Wyden wins Dem nod for Senate in Oregon
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.