What Went Down During The June 28 Primary Elections

ABC News is reporting that Nikki Budzinski, a former Biden staffer, is projected to with the Democratic primary in Illinois’s 13th District. This is a D+7 district that will likely be competitive in the fall. The GOP primary is way off from being called. With 38 percent of the expected vote in, nonprofit president Regan Deering is leading former federal prosecutor Jesse Reising, 36 percent to 34 percent.

The AP has projected that Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell has defeated Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo in the GOP runoff for Mississippi’s 4th District. Ezell will be almost certain to win in November and become the district’s new congressman.

As some more Election Day votes have come in from Nebraska’s 1st District special election, Republicans have made up some ground. Pansing Brooks, the Democrat, now leads Flood, the Republican, by about 5 points with 42 percent reporting. Most of the outstanding vote is in fairly red rural counties, too.