Primary races are called after polls close in New York, Maryland, Utah

Update, 10:54 p.m.:

Polls have officially closed in all of Tuesday’s primary elections.

In New York, Mayor Zohran Mamdani flexed the power of endorsement in several key congressional races. Mamdani-backed democratic socialists Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier both secured the Democratic nominations in highly contested congressional races. Former New York City comptroller Brad Lander, a 2025 mayoral candidate turned Mamdani cross-endorser, also won his primary, ousting Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-N.Y., from his congressional seat. Upstate, army veteran Cait Conley won the Democratic nomination to take on incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in November.

In the race for Utah’s 1st Congressional District seat, attorney and former Rep. Ben McAdams on Tuesday night led with 60 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, prompting the Associated Press to call the race in his favor. After redistricting, Democrats have an advantage and may flip the Republican seat in November. Incumbent Reps. Blake Moore and Celeste Maloy, both up for reelection in two other congressional districts, earned their respective Republican nominations.

Incumbent Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland again secured the Democratic nomination for governor with a sizable lead. He will face Dan Cox, a former state legislator, in the general election. In races for key Maryland House seats, Adrian Boafo, a state delegate, won the Democratic nomination for the 5th Congressional District, and Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Md., was leading several opponents in the 6th District on Tuesday night with 62% of vote results counted.

In South Carolina, state Attorney General Alan Wilson won the Republican bid for governor over Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette.

New York, Maryland, and Utah all held primary elections on Tuesday, while South Carolina hosted a runoff. In the Empire State, a battle of endorsements is playing out, with New York City’s freshman Mayor Zohran Mamdani backing several progressive congressional candidates in their races against incumbent leadership. If elected, Mamdani’s favored candidates would increase the number of Democratic Socialists of America members in Congress to four. Upstate, in New York’s 17th Congressional District, two-term Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump, runs unopposed for his nomination against a crowded field of five Democrats.

What’s happening in the other states?

• Three of Utah’s four House seats are up for election, and a newly redrawn congressional map gives Democrats in the historically red state an advantage in the 1st Congressional District. Four Democrats are vying for the seat: attorney and former Rep. Ben McAdams, Sen. Nate Blouin, tax attorney Michael Farrell, and former lobbyist and Utah Democratic convention winner Liban Mohamed. The winner will face intelligence officer Riley Owen, a Republican, who is running unopposed. Primaries in the other two districts will decide the Republican nominees, with incumbent Reps. Blake Moore and Celeste Maloy facing challengers from within their own party.

• Maryland voters will cast their ballots Tuesday in several federal, state, and local races. Eric Felber, a physician, is challenging incumbent Gov. Wes Moore for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination—while front-runners Dan Cox, a practicing attorney, and Ed Hale, a businessman, vie for the Republican nomination among a crowded field of nine.

• In South Carolina, a runoff election for governor will determine whether Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette or state Attorney General Alan Wilson will earn the Republican nomination to replace current Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who is term-limited. The nominee will face state Rep. Jermaine Johnson, a Democrat, in November. South Carolina has not had a Democratic governor since 2003.

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