What Went Down In The June 7 Primaries

In New Jersey, results from the AP show former Wall Street banker Frank Pallotta leading by about 5 points now over Marine veteran Nick De Gregorio in the race to take on Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer. De Gregorio came in as the favorite here, but Pallotta did have Trump’s backing in 2020 when he lost to Gottheimer. Democrats wanted Pallotta again instead of De Gregorio, even sending mailings out to GOP voters ostensibly attacking Pallotta for being too Trumpy, a not-so-subtle attempt to get them to vote for Pallotta.

In another not-so-shocking update, the AP is reporting that Democratic Rep. John Garamendi will advance to the general election in California’s 8th District. His opponent is yet to be declared, but it’ll likely be Republican Rudy Recile.

With a quarter of the expected vote reporting in California’s open 42nd District, Democrat Robert Garcia, the mayor of Long Beach, is ahead with 51 percent of the vote, followed by Republican John Briscoe with 22 percent. Garcia’s highest-profile Democratic opponent, Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia (no relation), is in third place with 13 percent.