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五个州的选民将前往投票站，其中包括密歇根州。该州民主党正密切关注这场耗资巨大、争议不断的联邦参议院初选，角逐者为民粹主义者阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德和温和派众议员黑利·史蒂文斯。
两人将角逐即将退休的民主党参议员加里·彼得斯留下的席位，这是民主党为保住参议院控制权必须守住的少数几个席位之一。州长格蕾琴·惠特默支持史蒂文斯，而参议员伯尼·桑德斯和众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹则为埃尔赛义德助选。前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯在2024年以不到1个百分点的差距输给参议员埃利萨·斯洛特金，此次他在共和党初选中无对手参选。
在弗吉尼亚州最高法院否决了民主党人通过选民投票推动的国会选区重划方案（该方案原本有望为民主党额外赢得最多4个席位）后，弗吉尼亚州将采用2021年由无党派委员会制定的选区地图。民主党仍在瞄准多个选区，力争掌控众议院。
在密苏里州，持续的选区重划法律纠纷可能仍会影响国会竞选。长期担任民主党众议员的伊曼纽尔·克利弗的选区被重划，变得更有利于共和党，共有5名共和党人将角逐11月与他对决的机会。在该州唯一 reliably Democratic的第1选区，民主党众议员韦斯利·贝尔正面临前众议员科里·布什的挑战——贝尔两年前曾击败过布什。
在堪萨斯州，民主党州长劳拉·凯利因任期限制将卸任，为这个传统上倾向共和党的州敞开了州长竞选的大门。
华盛顿州也将举行初选，该州采用不分党派的初选方式，得票前两名的候选人，无论党派归属，都将进入11月的大选。共有4名民主党人和3名共和党人角逐参选，以挑战连任两届的众议员玛丽·格卢森坎普·佩雷斯。佩雷斯是今年秋季第3选区选票的热门领跑者。在西雅图地区，长期任职的众议员亚当·史密斯正面临前西雅图市议会成员、社会主义者克沙马·萨万特以及其他几位候选人的挑战。
以下是今日值得关注的主要竞选：
密歇根州联邦参议院竞选
进步派与温和派政党领袖数月来一直争执不下，争论谁在这场竞选中最具胜算，谁能更广泛地代表密歇根州选民。43岁的史蒂文斯由参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默招募，自2019年起在众议院代表密歇根州，获得全国民主党人的支持。41岁的埃尔赛义德曾担任卫生官员，获得了众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹和独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯等知名进步派人士的支持。
埃尔赛义德在初选前一天接受了哥伦比亚广播公司新闻高级白宫及政治记者埃德·奥基夫的采访，他暗示民主党一直未能认清美国人真正的需求。
“有时候，当民主党谈论起大帐篷时，我们会把所有人都赶到角落，然后只去和那个角落的人交谈、讨好他们，”他告诉奥基夫，“我只是想把所有人都带到中间的帐篷支柱旁，讨论我们真正需要的东西。我们需要优质的住房、良好的学校和医疗保健。”
同样接受了奥基夫采访的史蒂文斯指责埃尔赛义德将参议院竞选当作通往总统职位的跳板。
“我所投身的是六年艰苦且不起眼的工作，我是密歇根州的实干家，这就是我想成为的样子，”史蒂文斯说，“我的对手早就已经建起了总统竞选网站。”
埃尔赛义德的竞选纲领以全民医保等进步政策为核心，他一直直言不讳地批评以色列政府和加沙战争。对于拥有美国最大阿拉伯裔群体的密歇根州来说，这一议题一直是竞选的核心。
尽管史蒂文斯支持两国方案，但她获得了亲以色列团体的大量资金支持，埃尔赛义德在本月初的辩论中抓住了这一点。不过史蒂文斯强调了她在这个大湖州的优先事项，包括经济负担能力、医疗保健和住房问题。
第三位知名候选人、州参议员马洛里·麦克莫罗本月早些时候退出了竞选，未说明退选原因。
密歇根州州长竞选
惠特默也将因任期限制卸任，从而开启一场公开竞选。密歇根州国务卿乔斯琳·本森与杰纳西县警长克里斯·斯旺森在民主党初选中对决。据《底特律新闻》和WDIV电视台7月的民调显示，本森领先60个百分点。
在共和党方面，前密歇根州总检察长迈克·考克斯于7月退出竞选，理由是特朗普先生背书了众议员约翰·詹姆斯参选。参议院少数党领袖阿里克·内斯比特也因同样原因在一个月前暂停了竞选。两位候选人随后都转而支持詹姆斯。詹姆斯目前仍有一名对手：商人佩里·约翰逊。民调显示詹姆斯领先优势显著。
密歇根州众议院竞选
由于史蒂文斯参选参议院，她所在的底特律郊区选区的竞选也随之开放。尽管史蒂文斯在2018年翻转了这个共和党占优的席位，但她在2024年以近20个百分点的优势获胜，该选区被认为是稳固的民主党席位。周二将有4名民主党人参与竞选，惠特默支持州参议员杰里米·莫斯。特洛伊市市长伊桑·贝克在共和党初选中无对手参选。
由于詹姆斯参选州长，密歇根州第10选区也将举行公开初选。弗吉尼亚大学政治中心的无党派党派预测专栏Sabato Crystal Ball将该席位列为摇摆选区，据密歇根州立法顾问公司的数据，该选区的党派支持率几乎各占50%。
