Midterm elections kick off, with primaries in Texas, North Carolina, Arkansas

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 884

Last Updated: 4 days, 2 hours ago

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Voting concludes Tuesday in the first primaries of the 2026 midterm elections in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas.

The results will provide a glimpse into voters’ mood as the primary season opens and give a sense of what type of candidate appeals to each party’s base. Crucially, the rapid succession of primary contests through September determines who will battle to control Congress in the last two years of the presidency of Donald Trump, …

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