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Discussion Thread: AZ, KS, MI, MO, WA Primaries
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Discussion Thread: AZ, KS, MI, MO, WA Primaries

Posted: 04 Aug 2020 06:12 AM PDT

Voters in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington are voting in their state primaries today.

Arizona Democrats hope to position themselves to retake the majority in the state's House of Representatives for the first time in nearly 60 years while Republicans face a series of intraparty disputes over party identity. At the state level, in Arizona's 15th Legislative District, Senate incumbent Heather Carter is competing against challenger Nancy Barto after being criticized for her support of LGBT rights and her role in delaying passage of the state's budget in 2019. In Arizona's 6th Congressional District, four Democratic candidates are competing for a chance to run against Republican Representative David Schweikert, who has been in the news lately for a series of ethics violations related to the misuse of campaign funds. At the state-level, Democratic candidate for Senate Mark Kelly is unchallenged, and Republican incumbent Martha McSally is facing off against challenger Daniel McCarthy.

Kansas has been the focus of a significant amount of attention from both parties in the weeks leading up to today's election. On the Republican side of the ticket, former Secretary of State Kris Kobach looks to win his party's nomination for Senate, despite concerns about his vulnerability against likely-challenger Democrat Barbra Bollier in November. Last week, Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans pushed President Donald Trump to endorse Kobach's opponent, Representative Roger Marshall, but were unsuccessful in their attempts. In Kansas' 30th Legislative District, voters will be selecting between Democrats Melissa Gregory and Amy Lyon as candidates to replace retiring Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle. In Kansas' 2nd Congressional District, incumbent Republican Congressman Steve Watkins is facing some late pressure from his primary opponent, State Treasurer Jacob LaTurner, after Watkins was charged by the Shawnee County District Attorney with voter fraud last month from using a UPS store address as his place of residence on his voter registration form.

Michigan voters in the state's 13th Congressional District will get to choose between Democratic incumbent Representative Rashida Tlaib and challenger Brenda Jones, while voters in the 3rd Congressional District will get to pick outgoing Representative Justin Amash's replacement for the Republican-side of the ballot in November's race. Long-time Republican Representative Fred Upton of the 6th Congressional District faces a challenge from Elena Oelke after winning his 2018 primary by a margin of less than 5%.

Missouri voters will be voting for politicians and policies in their state's primary. In Missouri's 1st Congressional District, incumbent Democrat Representative William Lacy Clay is facing a challenge from Cori Bush, who seeks to end Clay's 20-year tenure in office. Statewide voters will decide whether or not to expand Medicaid and which Democratic Attorney General candidate, Elad Gloss or Rich Finnian, will face Republican incumbent Eric Schmit in November. Republican Governor Mike Parson - appointed to the position in 2018 following the resignation of Eric Greitens - aims to secure his party's nomination for November's race against a field of Democratic challengers, currently led by State Auditor Nicole Galloway.

Washington voters will be participating in the state's "top-two" primary, in which candidates from all parties compete for the two spots on November's ballot, regardless of party. 35 gubernatorial candidates are running against incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee, and 12 candidates are running for the Lieutenant Governor seat after Cyrus Habib decided to step down earlier this year. Voters will also be selecting candidates for Washington's 10th Congressional District's House of Representative seat following the retirement of Democrat Danny Heck, and Republicans will be selecting their candidate in the 8th Congressional District, hoping to win back a seat they lost to Democrat Kim Schrier in 2018.