Excerpt: "Primary elections in four Republican-leaning states rattled Congress on Tuesday night, as voters ejected a sitting member of the House and set up intense campaigns for the Senate in several battlegrounds."
Richard Cordray and Betty Sutton secured the Democratic nomination for governor and lieutenant governor in Ohio on Tuesday. (photo: Maddie McGarvey/NYT)
09 May 18
rimary elections in four Republican-leaning states rattled Congress on Tuesday night, as voters ejected a sitting member of the House and set up intense campaigns for the Senate in several battlegrounds.
Republicans averted a worst-case scenario — the nomination of an ex-convict coal baron in West Virginia — but faced warning signs elsewhere. Here are our takeaways from the evening.
[Read full coverage of Tuesday night’s votes here.]
Congress is very unpopular
Voters nearly always dislike Congress, but Tuesday was a vivid illustration of just how toxic the taint of Washington may be in 2018.
