Midterm primaries 2026 live: results and reaction after six states including California and Iowa cast ballots

Millions of voters across the country are heading to the polls today in crucial primaries in a slew of key gubernatorial, Senate and House races. Here’s a quick rundown of what we’re watching: California Voters are casting ballots on who should lead the nation’s most populous state (and the world’s fourth largest economy), where there is no clear leader among candidates vying to advance in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic governor Gavin Newsom . The race for Los Angeles mayor is also on the ballot, along with a series of high-stakes US House contests in the state’s newly redrawn congressional districts – which are set to play an outsized and potentially decisive role in the battle for power in Washington in November’s midterm elections. My colleague Lauren Gambino has