Trump-backed candidates struggle, and other takeaways from Florida, Wyoming, Alaska primaries

A democratic socialist won the Democratic nomination in a Florida Senate race over a moderate favored by the party establishment.

Across the country and down the ballot in four states, there were some surprises.

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 - A centrist Democrat advanced in Alaska, bolstering the party's hopes of winning control of the Senate in the November elections that will determine control of Congress, while a left-wing candidate scored an upset victory in Florida, the latest chapter in an insurgency that is roiling the party. Mea

The latest round of midterm primaries swept from Florida, through Wyoming, and up to Alaska on Tuesday, crowning a socialist candidate with another victory and dealing President Donald Trump split results with his gubernatorial endorsements. In Florida, Trump-endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) cruised to victory in the

Key takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming  CNN

Eric Barlow’s defeat of Megan Degenfelder, the state superintendent of education, again showed the limits of the president’s favor.

The Associated Press called both the Republican and Democratic primary races for governor at 8 p.m., about an hour after polls closed on Tuesday, with around 85% of the votes counted in both races.

Primary races across the country have offered an early read on where voters want their parties to head before November’s consequential midterms in the United States.With only a handful of US states remaining in the congressional primary calendar, voters in Alaska and Wyoming — two reliably Republican strongholds — head