South Dakota Democratic Senate nominee Julian Beaudion suspended his campaign Tuesday, clearing the way for independent candidate Brian Bengs to emerge as the lone challenger to Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) in November. Beaudion, a former state trooper, said he was ending his campaign because of a series of personal hardships, including a house fire, financial […]

Tom Smith, who ended his election bid on July 16, has secured the Republican nomination in Michigan’s 8th District over Trump-endorsed Amir Hassan. Smith won just over 50% of the votes, compared to Hassan’s 33.2%, as of Wednesday morning. After Smith dropped out of the race, he endorsed Al Lemmo, who received 16.4% of the […]

Abdul el Sayed is giving a speech after being declared the winner of the Michigan Senate primary against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI). His speech is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. El Sayed gave a speech after NBC News declared him the winner overnight, but refrained from declaring victory outright. This will be his first […]

NBC elections analyst Steve Kornacki made a splash during Tuesday night’s midterm primary election coverage, spilling water on his notes and short-circuiting a computer.  “Oh … I just spilled water … at the computer. I don’t want this thing to break. Oh boy, the monitor went off,” Kornacki said.  Kornacki, who was visibly flustered, held […]