OnPolitics: What primaries should I watch tonight?

Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY

June 25, 2024 at 3:43 p.m.·2 min read

Hey OnPolitics readers! A handful of House and Senate primary elections on Tuesday in New York, Utah and Colorado are promising tough fights that have revealed intense intra-party conflicts among Democrats and Republicans ahead of the November general election.

Competitive House races in highly partisan New York and Colorado districts appear prime territory for major upsets that could see voters buck incumbent politicians and change the makeup of Congress next year, USA TODAY's Karissa Waddick reported. And in Utah, a GOP Senate primary is shaping up to be a referendum on how Republicans in the state view former President Donald Trump’s fiery brand of conservatism.

Here's a look at three races to watch Tuesday:

New York: Progressive Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman is facing a difficult primary challenge for New York’s 16^th District seat by Westchester County Executive George Latimer. The race is the latest, and potentially the most high profile, test yet in 2024 of how Democratic divisions over the the Israel-Hamas war are playing out on the campaign trail.

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Colorado: Rep. Lauren Boebert, the GOP firebrand who currently represents Colorado’s 3^rd District, is instead running in the solidly red neighboring 4th District. The 3rd District holds a nine-point Republican advantage, and whoever wins the six-way GOP primary for the district on Tuesday will face Boebert’s former Democratic challenger, Adam Frisch.

Utah: When Sen. Mitt Romney, R- Utah, announced in September that he would not seek reelection to the Senate, he sparked a battle among GOP Senate hopefuls with competing visions for the future of the party. The race for his seat between Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs, former state House Speaker Brad Wilson and U.S. Rep. John Curtis has revolved around how much the politicians have embraced Trump’s hard-right politics.

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