Takeaways from Key Primaries in New Jersey, Iowa, and Montana

Published on June 5, 2024

June 4 saw a series of closely watched primaries in New Jersey, Iowa, and Montana. The results signaled everything from the power of Democrats’ “uncommitted” protest vote against President Joe Biden to the strength of a conservative Republican challenger in one of Iowa’s competitive congressional districts. In the Mountain West, a young ex-Navy Seal Republican is now poised to face a seasoned Democrat incumbent from one of America’s reddest states. Here are our takeaways from the most critical contests. Kim Wins New Jersey Democratic Primary Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) won the Democratic Party’s primary to fill the Garden State Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), whose nearly two-decade tenure has been clouded by multiple indictments....

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