What Went Down In Elections In Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont And Connecticut
Results are coming in fast in Minnesota’s 5th District. With about 56 percent of the expected vote in, Omar barely leads Samuels — 51 percent to 48 percent. Definitely not what I expected given how fellow Squad members performed last week, but Omar seems to be member facing the most formidable challengers, it seems …
Latest count in Minnesota’s 5th District Democratic primary
Results of the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, as of 9:30 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Ilhan Omar* | 28,776 | 51.1% |
| Don Samuels | 26,788 | 47.5 |
| Nate Schluter | 300 | 0.5 |
| AJ Kern | 250 | 0.4 |
| Albert Ross | 236 | 0.4 |
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.