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Tuesday 9 June 2026: PRIMARIES in MAINE, NEVADA, NORTH DAKOTA, and SOUTH CAROLINA
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

MAINE Primary Elections
Polling hours: 6 AM to 8 PM local time [1000-0000 GMT]

Results from a media source.

NEVADA Primary Elections
Polling hours: 7 AM to 7 PM local time [1400-0200 GMT]

Statewide and Congressional returns from an official source.
Results from a media source.

NORTH DAKOTA Primary Elections
Polling hours generally:
(no earlier than) 7 AM to (no later than) 9 PM local time
[1200-0200 GMT re: Central Time; 1300-0300 re: Mountain Time]

Returns returns from an official source.
Results from a media source.

SOUTH CAROLINA Primary Elections
Polling hours: 7 AM to 7 PM local time [1100-2300 GMT]

Returns from an official source.
Results from a media source.

30 changes to the candidate list.
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

30 changes to the candidate list:

California: Governor: Tom Steyer (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 30: Cameron Tennyson (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 36: Leah Melissa "Melissa" Toomim (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 42: Newport Beach City Council Member Noah Von Blom (Republican) - lost Primary.

Florida: House CD 2: George Bennett "Ben" Hensarling, IV (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Anthony Stephens (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Mike Klein (No Party Affiliation) - previously listed as Independent. House CD 5: William Lintag Upham (Write-in [Republican]) - previously listed as Republican. House CD 7: Angela Tracy Wiman (No Party Affiliation) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 3. House CD 22: Sara Baxter (Republican) - added. House CD 23: Deborah Adeimy (Republican) - previously listed as a candidate for House CD 22.

Illinois: House CD 4: Mayra Macías (Write-in [Democratic, Independent]) - previously listed as Independent [Democratic]; Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho López (Write-in [Democratic, Independent]) - previously listed as Independent [Democratic].

Indiana: Secretary of State: Blythe Potter (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. Treasurer: Coumba Kebe (Democratic) - added. Comptroller: Porter County Clerk Jessica A. Bailey (Democratic) - added.

Kentucky: Governor: Geary Cooney (Independent) - added; Commonwealth's Attorney Rick Hardin (Republican) - added.

Michigan: House CD 1: Liz Hakola (Working Families) - added. House CD 6: Linda Rayburn (Working Families) - added. House CD 7: Felix Thibodeau (Working Families) - added. House CD 8: Kathy Goodwin (Working Families) - added. House CD 9: Jim Walkowicz (Working Families) - added. House CD 10: Andrea L. Kirby (Working Families) - added. House CD 12: Gary Walkowicz (Working Families) - added. House CD 13: Simone R. Coleman (Working Families) - added.

Minnesota: Senate Class 2: Rebecca Whiting (Libertarian) - re-added. House CD 5: DeVelle LaVaughn Jackson (Other) - re-added, previously listed as Independent. Secretary of State: Seth Kuhl-Stennes (Green) - re-added. Auditor: Jay Reeves (Other) - re-added.

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1 change to the popular vote:

California: House CD 1 Special.

39 changes to the candidate list.
by TheGreenPapers.com Staff

39 changes to the candidate list:

Alabama: House CD 6: William Karl Puetz, IV (Independent [Democratic]) - previously listed as Independence [Democratic].

California (2 June primary updates): House CD 7: Member of Congress Doris K. Matsui (Democratic) - On Ballot. House CD 17: Ha T. "Jennie" Phan (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 23: Charles Patrick "Pat" Wallis (Democratic) - lost Primary. House CD 25: Ronald R. "Ron" Huffman (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 33: Thomas "Tom" Herman (Republican) - lost Primary. House CD 45: Westminster Mayor Chi "Charlie" Nguyen (Republican) - lost Primary. Treasurer: state Senator Anna M. Caballero (Democratic) - lost Primary. Superintendent of Public Instruction: former Los Angeles Community College Trustee Nichelle M. Henderson (Nonpartisan [Democratic]) - lost Primary; former state Assembly Member Anthony Rendon (Nonpartisan [Democratic]) - lost Primary.

Florida: Governor: Richard Paul Dembinsky (Write-in [Democratic]) - previously listed as Democratic; Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 5: Eli Johnson (Democratic) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 9: Dan Green (Republican) - added. House CD 10: Willie J. Montague (Republican) - apparently not a candidate; Angela Marie "Angie" Walls-Windhauser (Republican) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 11: former state Senator Carey Baker (Republican) - added; Joe Strada (Republican) - added. House CD 14: Keith Varian (Write-in [No Party Affiliation]) - previously listed as No Party Affiliation. House CD 24: former Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver G. Gilbert, III (Democratic) - added; state Senator Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones (Democratic) - added. House CD 26: Deborah Meidinger Hosey (No Party Affiliation) - added. Chief Financial Officer: Annette Taddeo (Democratic) - added.

Illinois: Senate Class 2: Joseph S. "Joe" Harrington (Green) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 7: Nathan E. Billips (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. Treasurer: Max Solomon (Republican) - received his party's nomination - previously listed as Write-in [Republican].

Iowa: Senate Class 3: Joshua Daniel Smith (Republican) - added.

Kentucky: Senate Class 2: Christopher Todd Campbell (Kentucky) - previously listed as Other; Scott Micheal Duncan (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 3: Oumou Diallo (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. House CD 4: Mohammad Wael Ahmad (Kentucky) - added. House CD 6: Robert Allen Quigley (Write-in [No Party Affiliation]) - previously listed as No Party Affiliation.

Maine: Governor: state Representative W. Edward "Ed" Crockett (Independent [Democratic]) - apparently not a candidate.

Massachusetts: Auditor: Al Ozonoff (Libertarian) - added.

New York: House CD 22: William A. "Will" Staton, IV (Independent) - apparently not a candidate.

Utah: House CD 3: Ayden Tate Scott (Unaffiliated [Republican]) - previously listed as Unaffiliated.

West Virginia: House CD 1: Belinda Fox-Spencer (Constitution) - added.

Wisconsin: House CD 1: Adam Follmer (Independent) - apparently not a candidate. Treasurer: Jacey Dean (Republican) - apparently not a candidate.

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1 change to the popular vote:

California: House CD 1 Special.

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