Voters reject the establishment in this week’s primaries

Voters reject the establishment in this week’s primaries

From The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

June 4, 2026 · 18 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the rejection of incumbents in recent primaries and the implications of a Supreme Court ruling on redistricting.

Voters in several of this week’s primary races rejected incumbents and politicians backed by Washington leaders in favor of outsiders. We discuss that and other takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries, plus how the Supreme Court’s ruling that lets Alabama redraw its congressional map changes the outcome of the mid-decade redistricting arms race. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, political reporter Stephen Fowler, and political correspondent Ashley Lopez. This podcast was produced by Bria Suggs and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Guests: Miles Parks, Stephen Fowler, Ashley Lopez

Topics covered

  • primaries
  • voting
  • redistricting
  • politics
  • incumbents
  • outsiders

Keywords

  • primaries
  • voting
  • redistricting
  • Supreme Court
  • Alabama
  • politics
  • incumbents
  • outsiders

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Organizations: NPR, Supreme Court, Alabama

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