Primary live updates: Big night in Georgia and beyond

Tuesday’s major elections, stretching throughout 4 Southern states, will proceed to check Republican voters’ urge for food for former President Donald Trump and his push of the “large lie.”

Nowhere is that extra obvious than in Georgia as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — two Republicans who balked at Trump’s requests to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 presidential race — face challenges from enthusiastic proponents of Trump’s baseless election claims. Kemp is hoping to combat off former Sen. David Perdue, whereas Raffensperger is trying to rebuff Rep. Jody Hice.

One other high-profile contest within the Peach State would be the Senate major, the place soccer star Herschel Walker is working for the Republican nomination to seemingly problem Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock. Trump-endorsed Walker has been main the pack regardless of a number of controversies, together with prior accusations of home violence. (Walker has denied among the allegations and stated he does not bear in mind others.)

For Democrats, the most-watched race of the evening might be a runoff in Texas’ twenty eighth Congressional District as 29-year-old immigration lawyer Jessica Cisneros tries for a 3rd time to unseat nine-term incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar. The heated major is the primary clear check of how abortion rights could encourage voters this election cycle, given Cuellar’s place as the only real anti-abortion Democrat within the Home.

And in Georgia, two Democratic incumbents — Rep. Lucy McBath and Rep. Carolyn Bordeaux — are working towards one another due to redistricting.