California may still be tabulating its votes from last week’s races, but the midterm primary calendar stops for no one, with contests in four states Tuesday.
Once again, the influence of former President Donald Trump loomed large, with several contests offering tests of the power of his endorsement and the durability of his lies about the 2020 election.
In South Carolina, a pair of House races handed Trump a split decision. His chosen candidate handily defeated one of the Republican members of Congress who voted for his impeachment, but Trump failed to oust a second member who fell out of his favor. And in Nevada, Republicans chose a candidate who has spread Trump’s 2020 falsehoods as their nominee to oversee the state’s elections.
