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** VOTERS DECIDE CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES IN FIVE STATES
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* Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington held statewide primaries Aug. 4. A total of 48 congressional seats—45 U.S. House seats and 3 U.S. Senate seats—were on the ballot. In the 48 races for those 48 seats, 41 incumbents advanced to the general election, two incumbents lost to challengers, and five incumbents did not run for re-election.

* Arizona ([link removed]) : Appointed incumbent Martha McSally (R) won the Republican primary in the special election for former U.S. Senator John McCain’s seat. She will face Democrat Mark Kelly in the November general election. In the races for Arizona’s U.S. House seats, all nine incumbents—five Democrats and four Republicans—were successful in their primary bids and advanced from the primaries to face challengers on November 3.
* Kansas ([link removed]) : Sen. Pat Roberts (R) did not file for re-election, leaving his Class II Senate seat open. Democrat Barbara Bollier won the Democratic primary for the seat, while U.S.current congressional Rep. Roger Marshall (R) won from a field of 11 Republican candidates to advance to the general election. In Kansas’ four U.S. House districts, two of the three incumbents who filed for re-election—District 3 Rep. Sharice Davids (D) and District 4 Rep. Ron Estes (R)—advanced unopposed from their primaries.
* Michigan ([link removed]) : In the race for Michigan’s Class II Senate seat, incumbent Sen. Gary Peters (D) ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. He will face Republican John James—who also advanced unopposed from the Republican primary—in the November general election. In the races for Michigan’s 14 U.S. House seats, all 12 incumbents who filed for re-election won their primaries. Two incumbents—District 10 Rep. Paul Mitchell (R) and District 3 Rep. Justin Amash (L)—did not run for re-election.
* Missouri ([link removed]) : Missouri does not have a U.S. Senate seat up for election in 2020. All eight U.S. House incumbents filed for re-election. Of those, seven won their primaries.
* Washington ([link removed]) : Washington holds top-two primaries in which all candidates are listed on the same primary ballot and the top two vote-getters advance to the general election, regardless of party affiliation. No Senate seat is up for election in Washington in 2020. In Washington’s 10 U.S. House district races, all nine incumbents running for re-election advanced to the general election. District 10 Rep. Denny Heck (D) is running for Washington lieutenant governor, leaving his seat open. In the District 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10 races, the second-place finisher who will advance to the November general election remains uncalled as of publication.

* Ballotpedia identified 13 of the congressional primary elections that took place August 4 as battleground races. Here’s a roundup of some of the results.

* Roger Marshall defeated Kris Kobach, Bob Hamilton, and eight other candidates in the U.S. Senate Republican primary ([link removed]) in Kansas. Marshall received 40% of the vote followed by Kobach and Hamilton with 26% and 19%, respectively. Incumbent Pat Roberts (R), who was first elected in 1996, did not run for re-election.
* Jake LaTurner defeated incumbent Steve Watkins in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District Republican primary ([link removed]) . LaTurner received 49% of the vote to Watkins' 34% and Dennis Taylor's 17%. Watkins, who was first elected in 2018, became the sixth of seven incumbent representatives defeated in primaries so far this year.
* Cori Bush defeated incumbent William Lacy Clay and Katherine Bruckner in Missouri's 1st Congressional District Democratic primary ([link removed]) . Bush received 49% of the vote to Clay's 46%. Bush first challenged Clay in the district's 2018 primary, which Clay won with 57% of the vote to Bush's 37%. Clay first won election to the office in 2000.
* Incumbent Rashida Tlaib won the Democratic primary ([link removed]) for Michigan's 13th Congressional District over Brenda Jones, 66% to 34%. Tlaib and Jones first ran against one another in both the district's regular and special election primaries in 2018. Jones defeated Tlaib in the special primary election, whereas Tlaib defeated Jones in the regular primary.

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** TENNESSEE VOTERS DECIDE CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS
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Tennessee held primary elections ([link removed]) for the U.S. Senate, all nine U.S. House seats, and the state legislature on Aug. 6. Entering the 2020 election, Tennessee’s U.S. congressional delegation has two Republican senators, two Democratic representatives, and seven Republican representatives.

Here are the results from the three primary elections that Ballotpedia identified as battleground races.

* Bill Hagerty ([link removed]) won the 15-candidate Republican primary ([link removed])) for U.S. Senate in Tennessee. With 31% of the vote reporting, Hagerty had received 52.5% of the vote and Manny Sethi had received 37.9%. George Flinn Jr. was the only other candidate with more than 3% of the vote. Incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), first elected in 2002, did not run for re-election. Hagerty will face Marquita Bradshaw (D) on November 3, 2020. Three race forecasters rate the general election as _Safe/Solid Republican_.
* Diana Harshbarger ([link removed]) defeated 15 other candidates in the Republican primary ([link removed])) in Tennessee's 1st Congressional District.. Incumbent Rep. Phil Roe (R), first elected in 2008, is not running for re-election. Harshbarger will face Blair Walsingham (D) and Steve Holder (I) in the general election. Three race-tracking outlets rate the general election as _Safe/Solid Republican_.
* Incumbent Rep. Jim Cooper ([link removed])) (D) defeated Keeda Haynes and Joshua Rawlings in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District Democratic primary ([link removed]'s_5th_Congressional_District_election,_2020_(August_6_Democratic_primary)) . With 52% of precincts reporting, Cooper received 56.6% of the vote to Haynes' 40.8% and Rawlings' 2.6%. No Republican candidate filed to run for the seat, so Cooper will appear on the November 3 general election ballot unopposed. Cooper has served in the U.S. House since 2003.

