The GOP’s PA-SEN primary isn’t the only uncalled race from Tuesday’s contests. In Oregon, the Republican primary for governor is still too close to call. Per NBC’s current vote counts, Christine Drazan is leading a crowded field with 23.5 percent of the vote. Right behind her are Bob Tiernan with 18.4 percent and Stan Pulliam with 10.2 percent. Also in Oregon, NBC News hasn’t called the Dems’ OR-5 race, where challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner leads incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader, 61 percent to 39 percent, though with just 51 percent of the vote counted. And NBC News hasn’t called the Dem primary in PA-12, where progressive Summer Lee is hanging on to a narrow lead over Steve Irwin in that district, 41.7 percent to 41.3 percent – with fewer than 500 votes separating them. (By the way, PA-SEN and PA-12 could head to an automatic recount. The state’s election law requires a recount if the difference between two candidates is 0.5 percent of the vote or less.) Elsewhere on the campaign trail… GA-SEN: Former football star Herschel Walker leads the field in his GOP Senate primary race by 58 points, per a new Fox News poll. PA-SEN: NBC News’ Sahil Kapur examines how Pennsylvania’s Democratic nominee for Senate John Fetterman plans to win the general election in November. GA-GOV: Gov. Brian Kemp leads former Sen. David Perdue by 32 points in a new Fox News poll just days before the primary. And former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is endorsingPerdue’s gubernatorial bid. MD-GOV: Though she supported restrictions on abortion when she served in the state legislature, Republican candidate for Maryland governor Kelly Schultz vows not to change current state laws allowing abortion if she’s elected, the Baltimore Sun reports. NV-GOV: Former Nevada Secretary of State Dean Heller is out with a new ad in his campaign for governor where he talks about teaching his daughters to shoot firearms for self-defense. KS-3: The state Supreme Court green-lit the state’s new congressional map, which Democrats fear will make it harder for Rep. Sharice Davids to win re-election. NC-11: Fresh off his primary victory over Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Republican Chuck Edwards wouldn’t say whether he would have voted to certify the 2020 election in a new interview with NBC’s Antonia Hylton. NY-10: Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is launching an exploratory committee for the state’s 10th District. TX-28: Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is heading to San Antonio to campaign for Democrat Jessica Cisneros in her primary runoff against Rep. Henry Cuellar. NY-Redistricting: Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is attacking the special master’s new congressional map, accusing the plan of trying to “rob” Black Democrats of the gains they’ve made, adding that “it’s enough to make Jim Crow blush.” |