得克萨斯州、阿肯色州和北卡罗来纳州的共和党与民主党候选人之间的激烈竞争愈演愈烈，这些州的初选已进入计票阶段
作者：保罗·施泰因豪泽、亚历克斯·米勒
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月3日 美国东部时间凌晨5:00 | 更新时间：2026年3月3日 美国东部时间晚上9:01
2026年初选季于周二拉开帷幕，得克萨斯州、北卡罗来纳州和阿肯色州的对决可能最终决定共和党能否在中期选举中保住众议院和参议院的多数席位。
本周的焦点是得克萨斯州（一个右倾州）中激烈的民主党和共和党参议院初选。
全国知名的进步派激进众议员贾斯敏·克罗克特（Jasmine Crockett）是唐纳德·特朗普总统的直言不讳的批评者，她正与冉冉升起的民主党州议员詹姆斯·塔拉利科（James Talarico）展开角逐，争夺民主党参议院提名。
无论是克罗克特还是塔拉利科，都将试图成为近四十年来首位在得克萨斯州赢得参议院选举的民主党人，因为初选获胜者将对阵在共和党激烈的三人角逐中脱颖而出的候选人——资深参议员约翰·科宁（John Cornyn）、得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（Ken Paxton）和众议员韦斯利·亨特（Wesley Hunt）。
图片51：帕克斯顿抨击科宁在“输掉”初选中忽视其竞选活动 视频](https://www.foxnews.com/video/6390282803112)
科宁的竞选团队及其支持的超级政治行动委员会（Super PAC）已斥资近1亿美元投放广告攻击帕克斯顿和亨特，科宁在初选活动的最后几周指责称，如果帕克斯顿成为共和党候选人，民主党将在大选中拿下该席位。
科宁及其盟友、以及参议院共和党人的竞选机构——全国共和党参议院委员会（National Republican Senatorial Committee）多次指出，过去十年帕克斯顿饱受一系列丑闻和法律问题困扰，以及他正在进行的混乱离婚。
特朗普的伊朗打击震动得克萨斯州参议院初选
“如果我获得提名，我将通过确保我们赢得五个新的国会席位并保住这个参议院席位来帮助特朗普总统，并在他任期的最后两年继续推进他的议程，”科宁在接受福克斯新闻数字版采访时吹嘘道。
他还辩称：“如果民主党获胜，因为我们提名了一个有巨大包袱的有缺陷的候选人（如总检察长），那么特朗普议程的最后两年以及我们需要继续选举的所有其他候选人都将受到威胁。”
共和党参议院候选人、得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿于2026年3月2日在得克萨斯州韦科市的竞选前夕活动中对支持者发表讲话。（保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻）
帕克斯顿是一位支持“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）的激进分子，因对奥巴马和拜登政府提起诉讼而受到全国关注，他反驳称：“我3-0。我已经赢得了三次全州范围的选举。”
他指出民调显示自己领先科宁，帕克斯顿辩称：“当他在初选中失利时，他很容易这么说，因为他没有为得克萨斯州人民带来成果，他明天就会明白这意味着什么。他最终会输掉。”
“说我不能赢得选举是不真实的……没有证据支持他的说法。事实上，证据恰恰相反，”帕克斯顿补充道。
共和党提名之争原本是两人角逐，直到西点军校毕业生、曾在服役期间驾驶直升机的军事老兵、代表休斯顿郊区稳固红色选区的亨特去年秋天宣布参选。
2026年3月2日，得克萨斯州共和党参议院候选人、众议员韦斯利·亨特在得克萨斯州休斯顿的初选前夕竞选活动中。（保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻）
最后的民调显示帕克斯顿领先科宁，亨特位列第三。如果周二初选中没有候选人获得超过50%的选票，前两名将在5月底进行决选。
“我认为无论发生什么，都会有决选，”科宁说。
帕克斯顿在初选前夕对支持者表示：“如果进入决选，我的胜算就更大了。”
亨特在初选前夕接受福克斯新闻数字版采访时表示，他“是赢得初选和大选的最佳候选人，而且我在大选中对阵詹姆斯·塔拉利科或贾斯敏·克罗克特时，已经比科宁和帕克斯顿表现更好。这些都是事实。”
他还指出，过去几周科宁及其盟友针对他的负面广告，亨特说：“他们在得克萨斯州已经斥资数千万美元攻击我，这意味着我一定做得对，一定是个威胁。华盛顿不会决定谁将成为得克萨斯州的下一任参议员。得克萨斯州人民会决定，这就是我参加竞选的原因。”
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特朗普对共和党仍有巨大影响力，目前在共和党初选中保持中立。三位候选人都寻求总统的支持，他们周五都出席了特朗普在得克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂举行的活动。
“他们在这场小竞选中……你知道的，有点激烈。这会很有趣，对吧？他们俩都是好人。”特朗普评价科宁和帕克斯顿。
特朗普还称赞亨特，表示三位候选人都参与了一场“有趣的选举”。
特朗普支持者称共和党“伪造民意”运动促使克罗克特参加参议院竞选
在初选前的最后几周，这场竞争成为44岁的克罗克特（2022年首次当选国会的民权律师）与36岁的塔拉利科（前中学教师和长老会神学院学生，被视为民主党新星）对决的关键问题。
