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Like the GOP, Democrats are nominating fewer women this cycle compared to 2020, but women are still a substantial share of all their party’s nominees. According to the Center for American Women and Politics, women are 40 percent of House nominees and 33 percent of Senate nominees thus far (in 2020 it was 47 percent and 36 percent, respectively). Tonight, Democratic women have won or are leading in a few races that could be competitive in November. For instance, in Arizona, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs won the gubernatorial primary, and in the 6th District, state Sen. Kirsten Engel is leading Daniel Hernandez. And in Michigan, former Department of Justice Attorney Hillary Scholten will run in the 3rd District.
How Democratic women are doing tonight
Women running for Senate, House and governor and their results in Democratic primaries in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington, as of 11:56 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Office | % Reporting | Vote Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Hobbs | AZ Gov. | 77% | 73.8% | ✓ Won |
| Kirsten Engel | AZ-06 | 94 | 60.6 | Leading |
| Laura Kelly* | KS Gov. | 99 | 93.9 | ✓ Won |
| Sharice Davids* | KS-03 | 2 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Gretchen Whitmer* | MI Gov. | 25 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Hillary Scholten | MI-03 | 37 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Debbie Dingell* | MI-06 | 5 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Elissa Slotkin* | MI-07 | 16 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Huwaida Arraf | MI-10 | 24 | 16.9 | Trailing |
| Rhonda Powell | MI-10 | 24 | 16.8 | Trailing |
| Angela Rogensues | MI-10 | 24 | 15.3 | Trailing |
| Haley Stevens* | MI-11 | 94 | 59.4 | ✓ Won |
| Rashida Tlaib* | MI-12 | 28 | 59.9 | ✓ Won |
| Janice Winfrey | MI-12 | 28 | 23.2 | ✗ Lost |
| Shanelle Jackson | MI-12 | 28 | 5.7 | ✗ Lost |
| Portia Roberson | MI-13 | 7 | 22.9 | Trailing |
| Sherry Gay-Dagnogo | MI-13 | 7 | 5.6 | Trailing |
| Sharon McPhail | MI-13 | 7 | 4.1 | Trailing |
| Lorrie Rutledge | MI-13 | 7 | 0.9 | Trailing |
| Trudy Busch Valentine | MO Sen. | 85 | 43.3 | ✓ Won |
| Carla Coffee Wright | MO Sen. | 85 | 3.9 | ✗ Lost |
| Gena Ross | MO Sen. | 85 | 2.4 | ✗ Lost |
| Cori Bush* | MO-01 | 85 | 69.5 | ✓ Won |
| Trish Gunby | MO-02 | 76 | 85.2 | ✓ Won |
| Bethany Mann | MO-03 | 64 | 62.2 | ✓ Won |
| Maite Salazar | MO-05 | 81 | 14.4 | ✗ Lost |
| Kristen Radaker-Sheafer | MO-07 | 46 | 63.3 | ✓ Won |
| Randi McCallian | MO-08 | 49 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Patty Murray* | WA Sen. | 52 | 54.1 | Leading |
| Suzan DelBene* | WA-01 | 46 | 63.7 | Leading |
| Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | WA-03 | 52 | 31.8 | Leading |
| Natasha Hill | WA-05 | 52 | 30.6 | Trailing |
| Ann Marie Danimus | WA-05 | 52 | 11.3 | Trailing |
| Rebecca Parson | WA-06 | 63 | 8.6 | Trailing |
| Pramila Jayapal* | WA-07 | 49 | 83.9 | Leading |
| Kim Schrier* | WA-08 | 53 | 49.4 | Leading |
| Stephanie Gallardo | WA-09 | 45 | 13.4 | Trailing |
| Marilyn Strickland* | WA-10 | 49 | 56.0 | Leading |
Speaking of extremely down-ballot Arizona races, state House Speaker Rusty Bowers is currently losing his bid for a promotion to the state Senate, 61 percent to 39 percent. Bowers, of course, got national attention recently for testifying in front of the Jan. 6 committee about his resistance of Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In response, Trump endorsed his primary opponent, David Farnsworth.
Speaking of impeachment Republicans, things are still incredibly close in Michigan’s 3rd District GOP primary. Gibbs leads Meijer 51 percent to 49 percent, with 73 percent of the expected vote reporting. Early on, Meijer held a big lead in Kent County (Grand Rapids), which will cast around 70 percent of the vote in this district, but it’s now only barely going for Meijer, 52 percent to 48 percent. The other parts of the district are going pretty big for Gibbs, so the fact that Trump’s endorsee has cut the margin in Kent could be his ticket to victory.