Alexandra Marquez

The parties will also set up a handful of key House battleground races as voters in Maryland, New York, South Carolina and Utah pick nominees.

Maryland state Senate president Bill Ferguson is facing a primary challenge in the wake of his decision last year not to pursue a new Democratic gerrymander in the state, in a rebuke to national Democrats and the governor.

NBC News projects Lewis George has won the Democratic nomination, setting her up to manage the capital city and its relationship with Trump.

President Donald Trump said this year that Republicans “ought to nationalize the voting” in at least 15 places.

Jackson Lahmeyer admitted he previously exchanged inappropriate text messages with a former campaign staffer who isn’t his wife.

Lewis George, a member of the City Council, has a significant edge over her nearest rival, Kenyan McDuffie, with about two-thirds of the vote counted and the race too early to call.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the former Senate majority leader, was hospitalized on Sunday, according to his spokesperson.“Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning,” spokesperson David Popp said in a statement.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Sunday said “it is best” if Congress votes to ratify any potential deal to end the war in Iran, saying that a deal approved by Congress would have a more “lasting effect.”“It is best if it is ratified by Congress; it has a more lasting effect on it,” Lankford told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”He added that President Donald Trump is seeking to “end Iran’s constant attack of Americans and American assets and American allies in that region,” which the Oklahoma senator said has been going on for 47 years.“To try to end that forever helps us in this generation and in future generations,” Lankford added

A federal judge in Virginia extended her block on the Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund”, citing frustration that the Justice Department has not said under oath if it’s truly dead.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will face City Council member Nithya Raman in a runoff election for Bass’ job in November, NBC News projects, teeing up a one-on-one matchup between two Democrats

President Donald Trump on Friday said Iranian leaders have not yet reached a deal with the U.S. to end the ongoing war because they’re “strong” and “proud.”