克罗克特是黑人，几周前声称一个支持塔拉利科的超级政治行动委员会在广告中暗化了她的肤色，并表示这是“赤裸裸的种族主义”。
2025年12月8日，得克萨斯州民主党众议员贾斯敏·克罗克特在达拉斯宣布参加美国参议院民主党初选后对记者发表讲话。（美联社照片/LM Otero）
克罗克特上月末还表示，声称她无法在全州范围内当选的批评是“暗示种族歧视”，是“诋毁黑人女性”，而她是“最合格”的候选人。
塔拉利科2018年通过翻转奥斯汀东北部和周边郊区的红色选区首次当选得克萨斯州众议院议员，他强调自己有争取共和党选民的能力。他质疑克罗克特能否进行一场有竞争力的大选活动。
塔拉利科是白人，一个月前还被一位网红指控在与她的私下谈话中称前众议员科林·奥尔雷德（Colin Allred）是“平庸的黑人”。奥尔雷德是2024年民主党参议院候选人，在两年前以8个百分点的差距输给了保守派激进分子、共和党参议员泰德·克鲁兹（Ted Cruz）后，正连续第二次参选。
但奥尔雷德去年年底结束了他的参议院竞选，就在克罗克特宣布参选之前。奥尔雷德是前大学橄榄球明星，曾在NFL职业打球，后来成为民权律师，现在正在竞选他原来的众议院席位。
在社交媒体上以@morga_tt为用户名的网红摩根·汤普森指控塔拉利科在私下谈话中称，他“报名竞选一个平庸的黑人，而不是一个强大、聪明的黑人女性。”
2026年3月1日，得克萨斯州民主党参议院候选人、州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉利科在得克萨斯州圣安东尼奥的竞选集会上与支持者握手。（保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻）
塔拉利科在回应汤普森对他们谈话的描述时表示：“在我称赞克罗克特议员时，我描述奥尔雷德议员的竞选方式平庸——但他的生活和服务并不平庸。我绝不会基于种族攻击他。”
奥尔雷德在社交媒体视频中回应：“詹姆斯，如果你想称赞黑人女性，就直接称赞。不要一边称赞一边贬低黑人男性。”
克罗克特几天后获得了奥尔雷德的支持，她在声明中说：“奥尔雷德议员划清了界限。” “他明确表示，他不认为对他的攻击指控只是邻里间的小事，更重要的是，他的言论不是针对自己的。这是一个他决定为所有被贬低的人挺身而出的时刻，我们的国家仍然存在分裂。”
尽管塔拉利科的筹款额和支出大幅超过克罗克特，但克罗克特更广为人知，部分原因是她在众议院监督委员会与共和党人的冲突中获得了大量关注，包括2024年与当时的佐治亚州众议员玛乔丽·泰勒·格林（Marjorie Taylor Greene）的激烈交锋，这段视频在网上走红。
她去年还因称得克萨斯州资深共和党州长格雷格·阿博特（Greg Abbott）为“Hot Wheels州长”而登上头条。
尽管阿博特自1984年的一次事故后长期坐轮椅，但克罗克特辩称，她的评论指的是他的政策，而不是他的身体状况。
克罗克特将反对特朗普作为其竞选核心，她认为民主党需要优先考虑让低倾向选民投票，而不是争取共和党人的支持，以成为自1988年以来得克萨斯州首位赢得参议院选举的民主党人。
“我不确定我们是否能争取到所有特朗普的支持者。这不是我们的目标，”克罗克特在宣布参选后的12月接受美国有线电视新闻网采访时表示。
得克萨斯州民主党众议员詹姆斯·塔拉利科（左）和贾斯敏·克罗克特（右）握手。（Bob Daemmrich/Getty Images）
塔拉利科公开谈论自己的信仰及其如何塑造他的进步政策议程，去年通过一系列走红的社交媒体露面开始获得全国关注。他的TikTok视频获得了数百万次观看，以及去年7月在乔·罗根（Joe Rogan）的顶级播客上的亮相，也提升了他的知名度。
罗根在采访中建议塔拉利科应该竞选总统。
一个月后，塔拉利科成为有线电视新闻网的常客，进行了数十次全国性媒体采访，当时他和得克萨斯州众议院数十名民主党人逃离该州数周，以拖延特朗普领导的得克萨斯州重新划界推动，以创建多达五个更倾向于保守的国会席位。
塔拉利科一个月后（9月）启动了他的参议院竞选。
上个月，塔拉利科的《斯蒂芬·科尔伯特晚间秀》节目被取消电视转播，改为在YouTube上播出，这引起了更多全国关注。科尔伯特指责他的电视台哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）援引联邦通信委员会（FCC）的规定阻止了采访。
这场争议似乎提振了塔拉利科，他的竞选团队表示，在“被审查”采访后的24小时内，他们筹集了250万美元。
但在初选活动的最后几天，克罗克特得到了前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯（Kamala Harris）的支持。民主党2024年总统候选人录制了一个机器人电话，为克罗克特投票。
“得克萨斯州有机会将贾斯敏·克罗克特这样的斗士送入美国参议院，”哈里斯在电话中说。“贾斯敏有经验和记录来追究唐纳德·特朗普及其亿万富翁同伙的责任。”
她还获得了说唱歌手Cardi B的支持，后者在Instagram上表示：“如果你想让一个人代表你和你的问题，那就投票给我的妹妹贾斯敏·克罗克特。”
民主党长期以来试图在得克萨斯州赢得全州胜利但均以失败告终，但今年他们有信心，因为共和党面临严峻的政治环境。
得克萨斯州还有三场众议院初选备受关注。
