N.C. >> LGBTQ activist and local elected official Jasmine Beach-Ferrara has won the Democratic nomination for a congressio­nal seat in far western North Carolina.

HARRISBURG, PA. >> Doug Mastriano has won the Republican nomination for Pennsylvan­ia governor, overcoming an eleventh-hour push by the state's GOP political establishm­ent to consolidat­e support around an alternativ­e in the crowded primary.

FRANKFORT, KY. >> Kentucky state Sen. Morgan McGarvey has won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth.

RALEIGH, N.C. >> State Sen. Valerie Foushee has won the Democratic primary for a central North Carolina U.S. House district held almost continuall­y for 35 years by retiring Rep. David Price.

HARRISBURG, PA. >> Pennsylvan­ia Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has won the state's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate just days after suffering a stroke.

HARRISBURG, PA. >> Pennsylvan­ia Democrats have made their choice for governor official, handing the nomination to secondterm state Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

RALEIGH, N.C. >> U.S. Rep. Ted Budd has won a crowded Republican primary for retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr's seat in North Carolina.

RALEIGH, N.C. >> Cheri Beasley has won the North Carolina Democratic primary in the race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Richard Burr.

FRANKFORT, KY. >> Charles Booker has won the Democratic primary election for the U.S. Senate in his bid to stop a decadeslon­g winning streak by Kentucky Republican­s.

FRANKFORT, KY. >> Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has won his party's nomination in his quest for a third term.

HARRISBURG, PA. >> Pennsylvan­ia Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the leading contender in Tuesday's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, said his pacemaker surgery was successful and he is “on track for a full recovery” after suffering a stroke last week.

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