共和党人罗伯特·卢尔朱拉伊于7月退出竞选，目前仍有3名共和党人参与角逐：陆军上尉迈克尔·布沙尔、贾斯汀·柯克和斯特凡·德米特罗普洛斯。民主党方面有3人参选：律师埃里克·钟、前庞蒂亚克市长蒂姆·格雷梅尔和检察官克里斯蒂娜·海恩斯。
弗吉尼亚州众议院竞选
尽管民主党未能成功推行原本能在11个选区中拿下10个的国会选区地图，但该党仍在努力翻转多个席位。该州选民倾向已愈发偏向民主党，去年该州受到联邦政府裁员的严重影响。民主党在2025年的全州选举中大获全胜，今年早些时候通过的选区重划公投随后被法院否决。
包括前众议员伊莱恩·卢里亚在内的4名民主党人将在弗吉尼亚海滩地区的选区挑战共和党众议员珍·基根斯。基根斯在2024年击败了卢里亚，但民主党竞选机构此次再次为卢里亚背书。
民主党还将目标对准目前由共和党众议员罗布·威特曼代表的第1选区。共有7名民主党人角逐挑战威特曼的机会，以代表威廉斯堡和里士满西部郊区选区。民主党竞选机构支持检察官香农·泰勒——她在2011年成为40年来首位当选亨里科县检察官的民主党人。Sabato Crystal Ball将这场竞选评级为“倾向共和党”。
另一场受密切关注的竞选在弗吉尼亚州第5选区，目前该选区由共和党众议员约翰·麦圭尔代表。2024年，麦圭尔在共和党初选中以不到500票的优势击败了连任两届的共和党众议员鲍勃·古德，随后在大选中以15个百分点的优势赢得了弗吉尼亚州中部选区。尽管Sabato Crystal Ball将这场竞选评级为“大概率共和党”，仍有3名民主党人将角逐11月与麦圭尔对决的机会。
与此同时，共和党将注意力放在弗吉尼亚州竞争激烈的第7选区，民主党众议员尤金·温德曼是本届选举周期中最脆弱的民主党议员之一。温德曼是一名陆军上校，曾在特朗普先生的第一次弹劾审判中担任举报人。在阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格决定参选州长后，温德曼在2024年以2个百分点的优势获胜。温德曼此次无对手参选，但将有3名共和党人在11月的大选中与他对决。
密苏里州众议院竞选
2024年，韦斯利·贝尔众议员在圣路易斯的民主党强势选区成功挑战了前众议员科里·布什——一名与被称为“小队”的进步派议员结盟的“黑人的命也是命”组织者。如今布什再次挑战贝尔，争夺该席位。
该选区近80%的选民在2024年投票支持了前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯，因此周二初选的获胜者预计将在11月的选举中再次胜出。布什的竞选纲领是她将同时对抗特朗普先生和民主党领导层，而贝尔则以更务实的候选人身份参选。
去年，密苏里州议员进行了选区重划，以削弱该州另一位民主党众议员伊曼纽尔·克利弗的优势。克利弗自2004年起一直在国会代表堪萨斯城。新的选区现在从堪萨斯城延伸至郊区，再到该州更偏远的地区。克利弗在民主党初选中无对手参选。周二将有6名共和党人角逐11月与克利弗对决的机会，但《堪萨斯城星报》7月的调查发现，其中只有一人居住在新选区的边界内。
尽管新的国会选区边界已签署生效，但在密苏里州最高法院做出模棱两可的裁决后，该地图的法律地位仍存在争议。这场诉讼的核心是一份拥有超过30.5万个签名的公投，呼吁就该地图进行全州投票。共和党州国务卿丹尼·霍斯金斯需在周二前核实签名并认证该公投。如果他认证通过，新地图将被暂停实施。无论霍斯金斯做出何种决定，这场法律斗争都将持续下去。
华盛顿州第3国会选区竞选
民主党众议员玛丽·格卢森坎普·佩雷斯将与其他8名候选人竞争，以进入华盛顿州第3国会选区的大选。
华盛顿州采用不分党派的初选方式，得票最多的两名候选人将进入11月的 ballot。
这场竞选是本届选举周期中最受关注的众议院竞选之一，将有助于决定明年年初众议院的控制权归属。它是2024年既投票支持特朗普总统，又选出民主党众议员的13个选区之一。
在她的挑战者中，有获得特朗普背书的共和党州参议员约翰·布劳恩，他曾在关税问题以及特朗普是否输掉2020年大选的问题上与总统持不同意见。
堪萨斯州州长竞选
凯利于2018年首次当选，尽管堪萨斯州整体偏向深红，她仍在2022年成功连任，而特朗普先生在2024年以16个百分点的优势赢得了堪萨斯州的支持。周二将有3名民主党人角逐接替凯利的机会，同时将有7名共和党人参与竞选。
特朗普先生已背书共和党堪萨斯州参议院议长泰·马斯特森，而凯利则支持费尔韦的州参议员伊桑·科森竞选民主党提名。
Michigan Democrats choose between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, and more races to watch today
2026-08-04T06:00:00-0400 / CBS News
Voters are going to the polls in five states, including Michigan, where Democrats are watching the expensive and contentious Senate primary contest between populist Abdul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens.
