Five states held primaries Tuesday — Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, and Washington — with the day's headline result coming out of St. Louis, where Rep. Wesley Bell turned back former Rep. Cori Bush's comeback bid in Missouri's 1st District, 59 percent to 37 percent. Michigan's marquee Senate primary produced no outright winner in the data reported, but competitive House primaries across all five states reshaped the fall map, and Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have shifted how the state picks its Supreme Court justices.

Missouri: Bell Turns Back Bush, Cleaver Draws a General-Election Fight

The night's biggest story was the rematch in Missouri's 1st District, where Wesley Bell, the Democratic incumbent, defeated Cori Bush 83,663 votes to 52,083, a 59-37 result in the 1st District primary. Bush, who lost the seat to Bell in 2024, could not overcome his fundraising advantage — Bell reported $3.6 million in receipts against her $1.3 million — in a district that will stay solidly Democratic in November regardless of the primary outcome.

Elsewhere on the Missouri ballot, Rep. Ann Wagner, the Republican incumbent, won her primary with 63,637 votes (74 percent) and will face Democrat Frederick Wellman, who edged a crowded field with 45,850 votes to advance. In the open 6th District, Republican Chris Stigall, endorsed by outgoing Rep. Sam Graves, won a three-way primary with 44 percent, beating Kansas City Council member Nathan Willett; he will face Democrat Josh Smead, who took 48 percent of his own primary. In the 5th District, state Sen. Richard Brattin won a six-candidate Republican primary with 46 percent and advances to face Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, who ran unopposed on the Democratic side — setting up what The Hill described as a competitive general-election test in a district Democrats have held. Rep. Jason Smith and Rep. Mark Alford each cruised in their own primaries with more than 78 percent of the vote.

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Kansas: Masterson Wins Trump-Backed Primary, Voters Reject Judicial Ballot Measure

Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, a Republican who had President Trump's endorsement, won a six-candidate GOP primary for governor with 146,121 votes, or 43 percent, ahead of Philip Sarnecki's 22 percent. He advances to face Democrat Cindy Holscher, who won her own primary over state Sen. Ethan Corson — the Kelly-backed candidate — 107,067 votes to 85,578, a margin of roughly 10 points in the Kansas governor's race. That result puts a Kelly-endorsed candidate on the sidelines heading into a general election The Hill has flagged as one to watch.

In the Senate primary, Republican incumbent Roger Marshall won with nearly 80 percent of the vote, and will face Democrat Adam Hamilton, who won his primary with 35 percent in a crowded field, in the Kansas Senate race. Inside Elections, Cook Political Report, and Sabato's Crystal Ball all rate the general election Solid or Safe Republican. Separately, Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed direct election of state Supreme Court justices rather than the current system of gubernatorial appointment followed by retention votes — a defeat for conservatives who had pushed the measure to alter the court's composition. Down-ballot, Rep. Sharice Davids, the Democratic incumbent, won her primary with 83 percent and will face Republican Eric Jenkins, who won with 79 percent of his own primary field.

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Michigan: Democrats Fracture in Senate Field, John James Wins GOP Nod for Governor

Michigan's Senate primary did not produce a winner in the results reported: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed led with 671,463 votes (49 percent) over Haley Stevens' 646,004 votes (47 percent), with Mallory McMorrow a distant third at 4 percent. The gap between El-Sayed and Stevens — roughly 25,000 votes out of more than 1.3 million cast — is thin enough that the race remains unresolved in the data available.

In the governor's race, Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson won her primary with 83 percent of the vote. On the Republican side, John James won a four-candidate primary with 421,303 votes, or 50 percent, edging past the 50-percent mark against Perry Johnson's 35 percent. James will face Benson in November for a seat left open by term limits. Down-ballot, progressive candidate William Lawrence, backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, won the 7th District Democratic primary with 44 percent over former Ambassador Bridget Brink,'s 29 percent, setting up a challenge to Republican Rep. Tom Barrett. In the 8th District, Thomas Smith defeated Trump-endorsed Amir Hassan for the Republican nomination, 50 percent to 33 percent, and will face Democratic incumbent Kristen McDonald Rivet in a race Cook rates a Toss Up and Inside Elections rates Tilt D. Rep. Rashida Tlaib won her primary with 73 percent, and state Sen. Jeremy Moss won a six-candidate field with just under 50 percent to position himself as the Democratic nominee for the seat retiring Rep. Haley Stevens is vacating to run for Senate.

Results are also in from: Virginia, where Republican Bert Mizusawa won a three-candidate Senate primary with 51 percent of the vote, and Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria and Rep. Donald Beyer each won renomination with more than 67 percent in their respective House primaries; and Washington, where Rep. Suzan DelBene advanced to the general election with 54 percent in a top-two primary against Republican Mary Silva, Rep. Rick Larsen advanced against Republican Edwin Feller, and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez edged Republican John Braun by fewer than 300 votes, 38.92 percent to 38.73 percent, to set up a rematch in the 3rd District general election.

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