Primary Update

The Utah returns are trickling in very slowly, but it doesn't look like anything definitive will be known in the Utah CD 3 primary until tomorrow. I did find out today that this race is more interesting than I thought, with the challenger, John Jacob (R) being a staunch anti-immigrant type. The primary is essentially a referendum on whether the Utah 3rd considers that to be the number one issue affecting the party right now. More on this tomorrow once a winner has been determined. The other three races I was following have been decided:

South Carolina CD 1
Randy Maatta (D), who I called an underdog because his opponent nearly won the contest outright in the regular primary. Maatta did something right in the intervening couple of weeks because he picked up 56% of the vote and won the runoff. He will face Congressman Henry Brown, Jr. (R) in November.

Mississippi Senate
The two Mississippi races behaved themselves, with the favorites coming out on top. In the Senate race, Erik Fleming (D) won 63% of the vote over Bill Bowling (D), and will face Trent Lott (R) in November.

Mississippi CD 1
Ken Hurt (D) picked up 68% of the vote in beating Bill Bambach (D), and will face Congressman Roger Wicker (R) in November.