陷入困境的共和党众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯（Tony Gonzales）面临来自左翼的严峻初选挑战，此前有报道称他与一名自杀身亡的前幕僚长存在暧昧关系。
保守派众议员丹·克伦肖（Dan Crenshaw）是唯一一位在周二初选中未获得特朗普支持的共和党众议员，他面临来自州众议员史蒂夫·托特（Steve Toth）的强劲挑战，托特获得了得克萨斯州参议员泰德·克鲁兹的支持。
而1月下旬新当选的民主党众议员克里斯蒂安·梅内菲（Christian Menefee）正与长期担任民主党众议员、直言不讳的特朗普批评者阿尔·格林（Al Green）在重新划界后的新选区中角逐。
在摇摆州北卡罗来纳州，前共和党全国委员会主席迈克尔·惠特利（Michael Whatley）显然是共和党参议院提名的领跑者，他将接替即将退休的共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（Thom Tillis）。
前共和党全国委员会主席迈克尔·惠特利（左）和北卡罗来纳州前民主党州长罗伊·库珀（右）可能在中期选举中对决，争夺即将退休的共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯的席位。（Angela Weiss/法新社/盖蒂图片社；Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu/盖蒂图片社）
前民主党州长罗伊·库珀有望轻松获得党内提名，这将引发一场竞争激烈且耗资巨大的大选。
在众议院竞选中，民主党众议员瓦莱丽·福谢（Valerie Foushee）面临来自左翼的重新挑战，对手是拥有伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）支持的达勒姆县专员尼达·阿拉姆（Nida Allam）。
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在阿肯色州，共和党参议员汤姆·科顿（Tom Cotton）在寻求第三个六年任期时面临两位初选对手。
而共和党州长萨拉·赫卡比·桑德斯（Sarah Huckabee Sanders）在初选中无人反对，她正寻求第二个任期。
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Polls close in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas as high-stakes midterm primaries enter counting phase
A bruising battle among Republican and Democratic candidates battle is brewing in Texas, as Arkansas and North Carolina also hold primaries
By Paul Steinhauser, Alex Miller
Fox News
Published March 3, 2026 5:00am EST | Updated March 3, 2026 9:01pm EST
The 2026 primary season kicks off on Tuesday with showdowns in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas in contests that could ultimately decide whether Republicans can hold their House and Senate majorities in the midterm elections.
Taking center stage this week: the combustible Democratic and Republican Senate primaries in right-leaning Texas.
Progressive firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a nationally known politician and vocal critic of President Donald Trump, is facing off against rising star Democratic state lawmaker James Talarico in the battle for the Democratic Senate nomination.
Either Crockett or Talarico will try to become the first Democrat in nearly four decades to win a Senate election in Texas, as the primary winner will face off against whoever comes out on top of a bruising three-way Republican primary among longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt.
