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Maryland, Nebraska, West Virginia Unveil Key Main Outcomes

by Nathan L. Gonzales
Could 15, 2024 · 12:30 PM EDT

Three small-ish states hosted greater than a handful of consequential primaries. Leads to Maryland, Nebraska, and West Virginia both clarified key normal election contests or provided nominations to candidates who will doubtless be coming to Congress subsequent yr as a result of they’re working in strong states and districts.

Maryland. Senate. Open; Ben Cardin (D) not in search of re-election. Biden 65%. Prince George’s County Govt Angela Alsobrooks defeated Rep. David Trone 54-42 p.c within the Democratic major, with 66 p.c of the estimated vote counted. Alsobrooks margin of victory is gorgeous contemplating Trone spent greater than $61 million of his personal cash on his bid. However Alsobrooks had a bevy of endorsements and a profile that matches what Democratic major voters have been in search of in current cycles. Now Alsobrooks and Democrats have work to do towards well-liked former Gov. Larry Hogan within the normal election. Alsobrooks doesn’t have the non-public wealth that Trone would have dropped at the desk, however she ought to be capable to domesticate a nationwide fundraising community. If elected, she and Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester can be the primary two Black ladies to serve within the Senate on the identical time. Seemingly Democratic.  

2nd District (Northern Baltimore suburbs) Open; Dutch Ruppersberger, D, not in search of re-election. Biden 59%. Former state delegate/Baltimore County Govt Johnny Olszewski simply gained the Democratic major and will probably be a member of Congress subsequent yr from a district Biden gained by 20 factors in 2020. Stable Democratic.

third District (Baltimore suburbs in Howard and Anne Arundel counties) Open; John Sarbanes, D, not in search of re-election. Biden 62%. State Sen. Sarah Elfreth completed forward of former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn in a really aggressive and costly Democratic major. Dunn, who was on the capitol through the Jan. 6 rebellion, used his nationwide profile to boost hundreds of thousands of {dollars}, however Elfreth prevailed with assist from pro-Israel group UDP. She’ll doubtless be a member of Congress subsequent yr. Stable Democratic. 

sixth District (Western Maryland and northwestern D.C. exurbs) Open; David Trone, D, working for Senate. Biden 54%. April McClain-Delaney, a former Biden administration official and the spouse of former sixth District Rep. John Delaney, gained the Democratic major and is the heavy favourite in November. She’ll face former state Delegate Neil Parrott, who’s the GOP nominee for the third consecutive cycle. He acquired 45 p.c (2022) and 39 p.c (2020) towards Trone the final two occasions. Seemingly Democratic. 

Nebraska.Senate. Deb Fischer (R) elected 2012 (58%), 2018 (58%). Fischer gained the GOP major simply with 80 p.c and faces a probably fascinating normal election. Democrats are usually not fielding a candidate, and are as a substitute lining up behind an unbiased contender, Dan Osborn. Now a steamfitter, Osborn rose to nationwide prominence because the chief of a strike at a Kellogg’s manufacturing unit in 2021 and was inspired by labor unions within the state to problem Fischer. Osborn is hoping to run an anti-establishment marketing campaign that may peel off shut to twenty p.c of Trump supporters from the Republican. However he’ll must take care of assaults that he’s a secret Democrat (he’s a former Democrat who voted for Biden and whose marketing campaign staff is basically Democratic operatives). Democrats are but to efficiently execute the technique of working an unbiased in a pink state — Greg Orman in Kansas, Al Gross in Alaska, and Evan McMullin in Utah have all fallen quick over the past decade. Stable Republican.

Nebraska Particular. Pete Ricketts (R) appointed 2023. Ricketts gained the GOP major, 79-15 p.c, towards John Glen Weaver, a retired Air Drive lieutenant colonel who gained 7 p.c within the GOP major for Nebraska’s 1st District in 2022. Weaver has an endorsement from the Nebraska state GOP however didn’t increase a lot cash. Ricketts is a rich, former two-term governor who will defeat Democrat Preston Love, Jr., a professor on the College of Nebraska Omaha, within the normal election. Stable Republican.

2nd District (Higher Omaha space) Don Bacon, R, re-elected 52%. Biden 52%. Bacon gained the GOP major, 62-38 p.c, over monetary salesman Dan Frei, who practically knocked off then-Rep. Lee Terry within the 2014 GOP major. Not like the final three cycles, Democrats didn’t have a aggressive major and state Sen. Tony Vargas would be the nominee as soon as once more. He misplaced to Bacon by 2.6 factors in 2022. The suburban district ought to get loads of consideration for the following 5 months with a aggressive Home race and a single Electoral Faculty vote on the road. Tilt Republican.

West Virginia.Governor. Open; Jim Justice (R) term-limited. State Lawyer Normal Patrick Morrisey  gained a crowded and aggressive GOP major with 33 p.c and is the heavy favourite in November towards Democrat Steve Williams, the mayor of Huntington. Morrisey topped former state Delegate Moore Capito, son of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, at 28 p.c, automotive dealership proprietor  Chris Miller (Rep. Carol Miller’s son) at 20 p.c, and West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner at 16 p.c. Morrisey misplaced to Manchin by 3 factors within the 2018 Senate race and misplaced a major for Congress in New Jersey to Mike Ferguson in 2000. Stable Republican. 

Senate. Open; Joe Manchin (D) not in search of re-election. Gov. Jim Justice gained the GOP major 62-27 p.c over Rep. Alex Mooney and can doubtless be coming to Capitol Hill subsequent yr with Babydog. Justice will face Democrat Glenn Elliott, the mayor of Wheeling, within the normal election, however this must be thought to be a pickup for Republicans, and sufficient to manage the Senate if former President Donald Trump wins the White Home as soon as once more. Stable Republican.

1st District (Central and southern West Virginia) Carol Miller, R, re-elected 67% in 2022. Trump 70%. Regardless of a challenger with a higher-than-usual profile and issues that assaults on her son within the gubernatorial race had been hurting her, Miller prevailed 62-38 p.c within the GOP major. She defeated former state Delegate Derrick Evans, who served time in jail for his involvement within the Jan. 6 rebellion. Miller shouldn’t have any bother in November. Stable Republican. 

2nd District (Japanese and northern West Virginia) Open; Alex Mooney, R, ran for Senate. Trump 68%. State treasurer Riley Moore gained the GOP major by greater than 20 factors and will probably be a member of Congress subsequent yr. He’s the nephew of GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. Stable Republican.