2026 General Elections Thread

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Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses as hard-right Reform gains in U.K. elections

LONDON — Early results Friday from nationwide elections in Britain suggested a historic drubbing for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and sweeping gains for hard-right Reform U.K., led by Trump ally Nigel Farage.

Though many results were still coming in Friday morning, the overall picture will heap pressure on Starmer, an unpopular leader beset by speculation his colleagues may move against him.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-ki ... rcna344013

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Ritzert, Elder win Lewes council seats

Incumbents Tim Ritzert and Joe Elder will return to Lewes City Council, after taking the top two spots in the May 9 municipal election.

Both will serve new three-year terms.

https://www.capegazette.com/article/rit ... ats/351162

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Delaware School Board Elections underway May 12

DELAWARE– Voting is underway in school board elections across several First State districts, including three on Delmarva.

In the Caesar Rodney School District, candidates Anthony Cain, Andrea Ekwem, Dave Failing and Michael Marasco are vying for two at-large council seats for a term of four years.

https://www.wboc.com/elections/delaware ... fef9e.html

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Lowndes Co. voters to choose new state House representative in special Tuesday election

LOWNDES COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) - On Tuesday, Lowndes County voters will choose their next state House representative.

The special election is for District 177.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/lo ... ngNewsVerp

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Newark Mayor Results 2026

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-e ... or-results

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Morrisey W.Va. Supreme Court appointments Ewing, Titus losing special election seats

CHARLESTON –Two justices appointed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and one of the first appointees to the new Intermediate Court of Appeals looked to be losing their elections based on early returns Tuesday night.

According to preliminary election results reported to the Secretary of State’s Office, Senior Status Judge H.L. “Kirk” Kirkpatrick was leading in the state Supreme Court Division 1 race with 26,780 votes (33.3%), followed by 27th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Laura V. Faircloth with 19,328 votes (24%).

https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/05/12 ... ion-seats/

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Incumbent Bill Cassidy knocked out in Louisiana’s GOP US Senate primary

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy incurred the wrath of pro-Trump Republicans in Louisiana who rejected his re-election bid in Saturday’s party primary election. Instead, voters lined up behind Congresswoman Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming, who parlayed their stronger ties to the president to earn their way into next month’s GOP runoff.

With votes still being counted late Saturday, Letlow coasted to an easy victory but fell short of the needed 50% threshold to avoid a runoff with Fleming.

https://lailluminator.com/2026/05/16/ca ... e-primary/

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Joe Panzarella beats Nick Hellyar to take Houston City Council District C seat in special election

Joe Panzarella beat Nick Hellyar by a wide margin in Saturday's special runoff election for Houston City Council's District C seat representing Meyerland, Montrose, the Heights and Oak Forest, according to unofficial voting results.

The seat was left open after the district's current representative, Abbie Kamin, resigned to run for Harris County Attorney. Kamin was recently appointed to the seat, but will face Republican Jacqueline Lucci Smith in November to secure the post through 2028.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politi ... 260836.php

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Alabama primary election results on statewide amendments

Although official results have not yet been reported, voters showed support for two new proposed amendments to the Alabama constitution, which would alter laws surrounding denial of bail and district attorney compensation.

Below is a breakdown of each amendment and the numbers each did at the polls.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/al ... ocialshare

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Tempe City Council runoff election results: Incumbents appear to be trailing behind

TEMPE, Ariz. — Incumbents are trailing behind in the Tempe City Council runoff election, according to the preliminary, unofficial results posted by Maricopa County Elections.

There are two open seats for council members. In the race are two incumbents, Jennifer Adams and Berdetta Hodge, running against Bobby Nichols and Brooke St. George.

https://www.12news.com/article/news/pol ... 29ad419b05

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LIVE ELECTION RESULTS: Georgia primary election 2026

Tuesday is Primary Election Day in Georgia.

Channel 2 Action News is compiling results as they come in LIVE. Get the latest updates on all the north Georgia races below

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/live-e ... BYYZ3OLNU/

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Key races called in Idaho primary elections

Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —Key races have been called across Idaho after polls closed in the state’s primary elections on Tuesday night.

In the governor’s race, incumbent Brad Little won the Republican nomination. On the Democratic side, Terri Pickens won the nomination.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... ngNewsSerp

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Kentucky Primary-Election Results: Thomas Massie Loses

Representative Andy Barr has defeated Daniel Cameron, the former state attorney general, in the Republican Senate primary. Barr is looking to replace Mitch McConnell, the former Senate Majority Leader and longest-serving senator in Kentucky history, who is retiring after seven terms. Barr was endorsed by President Donald Trump and much of the G.O.P. establishment.

