Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.In today’s edition, we take a look at the next round of House incumbents staring down tough primary challenges.Plus, our Capitol Hill team reports on the latest development in the Rep.
Max Miller saga.Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.— Adam Wollner Just launched: Make sure to check out The Data Dive with Steve Kornacki, a new weekly newsletter for NBC News subscribers on the numbers and trends shaping the biggest stories heading into the midterms.What to watch for tonight: Two more House Democrats face primary dangerAfter a bit of a slowdown in July, we’re diving right back into the thick of primary season tonight, as voters in five states — Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia and Washington — head to the polls.The Democratic Senate clash between Rep.
Haley Stevens and former public health official Abdul El-Sayed in battleground Michigan is the headliner.President Donald Trump is getting involved again in GOP primaries across the map.
And as we highlighted last week, voters in Kansas and Missouri will decide on under-the-radar ballot measures that could allow Republicans to further solidify their power in the red states.But we could also see the continuation of one of the bigger trends of the election cycle so far: members of Congress falling in primaries.So far, seven House incumbents and two Senate incumbents have lost renomination this year.
As Ben Kamisar notes, two more House Democrats are at risk tonight.Missouri’s 1st District: Rep.
Wesley Bell unseated former Rep.Cori Bush two years ago in a victory for establishment Democrats over progressives.
Now, they are set for a rematch.Bell has been boosted by millions of dollars from the AIPAC-aligned United Democracy Project, which has criticized Bush as ineffective and as not...