Primaries
August 12, 2026, 1:55 pm
Chronicle poll results: Out-of-state primaries
We asked our readers if they are following primary races in other states. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) campaigns for Abdul El-Sayed at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan, July 18, 2026. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
August 10, 2026, 7:49 pm
Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to ban ‘corrupt’ AIPAC spending in primaries
AIPAC responded that Sanders wanted to “blacklist Americans who disagree with him.”
By Shira Li Bartov
Former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush prepares to deliver her concession speech on August 6, 2024, in St Louis. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
August 6, 2026, 8:02 pm
Did Cori Bush’s focus on AIPAC doom her Missouri Democratic primary bid?
The former congresswoman pledged to tear down the pro-Israel lobby’s “kingdom.” Now, they’re the ones still standing.
By Sharon Udasin
Early results are broadcast at a primary night watch party for U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens at the Hotel Saint Regis Detroit on August 4, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:33 pm
El-Sayed’s narrow Michigan win sets up a reckoning among Jewish Democrats
Jews who backed Rep. Haley Stevens are weighing whether they can support an avowed critic of Israel, though some find solace in his razor-thin victory.
By Grace Gilson
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks in Detroit after a radio appearance on Dr. Horace Sheffield's GOTV Community Rally on August 01, 2026. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:23 pm
El-Sayed decried AIPAC. Now he hopes to win over pro-Israel Democrats.
El-Sayed devoted a chunk of his primary victory speech to promising Michigan’s Jews that he cared about their safety.
By Ron Kampeas
Michigan Democratic Senate primary candidates Abdul El-Sayed (L) and Haley Stevens (R). (Finn Gomez/Getty Images/JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:13 pm
Staunch Israel critic El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary
The closely watched Democratic race tested the party’s divisions over the Jewish state.
By Grace Gilson and Andrew Lapin
Wesley Bell and Cori Bush faced off in 2024, and are doing so again in 2026 (L: Michael B. Thomas for The Washington Post via Getty Images/R: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:02 pm
AIPAC-backed Wesley Bell defeats Cori Bush in Missouri Democratic primary
The race for Bell’s congressional seat was a rematch between candidates who take sharply different stances on Israel.
By Sharon Udasin
I voted stickers at the Hope Highlands Middle School polling site in Cranston, Rhode Island, Nov. 3, 2020. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
March 8, 2023, 5:25 pm
4 states, including PA, have a presidential primary on the first day of Passover
Legislation has been introduced in Pennsylvania to change the date.
By Ron Kampeas
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