What Went Down During The May 17 Primary Elections

With 76 percent of the expected vote in, Sandy Smith is still just above the 30 percent threshold she needs to avoid a runoff in North Carolina’s 1st District GOP primary.

Latest count in North Carolina’s 1st District GOP primary

Results of the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, as of 10:38 p.m. Eastern

Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Sandy Smith	13,571	30.7
Sandy Roberson	11,563	26.1
Brent Roberson	6,967	15.7
Billy Strickland	6,020	13.6
Brad Murphy	4,108	9.3
Will Aiken	1,274	2.9
Ernest Reeves	517	1.2
Henry Williams II	248	0.6

If McLeod-Skinner does pull it off in Oregon’s 5th District, Nathaniel, it will be a win for the progressive’s strategy of endorsing against incumbent Democrats who are seen as out-of-step with their district.

ABC News has projected former Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek as the winner of the Beaver State’s Democratic primary for governor. She currently leads by 23 points, 57 percent to 34 percent, over state Treasurer Tobias Read. It remains to be seen who she faces in November in a state where the GOP hasn’t won a gubernatorial election since 1982.