They’re running for retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters’ seat, which is among a handful that Democrats must hold in order to have any chance of winning control of the Senate. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is backing Stevens, while Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are campaigning for El-Sayed. Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers, who lost to Sen. Elissa Slotkin by less than a point in 2024, is running unopposed in the Republican primary.
After the Virginia Supreme Court struck down Democrats’ voter-approved plan to redraw the congressional districts to net up to four more districts, Virginians will be using the maps drafted by a nonpartisan commission in 2021. Democrats are still targeting several districts in their fight for control of the House.
In Missouri, ongoing redistricting legal battles may yet affect congressional races, where longtime Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s district has been redrawn to favor the GOP and five Republicans are vying for the chance to take him on in November. In the only reliably Democratic district in the state, the 1st, Democratic Rep. Wesley Bell is being challenged by former Rep. Cori Bush, whom he defeated two years ago.
In Kansas, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s tenure will be ended by term limits, opening up the governor’s race in the reliably GOP state.
There are also primaries in Washington, where the top-two vote getters, regardless of party, will advance to the general election. Four Democrats and three Republicans are vying to take on two-term Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who is a frontrunner to make the ballot in the 3rd District this fall. And in the Seattle area, longtime Rep. Adam Smith is being challenged by former Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant, a socialist, along with several others.
Here are the major races to watch today:
Michigan Senate race
Progressives and moderate party leaders have been clashing for months over who’s best positioned in the race, and who is more broadly representative of Michigan’s voters. Stevens, 43, was recruited by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, has represented Michigan in the House since 2019 and has the support of national Democrats. El-Sayed, a 41-year-old former health official, has picked up the backing of prominent progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders.
File: Democratic Senate candidates: Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens and former Michigan health official Abdul El-Sayed Campaigns of Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed
El-Sayed spoke with CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe on the eve of the primary and suggested the Democratic Party has been losing sight of what Americans really need.
“Sometimes, when the Democratic Party talks about a big tent, we push everybody into the corner and then go talk and pander to the corner,” he told O’Keefe. “I’m just trying to bring everybody to the tent pole in the middle to talk about what we really need. We need good housing. We need good schools. We need healthcare.”
Stevens, who also talked with O’Keefe, accused El-Sayed of using the Senate race as stepping stone to the presidency.
“This is six years of hard, unglamorous work that I’m signing up for. I’m Michigan’s workhorse. That’s what I want to be,” Stevens said. “My opponent, he’s already got his website for president.”
El-Sayed, has run on progressive policies like Medicare for All, and he’s been an outspoken critic of Israel’s government and the war in Gaza. And for Michigan, which is home to the largest concentration of Arabs in the U.S., the issue has been central to the campaign.
While Stevens is a proponent of a two-state solution, she’s received an influx of funding from a pro-Israel groups, which El-Sayed seized on during their debate earlier this month. But Stevens has emphasized her priorities in The Great Lakes State, including affordability issues, health care and housing.
A third high-profile candidate, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, dropped out earlier this month without offering a reason for her departure from the race.
Michigan’s governor’s race
Whitmer is also facing term limits, setting up an open contest. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson faces Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson in the Democratic primary, with Benson holding a 60-point lead, according to a July poll from The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.
On the Republican side, former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox dropped out of the race in July, citing Mr. Trump’s endorsement of Rep. John James in the race. Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt suspended his campaign a month earlier for the same reason. Both candidates then backed James. James still has one opponent, businessman Perry Johnson. Polls show James with a significant lead.