Charles Booker, a former Kentucky state representative, won the Democratic primary. Booker was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Senate race against the incumbent, Rand Paul, losing to Paul by more than twenty points. Kentucky’s governor, Andy Beshear, later appointed Booker to lead the governor’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and Community Involvement. Booker’s main challenger was Amy McGrath, a former fighter pilot who was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 Senate race against McConnell. Also running were Pamela Stevenson, the minority leader in the state House; Joshua Blanton, Sr., an advocate for marijuana legalization; Logan Forsythe, a former U.S. Secret Service agent; and Dale Romans, a horse trainer.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/election ... ve-results

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Live updates, election results for Oregon May 2026 primary election

Today is Election Day.

Oregon's May 19 primary includes a statewide gas tax referendum, a decision on who will lead Oregon's labor bureau, and other local and statehouse primary races.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 152194007/

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Pennsylvania 2026 primary election results

Pennsylvania voters are heading to the polls Tuesday for the 2026 primary election.

Statewide, voters will decide their party’s candidates for governor and lieutenant governor.

https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania- ... s-primary/

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Live Results: Texas midterm primary runoffs

PLANO, Texas (AP) — Texans are choosing a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Tuesday's runoff election, bringing to a close the extended, bitter and expensive primary where President Donald Trump weighed in late to tip the race in another effort to rid the GOP of leaders less devoted to him.

Trump's endorsement of state Attorney General Ken Paxton over four-term Sen. John Cornyn gives the challenger a late boost and puts Cornyn at risk of becoming the first Republican senator in Texas history to seek the party's nod and lose.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/l ... ry-runoffs

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See results from New Jersey Senate primary election

It's primary day in New Jersey!

Sen. Cory Booker is running opposed in the Democratic primary and will face one of four Republicans in November's general election.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elec ... ngNewsVerp

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New Mexico Governor Primary Results 2026

Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is term-limited, and former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defeated Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman for the open Democratic nomination. Several GOP contenders are seeking their party’s nomination.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-p ... or-results

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2026 primary election – South Dakota results

South Dakota (KCAU) — June 2 is Primary Election day in South Dakota.

This year, KCAU 9 will be following an array of state and local races in South Dakota.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elec ... ocialshare

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Here are Montana's 2026 primary election results

View live results for Montana's primary races for U.S. Senate and U.S. House.

https://www.northernpublicradio.org/202 ... on-results

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2026 Iowa primary election results

Iowa’s primaries are setting up impactful races for the general election ahead on Nov. 3.

Voters will make their choice for governor in an open race — a race with no incumbent on the ballot — for the first time since 2006. Iowans will also elect a new U.S. senator. The results in Iowa could even influence the balance of power in Washington, D.C.

https://www.iowapublicradio.org/politic ... on-results

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California's new Congressional maps get first test. See election results

The stage was set months ago for some unusual Congressional contests in the California primary election when voters overwhelmingly passed Prop 50.

On Election Day Tuesday, the redrawn Congressional maps that were approved Nov. 4 with passage of the statewide ballot measure received a first test. The maps, spearheaded by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, were intended to tip as many as five Republican-held seats to Democrats this year to offset President Donald Trump's push in Texas to gain five seats for his party there.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/poli ... 0/3895853/

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So far the results in California are inconclusive. They've only counted about half the votes. California is a big state, and it always takes several days to get even close to a count.

Congress is partisan, so we won't know red and blue districts until the general election in November.

Governor is just weird. The primary is nonpartisan and just dumps everyone into the same race. That made for about 30 candidates this time. The top two duke it out in November. This is a very weird way to pick a governor, and I don't know who the hell voted for such a bizarre system. I didn't.

The fear was that since about 20 Democrats were running, they'd split the vote and we'd get stuck with two Republicans. That doesn't seem to be happening. It will be a Democrat (Becerra) and a Republican (Hilton). Hilton didn't poll well, but there you go. Polls don't tell the whole story when people get around to actually voting. Ditto for TV advertising. The guy with the biggest ad budget, the one with the movie union bugs all over his ads, is way down in the standings at present.

In general, Republicans did better than anyone expected them to. With Drumpf and his well-known disdain for California, and California's well-known disdain for him, some pundits had given up the Republican Party for dead. Well, reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.