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** FINAL 2020 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY TO TAKE PLACE IN CONNECTICUT
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Connecticut will hold the final presidential primary of the year on Tuesday. In response to public health concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) postponed the primary twice, first from April 28 to June 2 and again from June 2 to August 11.

* Three candidates appear on the Democratic ballot: Joe Biden, Tulsi Gabbard, and Bernie Sanders. Biden crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the Democratic nomination on June 5.
* President Donald Trump faces Roque De La Fuente on the Republican ballot. Trump clinched the Republican nomination on March 17.

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** CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES TO BE HELD IN CONNECTICUT, MINNESOTA, VERMONT, WISCONSIN
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Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin are holding congressional primaries on August 11 ([link removed]) . Across the four states, one U.S. Senate seat and 22 U.S. House seats are up for election. Primary candidates are competing for a spot in the general election scheduled for November 3, 2020.

* Five U.S. House seats are up for election in Connecticut ([link removed]) this year. All five seats are currently held by Democrats, and each of them filed to run for re-election. Because no other Democrats are running against them, the Democratic primaries were canceled and all five incumbents automatically advanced to the general election. Two Republican primaries were also canceled due to a lack of opposition. The Republican primaries for the state’s 1st, 2nd, and 4th Congressional Districts each have two candidates facing off on August 11.
* In Minnesota, one U.S. Senate ([link removed]) seat and eight U.S. House ([link removed]) seats are up for election. The nine seats are currently held by six Democrats and three Republicans. All nine incumbents filed to run for re-election. In Minnesota, primaries are canceled if every candidate in each party for a specific seat is unopposed. Democratic and Republican primaries are being held on August 11 in every race except for the state’s 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts. The Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota and the Legal Marijuana Now Party are also holding primaries.
* Vermont ([link removed]) is holding primaries for the state’s one At-large Congressional District. Incumbent Peter Welch (D) is running for re-election and faces one challenger in the primary. Four candidates are running in the Republican primary, and two candidates are running in the Vermont Progressive Party primary.
* Eight U.S. House seats are up for election in Wisconsin ([link removed]) . Seven of the eight incumbents—three Democrats and four Republicans—are running for re-election this year. Of those, six are unopposed in their respective primaries. Third Congressional District incumbent Ron Kind (D) faces one primary challenger.

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** HAWAII TO HOLD CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES
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The statewide primary election ([link removed]) for Hawaii is on August 8, 2020. Voters will elect one candidate from each of the state's two congressional districts to serve in the U.S. House.

* Four candidates are running in the Democratic Party primary for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District on August 8, 2020. Incumbent Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) did not run for re-election. Gabbard, who sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was first elected to represent the district in 2012. She won the 2012 and 2016 elections in the district by more than 50 percentage points, and race-raters call the seat _Solid Democratic_.
* Three candidates have active campaign websites: Kaiali'i Kahele, Brian Evans, and Noelle Famera. Kahele, a state senator, says his campaign priorities are public education, increasing access to healthcare, and addressing climate change. Evans, a singer and activist, lists Universal Basic Income, passage of the HEROES Act, and increased access to counsel for civil litigation as some of his key priorities. Famera, a businesswoman, said she would prioritize environmental legislation like the Green New Deal, and implementing Universal Basic Income.

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** TWO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
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* Rep. Rodney Davis ([link removed])) (R-Ill.), who has represented Illinois’ 13th Congressional District since 2013, announced on Aug. 6 he tested positive for coronavirus.
* Rep. Raul Grijalva ([link removed]) (D-Ariz.), who has represented Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District since 2003, announced he tested positive for coronavirus on Aug. 1.

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** SENATE CONFIRMS CRONAN TO U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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The U.S. Senate confirmed John Cronan ([link removed])) to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by a vote of 55-42. The Southern District of New York is one of 94 U.S. District Courts. They are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts.

* After Cronan receives his judicial commission and takes his judicial oath, the court will have two vacancies, seven Republican-appointed judges, and 19 Democrat-appointed judges. Cronan will join three other judges appointed by President Trump.
* The U.S. Senate has confirmed 203 of President Trump’s Article III judicial nominees—two Supreme Court justices, 53 appellate court judges, 146 district court judges, and two U.S. Court of International Trade judges—since January 2017.

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** IS CONGRESS IN SESSION?
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Both chambers of Congress are in recess next week. Click here ([link removed]) to see the full calendar for the second session of the 116th Congress.
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** WHERE WAS THE PRESIDENT LAST WEEK?
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* On Monday, Trump met with tech workers and signed an executive order on tech hiring.
* On Tuesday, Trump had lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and signed the Great American Outdoors Act.
* On Wednesday, Trump met with Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and held a news conference.
* On Thursday, Trump toured a Whirlpool Corporation manufacturing plant in Ohio.
* On Friday, Trump had no public events scheduled.

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** FEDERAL JUDICIARY UPDATE
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* 79 federal judicial vacancies
* 49 pending nominations
* 3 future federal judicial vacancies

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