Michigan House races
With Stevens running for Senate, the race for her suburban Detroit district is wide open. Although Stevens flipped the Republican seat in 2018, she won the seat by nearly 20 points in 2024 and the district is considered a solidly Democratic seat. Four Democrats are competing on Tuesday, with Whitmer backing state Sen. Jeremy Moss. Troy Mayor Ethan Baker is running unopposed for the Republican nomination.
There is also an open primary in Michigan’s 10th District, since James is running for governor. The nonpartisan Sabato Crystal Ball at UVA Center for Politics ranks the seat as a toss-up and it has nearly 50-50 partisan split, according to the Michigan Legislative Consultants.
Republican Robert Lulgjuraj dropped out of the race in July, leaving three Republicans still in the running — Army Capt. Michael Bouchard, Justin Kirk and Steffan Demetropoulos. Three Democrats are running, attorney Eric Chung, former Pontiac Mayor Tim Greimel and prosecutor Christina Hines.
Virginia House races
Although Democrats did not succeed in enacting the congressional map that favored them in 10 out of 11 districts, the party is still trying to flip several seats. The state appears to have become more Democratic, and last year the state was severely affected by federal government layoffs. Democrats swept the 2025 statewide elections, and the redistricting referendum passed earlier this year before being struck down by the courts.
Four Democrats, including former Rep. Elaine Luria, are running to take on Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans in the Virginia Beach-area district. Kiggans defeated Luria in 2024, but the Democrats’ campaign arm has thrown its weight behind Luria again this time.
Democrats are also targeting the 1st District, currently represented by Republican Rep. Rob Wittmann. Seven Democrats are vying for the chance to take on Wittmann to represent the Williamsburg and western Richmond suburban district. The Democrats’ campaign arm is supporting Shannon Taylor, a prosecutor who in 2011 was the first Democrat in 40 years to win the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics ranks the race as Lean Republican.
Another closely-watched race is in Virginia’s 5th District, currently represented by Republican Rep. John McGuire. In 2024, McGuire defeated two-term GOP Rep. Bob Goode in the Republican primary by less than 500 votes, and then went on to win the central Virginia district by 15 points in the general election. Although Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics ranks the race as Likely Republican, three Democrats are vying for the chance to take on McGuire in November.
Republicans, meanwhile, are focused on Virginia’s competitive 7th District, Democratic Rep. Eugene Vindman is one of the most vulnerable Democrats this cycle. Vindman, an Army colonel who was a whistleblower during Mr. Trump’s first impeachment trial, won in 2024 by 2 points after Abigail Spanberger decided to run for governor. Vindman is running unopposed, but three Republicans are on the ballot to face him in November.
Missouri House races
In 2024, Rep. Wesley Bell successfully challenged former Rep. Cori Bush, a Black Lives Matter organizer who was aligned with the progressive members known as “The Squad,” in a Democratic stronghold district in St. Louis. Bush is now challenging Bell again for the seat.
Nearly 80% of the district’s constituents voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, so the winner of Tuesday’s primary is expected to win again in November. Bush is campaigning that she will fight both Mr. Trump as well as Democratic leadership, while Bell is running as a more pragmatic candidate.
Last year, Missouri lawmakers undertook redistricting to edge out the state’s other Democratic representative, Cleaver, who has represented Kansas City in Congress since 2004. The new district now stretches from Kansas City through the suburbs into the more rural parts of the state, and Cleaver is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Six Republicans are vying Tuesday to take on Cleaver in November, but a Kansas City Star investigation in July found that only one lives in the new district’s boundaries.
Although the new congressional boundaries have been signed into law, the map’s legal status is still in question after an ambiguous ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court. At the heart of the case is a referendum with more than 305,000 signatures that called for a statewide vote on the map. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has until Tuesday to verify the signatures and certify the referendum. If he certifies it, the new map would be paused. The legal fight is bound to continue, whatever Hoskins decides.
Washington’s 3rd Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is running against eight other candidates to advance to the general election in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District.
Washington has nonpartisan primaries, with the top two candidates with the most votes appearing on the November ballot.
The race is one of the closest-watched House contests this cycle and will help decide who controls the lower chamber as of early next year. It was one of 13 districts that voted for President Trump in 2024 while also electing a Democrat to the House.
Among her challengers is Trump-backed Republican state Sen. John Braun, who has disagreed with the president on tariffs and whether he lost the 2020 election.
Kansas governor’s race
Kelly, first elected in 2018, prevailed in 2022 despite Kansas’ deep-red leanings and Mr. Trump went on to win Kansas in 2024 by 16 points. Three Democrats are vying Tuesday to replace Kelly, while seven Republicans are on the ballot.
Mr. Trump has endorsed Republican Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, while Kelly has backed state Sen. Ethan Corson of Fairway for the Democratic nomination.
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