Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

* There were all kinds of closely watched primaries in Michigan this week, but the marquee contest was the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, in which Abdul El-Sayed appears to have narrowly prevailed over Rep. Haley Stevens, who conceded the contest on Wednesday morning. Party officials have already begun to coalesce behind El-Sayed, who will face former Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican, in the fall.

Elsewhere in the Wolverine State, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson won a Democratic gubernatorial primary, and she will face Rep. John James, who won the GOP gubernatorial primary.

Meanwhile, in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, Matt Maasdam, a retired Navy SEAL, and Bridget Brink, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, split the center-left vote, clearing the way for William Lawrence, a progressive organizer who co-founded the climate organization Sunrise Movement, to win the Democratic congressional nomination.

* In Kansas’ Senate race, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, the pastor of the largest United Methodist congregation in the country, won the Democratic nomination and will face Sen. Roger Marshall, the Republican incumbent. Hamilton is hoping to become the first Democratic senator from Kansas in nearly a century.

In Kansas’ gubernatorial race, meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly backed state Sen. Ethan Corson as her successor, but he lost his primary fight against state Sen. Cindy Holscher, who will face Republican state Senate President Ty Masterson in November.

* In Missouri, former Rep. Cori Bush lost her rematch against incumbent Rep. Wesley Bell, who will almost certainly win re-election bid in the fall.

* In Arizona, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing a tough re-election fight. With this in mind, she is reportedly poised to tap John Giles, a former Republican mayor of Mesa, as her 2026 running mate. Despite his longtime GOP affiliation, Giles had already endorsed the governor’s candidacy.

* And in Texas’ closely watched U.S. Senate race, the latest statewide poll from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University found Democratic state Rep. James Talarico narrowly ahead of Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton, 47% to 45%. It’s the third survey in two weeks that showed Talarico with a small advantage.

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