What to Know About the May 14 Primary Elections

Published on May 14, 2024

Voters in three states—Maryland, Nebraska, and West Virginia—will go to the polls today to pick their party’s nominees for the general election, with control of various state and federal offices on the line. The contests for president will be largely uneventful, as former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are already their party’s presumptive nominees. Also on the ballot for Republicans will be former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley who, despite dropping out of the race at the beginning of March, has continued to rake in double-digit support in Republican contests. Likewise, President Biden is expected to win his primary comfortably, though Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Marianne Williamson will still appear on the ballot, despite dropping their bid for the presidency already....

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