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

Not only is Marlinga on the older side, but he’s also taken some pro-life stances in the past that might come back to haunt him. In the 1990s, when he was a prosecutor, he got a court to bar a 12-year-old incest victim from traveling out to state to get an abortion (to Kansas, which coincidentally kept abortion enshrined in its constitution tonight).

ABC News is projecting that Carl Marlinga has won the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 10th District. Voters often say that they want new blood, but Democrats here opted for the 75-year-old Marlinga over one of his younger female challengers, perhaps because of his long electoral track record in the area. However, Marlinga will have his hands full in November taking on John James in this Republican-leaning district.

We finally have a meaningful number of votes in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 13th District, an open, safely Democratic seat (so this primary is essentially tantamount to election). Self-funding state Rep. Shri Thanedar leads with 31 percent, followed by state Sen. Adam Hollier with 24 percent and nonprofit leader Portia Roberson with 18 percent. This Detroit-based district (or one of its successors) has elected a Black representative ever since 1954, but Thanedar is Indian American.