What Went Down In Elections In Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont And Connecticut

Okay, now that Barnes is officially projected to win (not that anyone was holding their breath), can we talk about what happened with the Democrats in the Wisconsin Senate primary? Less than a month ago, Barnes had three challengers — and now he’s cruised to victory without any opposition after all of the challengers bowed out of the race in late July. How often does this kind of thing happen, where a fractured field suddenly coalesces around a single candidate?

It was over practically before it even began in the Wisconsin Democratic Senate primary. ABC News projects that Mandela Barnes, the state’s lieutenant governor, will win the Democratic nomination to take on Sen. Ron Johnson. All of Barnes’s major opponents dropped out and endorsed him in the final weeks of the race.

Yeah, I agree that the Dobbs ruling shakes things up. Abortion is interesting because it’s an issue where voters have a clearer understand of which party represents what, and can connect those dots in the voting booth. It’s not murky. If the issue stays salient through November, and I think it will, I think Democrats stand to benefit.