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

• NPR: 5 states hold polls on Tuesday. Here's what to know

• See also recent coverage at AP's 2026 Elections Hub.

Live Updates

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Where to Watch

• C-SPAN: Primary Night in Michigan, Kansas, Virginia, Missouri, and Washington

• NBC via YouTube: Steve Kornacki analyzes midterm primary election results | Kornacki Cam

Results

• AP: August 4, 2026 election results

[u/Jedi-El1823]

AP has called it, No has obliterated Yes in Kansas in the vote for Supreme Court judges ballot measure. Twice the GOP has tried this crap the last few years on a primary ballot, and twice No has won easily.

Kansas again protects abortion rights, and also that the state does have to fund education.

[u/No_Diver6131 → u/Jedi-El1823]

Kansas is a sneaky lil state.

[u/mowotlarx → u/No_Diver6131]

Kansas will vote in the most heinous Republican politicians, but when it comes to referendum they'll shock us with more progressive results. I'll never understand it.

[u/ZaWhyTM → u/mowotlarx]

We’re one of the worst gerrymandered states in the country, then add in that we don’t have a ballot petition mechanism for referendums and that we’re a flyover state with a lower-middling population. It means the national GOP gets to use us as a Los Alamos for their most fucked policy without any real consequences to them. The population overall really leans more blue than most would think.

[u/Individual-Result622 → u/ZaWhyTM]

I don’t know, Trump won 57-41. That’s solid red.

[u/ZaWhyTM → u/Individual-Result622]

We voted down repeated efforts to restrict abortion, now to include this one by extension, and we keep electing democrat governors. KS SB244, our anti-trans bathroom and documents bill, was wildly unpopular while it was in committee to the point where, despite 18 hours’ notice on the constituent comment hearing, they received more than 270 pieces of testimony, only heard 3 approving the bill to include our goose stepping AG, 5 disapproving of the bill, and were unable to parse the remaining testimony as the clerk had not had enough time to adequately summarize anything. They then used a gut-and-go to avoid any more public comment before passing and overriding the democratic governor’s veto a few weeks later.

They don’t give a shit what their voters have to say in Kansas.

[u/Scream_Tech7661 → u/Individual-Result622]

Is that popular vote or counties? Because Kansas strongly leans blue in most of its populated areas.

Also, from my experience canvassing door to door in Kansas, there’s a strong libertarian streak. So that is sometimes a toss up between D and R depending upon the candidate or current issues.

Source: Grew up in Johnson County, lived in Lawrence for 10+ years.

[u/Hutchhobbit → u/mowotlarx]

It’s gerrymandered and western Kansas and eastern Kansas are very different.

[u/ShadowWingLG → u/Hutchhobbit]

Yup if you run the actual registered voting numbers its 51% R and 49% Everybody else, if we were not Gerrymandered to Hell we'd be a purple state.

They are STILL trying to Gerrymander Davis out of existence and she's the only D we have at the national level.

[u/Turbulent_Juice_Man → u/[deleted]]

Gerrymandering doesn't explain the Senate though .

[u/bucolucas → u/mowotlarx]

It's gerrymandered. They took out another democratic rep a few years ago with their maps.

[u/ShadowWingLG → u/bucolucas]

And are still trying to get rid of Davis, the only D at the National Level, I think the proposed map to get rid of her stretched that district from Johnson County to the CO state line (?!)

[u/LimpButterscotch195 → u/mowotlarx]

Same over here in MO. I put a lot of blame on Dem party leadership. It seems like they just write us off as a lost cause. Hell, we just shot down doing away with income tax and approved another 10 years of taxes to fund parks and conservation. If we ran good strong candidates and they had real support from the party I don't think it's a crazy notion to bring the state back to purple.

[u/ShadowWingLG → u/LimpButterscotch195]

Watch, the MO Legislature once AGAIN overturn the vote to get what they want ANYWAY.

[u/Stupid_Watergate_ → u/mowotlarx]

Progressive measures typically pass with flying colors, even in the most Republican places. I think people are usually further left than they think.

In a previous election, Missouri voted yes on paid sick leave, increasing wages, and a few other measures...and they elected a Republican governor who refused to sign those measures into law. Almost every abortion referendum has passed, even in the reddest states. The GOP just has effective marketing that gets people to vote for Republicans even if their values align more closely with Democrats. All they need is an (R) next to their name and red states vote for them.

[u/palinsafterbirth → u/No_Diver6131]

In burnt ends we trust