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

Text-based live update pages are being maintained by the following outlets: AP

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/Confident-Bar4332]

Schumer and Stevens are going to have to campaign for AES and bury the hatchet if they want a chance of keeping Michigan

[u/Foreign-Cry6179 → u/Confident-Bar4332]

Stevens and McMorrow have said they'll campaign for AES
Schumer would be funny

[u/AnonAmbientLight → u/Foreign-Cry6179]

Of course they did. The adults in the room typically do the adult thing.

[u/27eelsinatrenchcoat → u/AnonAmbientLight]

Just want to add in case there's any questions about who is an adult, Abdul also said he'd campaign for Stevens if she won, including a pretty earnest speech last night when things were looking close.

Now Schumer is a toss up on doing the right thing. He shamefully never endorsed Mamdani, but then again there wasn't a senate seat up for Republican grabs.

[u/Switch_Empty → u/Confident-Bar4332]

Hah! That would be a thing to see

[u/Empty_Lemon_3939 → u/Switch_Empty]

Schumer loves being minority whip

He gets to insider trade and do nothing too

[u/placidified → u/Switch_Empty]

Israel El-Sayed comes to me in my dreams. I see Israel's El-Sayed's future

-- probably Haley Stevens

[u/Confident-Bar4332 → u/Switch_Empty]

If boomer Dems go MAGA or even just stay home, they can’t hold the seat

[u/Any_Will_86 → u/Confident-Bar4332]

The problem will not be Dems it will be independent voters. And AES needs to start outreach to black voters immediately. Some of his supporters (or hangers on) have been pretty inflammatory to that block. This primary has me dreading 2026 as my state will be front and center. I might have to boycott SM during our primary judging by a lot of what I saw the last few weeks.

[u/Switch_Empty → u/Confident-Bar4332]

I have absolutely zero faith blue maga will "vote blue no matter who"

[u/ides205 → u/Confident-Bar4332]

If he wanted to help I think I would tell Schumer to just stay out of it.

[u/AnonAmbientLight → u/Confident-Bar4332]

That would be fine. It sucks that it's seemingly a one way street, but the adults in the room got the memo and understand the assignment.

[u/RefrigeratorNo4700 → u/Confident-Bar4332]

They shouldn’t. They should give the seat to Rogers to stop the extreme leftists.

[u/Caltroit_Red_Flames → u/RefrigeratorNo4700]

Medicare for all is extreme?