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The Cornyn campaign and aligned super PACs have spent nearly $100 million to run ads attacking Paxton and Hunt, with the senator charging in the closing weeks of the primary campaign that Democrats will flip the seat in the general election if Paxton’s the GOP’s nominee.
Cornyn, his allies, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the campaign arm of the Senate GOP, have repeatedly pointed to the slew of scandals and legal problems that have battered Paxton over the past decade, as well as his ongoing messy divorce.
TRUMP’S IRAN STRIKE ROCKS SENATE PRIMARIES IN TEXAS
“If I’m the nominee, I’ll help President Trump by making sure that we carry the five new congressional seats as well as maintain this Senate seat and will help him continue his agenda through the last two years of his term of office,” Cornyn touted in a Fox News Digital interview.
And, he argued, “If the Democrats win, because we nominate a flawed candidate with incredible baggage like the attorney general, then that last two years of [Trump’s] agenda is jeopardized, as well as everybody down ballot that we need to continue to elect as Republicans.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican Senate candidate, speaks to supporters at a campaign event on primary eve, in Waco, Texas, on March 2, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Paxton, a MAGA firebrand who grabbed significant national attention by filing lawsuits against the Obama and Biden administrations, pushed back, telling Fox News Digital on the eve of the primary that “I’m 3-0.I’ve won three statewide races.”
Pointing to public opinion polls suggesting he has the edge over Cornyn, Paxton argued, “it’s really easy for him to say that when he’s losing a primary, because he’s not delivered for the people of Texas, and he’s going to find out tomorrow what that means. He’s going to end up losing.”
“This idea that I can’t win a race is not true… there’s no evidence of what he’s saying is being true. As a matter of fact, the evidence is just the opposite,” Paxton added.
The GOP nomination battle was a two-person race until Hunt, a West Point graduate and military veteran who flew helicopters during his service and who represents a solidly red district in suburban Houston, announced his candidacy last autumn.
