Ohio Senate race, Chicago homeless tax and other races to watch in next Tuesday's primary elections [View all]

Key contests in Ohio

Ohio used to be the nation’s premier swing state but has lurched to the right since former President Donald Trump’s election in 2016. Yet Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown has proven tough for Republicans to dislodge. They get another shot this year and on Tuesday will pick one of three candidates with markedly different styles to face the state’s senior senator.


Chicago’s homeless tax

Like many big cities, Chicago has been wrestling with homelessness. And the city’s progressive leaders have zeroed in on high-priced real estate as a way to deal with the problem.


Trump’s downstate clout

Also in Illinois but political light-years from deep blue Chicago, Republican Rep. Mike Bost faces a primary challenge from Darren Bailey, a farmer who founded a Christian school in a downstate district.


A McCarthy replacement

Tuesday is the special election to choose someone to finish out former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s term. McCarthy was ousted from his speakership last fall and resigned his seat afterward. The contenders in California’s Central Valley resemble those in downstate Illinois — a Republican from the more mainstream wing of the party with Trump’s endorsement trying to hold off a challenger running as an outsider.






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