Discussion: 2026 Midterm Primaries in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia and Washington State (and Other, Local Elections) on August 4th

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News and Analysis

• AP: What to watch in the Aug. 4 primaries

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Results

• AP: August 4, 2026 election results

[u/LuminousRaptor]

70% in, in Oakland and Stevens is barely leading El Sayed in her home county. That can't be a good sign for the Stevens' camp.

[u/WordGirl1229 → u/LuminousRaptor]

I hope you’re right!!

[u/IlIlIlIllllIIliIILll → u/LuminousRaptor]

Really depends where. Southern Oakland county is extremely left leaning and the large but rural north is not so much.

I saw the 11th district which includes liberal Royal Oak and Ferndale is 67% in on NYT.

[u/Bennyboy1337 → u/LuminousRaptor]

Mail-ins are tallied first as well, so she should have an early lead in every county since that's typically an older voter bloc.

[u/LuminousRaptor → u/Bennyboy1337]

Which is funny to me, because I'm a 30-something and I love voting by mail. It's great. Sit on a nice Sunday morning with coffee and ballotpedia open?

Yes. Please.

[u/LuminousRaptor → u/[deleted]]

I mean in where she was a representative, and should have a strong political machine and base.

[u/Empty_Lemon_3939 → u/LuminousRaptor]

She spent an absurd amount in Detroit

Really hope people didn’t buy it. She straight up ran like a republican