Republican Senate candidate Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas, at a primary eve campaign event, in Houston, Texas on March 2, 2026(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
The final public opinion polls suggested Paxton with the edge over Cornyn, with Hunt in third place. If no candidate tops 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary, the top two finishers will face off in a late May runoff.
“I think there’s going to be a runoff, no matter what happens,” Cornyn said.
Paxton, speaking to supporters on primary eve, touted that “if we go to a runoff, the odds get better for me.”
Hunt, in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the primary, argued that he’s “the best candidate to win the primary and win the general, and I’m already outperforming both candidates, both Ken and John, in the general election against James Talarico or Jasmine Crockett. These are facts.”
And pointing to the negative ads from Cornyn and his allies that have targeted him the past couple of weeks, Hunt said, “They have spent tens of millions of dollars against me in the state of Texas, which means that I must be doing the right thing, and I must be a threat. DC will not decide who will be the next senator from Texas. Texans will and that’s why I got in this race.”
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Trump, whose clout over the GOP remains immense, has stayed neutral to date in the Republican primary. All three candidates, who have sought the president’s endorsement, were in attendance Friday as Trump held an event in Corpus Christi, Texas.
“They’re in a little race together,” Trump said of Cornyn and Paxton. “You know that, right? A little bit of a race. It’s going to be an interesting one, right? They’re both great people, too.”
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in a Whataburger restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Feb. 27, 2026.(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump also complimented Hunt, and said that all three contenders were engaged in an “interesting election.”
QUITE GOP ‘ASTROTURF’ CAMPAIGN CONVINCED CROCKETT TO JUMP INTO SENATE RACE
In the final weeks leading up to the Democratic primary, race became a key issue in the showdown between the 44-year-old Crockett, a civil rights attorney first elected to Congress in 2022, and the 36-year-old Talarico, a former middle school teacher and Presbyterian seminarian who is considered a rising star among Democrats.
Crockett, who is Black, claimed a couple of weeks ago that a Talarico-aligned super PAC had darkened her skin tone in an ad and said it was “straight up racist.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks to reporters after announcing her run in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Dec. 8, 2025, in Dallas.(AP Photo/LM Otero)
And Crockett argued late last month that criticisms claiming that she wasn’t electable statewide was a “dog whistle” that was “tearing down a Black woman,” and that she was the “most qualified” candidate.
Talarico, who was first elected to the Texas House in 2018 by flipping a red district in northeast Austin and surrounding suburbs, has highlighted his ability to win over Republican voters. And he questioned whether Crockett could run a competitive general election campaign.
And Talarico, who is White, was also accused a month ago by an influencer of calling former Rep. Colin Allred, a one-time rival for the 2026 Senate nomination, a “mediocre Black man.”
Allred, the 2024 Democratic Senate nominee, was making a second straight run after losing two years ago to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, a conservative firebrand, by eight points.
But Allred ended his Senate campaign late last year, just before Crockett announced her candidacy. Allred, a former college football star who played professionally in the NFL and later became a civil rights attorney, is now running for his old House seat.
Morgan Thompson, the influencer who goes by the username @morga_tt on TikTok, in a social media post accused Talarico of saying in a private conversation with her that he had “signed up to run against a mediocre Black man, not a formidable, intelligent, Black woman.”
Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a Democratic Senate candidate, greets supporters after a campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas, on March 1, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Pushing back against Thompson’s characterizationof their conversation, Talarico said in a statement, “In my praise of Congresswoman Crockett, I described Congressman Allred’s method of campaigning as mediocre — but his life and service are not. I would never attack him on the basis of race.”
Allred, responding in a social media video, said: “James, if you want to compliment Black women, just do it. Just do it. Don’t do it while also tearing down a Black man.”
Crockett, who days later was endorsed by Allred, said in a statement that the former congressman “drew a line in the sand.”
“He made it clear that he did not take allegations of an attack on him as simply another day in the neighborhood, but more importantly, his post wasn’t about himself,” she said. “It was a moment that he decided to stand for all people who have been targeted and talked about in a demeaning way as our country continues to be divided.”
