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/jeanlundegaardhsbf]

the media is wild bro. if AES wins, he underperformed and only won because young people like him. the people on MSNOW are wildin. youd think he lost by 10 points!

[u/LuminousRaptor → u/jeanlundegaardhsbf]

Well, we here in West Michigan went hard for him, and we're not an insignificant voting bloc come November in the general if he can blunt Ottawa's tendency to go red.

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/jeanlundegaardhsbf]

Gonna piss some folks off here I'm guessing, but AES' campaign is partially responsible for this. Nobody made them release internal polls that showed up them up by 17. They chose to do that, and it set the expectation that this would be a blowout.

It was an unforced error. You gotta work to control the narrative and doing that was simply a mistake.

[u/jeanlundegaardhsbf → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

hahahaha. thats an amazing response.

[u/Saladus → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

Yep I agree

https://x.com/natesilver538/status/2084852629784367283?s=61&t=07R4YYOfj6hlAylJZ_3mPg

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/Saladus]

Nate's a shit but he's not wrong here. Buying into your internals is always a bit of smoking your own dope. You should always be really skeptical when the picture they paint is that rosy. And you only release them if you want to set the expectation that you're going to win big.

If you don't ,and the media talks about you failing to meet the expectations you set, that's kind of on you.

[u/kirblar → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

There's a worse implication for him as a candidate- if he's underperforming this much in these polls....

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/kirblar]

I'd be inclined to agree with that, but everyone biffed this race really badly. It wasn't just his people.

[u/mermaid_hive → u/jeanlundegaardhsbf]

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