In Michigan’s primaries, the most progressive candidates won out, extending their movement into the Rust Belt and setting up a major test in November.
Joanna Whaley is favored to win the heavily Democratic district in November.
The upset highlighted how out of touch the power brokers are with the party’s surging left wing as they try to retake control of the Senate.
Polls overestimated Abdul El-Sayed’s lead by 12 percentage points. That isn’t unusual for statewide primary contests.
The changes, announced Wednesday by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland Jockey Club, arrive during a turbulent week for the three races that make up the Triple Crown.
Sens. Whitehouse and Heinrich say the inspector general must probe the agency’s internal documents after Justice Department officials said Interior concealed information about damage to the pool’s renovations.
About 1.5 million voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary for governor compared with about 930,000 in the Republican primary, as of midday Wednesday.
Abdul El-Sayed won with a populist platform buoyed by voter discontent with establishment Democrats and Israel.
Thomas J. Smith suspended his campaign for Michigan’s 8th District. Yet he is projected to beat Amir Hassan, a rival backed by the president.
The Ohio Republican, who has denied any wrongdoing, has pledged to stay in his race for a third term.