While dramatically outraised and outspent by Talarico, Crockett is the better-known candidate, thanks in part to her high-profile position on the House Oversight Committee.
The two-term lawmaker, who represents primarily Black and Hispanic majority neighborhoods in Dallas and surrounding inner suburbs south of the city, has grabbed plenty of attention for her clashes with Republicans on the panel, including one with then-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia in 2024 that went viral.
She also made headlines last year for calling longtime Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas “Governor Hot Wheels.”
While Abbott has long used a wheelchair due to a 1984 accident, Crockett argued that her comment referred to his policies, not his physical condition.
Crockett, who made her opposition to Trump central to her campaign, has argued that Democrats need to prioritize turning out low propensity voters rather than winning over Republicans, in order to become the first Democrat since 1988 to win a Senate election in the Lone Star State.
“I don‘t know that we’ll necessarily convert all of Trump‘s supporters. That’s not our goal,” Crockett said in a December interview on CNN after declaring her candidacy.
Texas State Rep. James Talarico, D-Travis, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shake hands.(Bob Daemmrich/Getty Images)
Talarico, who speaks openly about his faith and how it shapes his progressive policy agenda, last year started garnering national attention through a slew of social media appearances that went viral. Also boosting his profile were his TikTok videos, which have grabbed millions of views, and his appearance last July on Joe Rogan’s top-rated podcast.
Rogan suggested during the interview that Talarico should run for president.
A month later, Talarico was a regular on the cable news networks, conducting dozens of national media interviews, as he and dozens of his fellow Democrats in the Texas House fled the state for weeks, to delay the eventual Trump-led redistricting push in Texas to create up to five more right-leaning congressional seats
Talarico launched his Senate campaign a month later, in September.
Last month, Talarico grabbed even more national attention when his appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was bumped off broadcast TV and instead appeared on YouTube. Colbert accused his network, CBS, of blocking the interview by citing guidelines from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The controversy appeared to boost Talarico, with his campaign saying they hauled in $2.5 million in fundraising in the 24 hours “following his censored” interview.
But in the closing days of the primary campaign, Crockett landed the help of former Vice President Kamala Harris. The Democrats’ 2024 presidential nominee recorded a robocall to turnout voters on behalf of Crockett.
“Texas has the chance to send a fighter like Jasmine Crockett to the United States Senate,” Harris said in the call. “Jasmine has the experience and record to hold Donald Trump and his billionaire cronies accountable.”
She also landed an endorsement from rapper Cardi B, who said on Instagram, “If you want somebody that’s going to go up there and represent you and represent your issues, please vote for my sister, Jasmine Crockett.”
Democrats have long tried and failed to win statewide in Texas, but are confident they have a shot this year, due to the rough political climate facing Republicans.
Three House primaries in Texas are also grabbing attention.
Embattled Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales is facing a tough primary challenge amid political fallout after allegations of an affair with a former staffer who died by suicide.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw speaks during a showcase hosted by TerraFlow in Houston Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.(Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Conservative Rep. Dan Crenshaw, the only Republican House member running in a primary Tuesday who isn’t backed by Trump, is facing a strong challenge from state Rep. Steve Toth, who has the endorsement of Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
And Democratic Rep. Christian Menefee, who was elected in a late January special election, is running against longtime Democratic Rep. Al Green, an outspoken Trump critic, in a newly redrawn district.
In battleground North Carolina, former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley is the clear frontrunner for the GOP Senate nomination in the race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis.
Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley, left, and former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, right, are likely to face off in the midterm elections in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis.(Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images; Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to cruise to his party’s nomination, setting up a competitive and very expensive general election battle.
In House races, Democratic Rep. Valerie Foushee faces a tough primary rematch from the left against Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam, who has Sen. Bernie Sanders’ endorsement.
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In Arkansas, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton faces two primary opponents as he bids for a third six-year term.
And GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is running unopposed in the primary as she seeks a second term.
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Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.