About this episode

The episode discusses the surprising outcomes of the 2026 primary elections, highlighting unexpected congressional candidates and turnout disparities between parties.

The 2026 primary results yielded a couple of surprise congressional candidates for Democrats. Republican congressional candidates won as expected. Legislative races pitting conservative versus moderate Republicans ended with mixed results. And Republican primary voters turned out in much bigger numbers than Democratic primary voters.

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