Kansas Upheld Abortion Rights And Other Key Updates From The Aug. 2 Elections

In the Republican primary for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, the AP reports that John James has dispatched his little-known primary foe, 87 percent to 13 percent. James has become a favorite of national Republicans after overperforming Michigan’s baseline partisanship in both the 2018 and 2020 U.S. Senate races, and now he’s probably favored to go to Congress: Michigan’s 10th District became a Republican-leaning seat in this year’s redistricting process, and our model gives him a 68 in 100 chance of winning.

Trends continue to favor Gibbs in Michigan’s 3rd District GOP primary. He leads by 2.7 points now, and with 92 percent of the expected vote reporting, this may be all she wrote for Meijer. Gibbs did well in the election day vote in Kent County (Grand Rapids), which helped him narrow Meijer’s early lead there to almost a 50-50 draw. Meanwhile, Gibbs has a small leads in the other two counties that make up around 25 to 30 percent of the district’s vote.

The AP (but not yet ABC) has called the top-two primary in Washington State for incumbent Democrat Patty Murray, and her top GOP challenger, triage nurse Tiffany Smiley. The two will face off in a head-to-head matchup this fall, and Republicans hope the red wave gets high enough to reach all the way to the Evergreen State.