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Reps. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) were able to fend off younger primary opponents.

Rep. John Larson was the 7th House Democrat ousted in a primary that year. Other members of that cohort included Reps. Al Green (D-Texas), Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), and Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.).

The challenge followed a widely publicized freeze-up during a House floor speech, which Larson later stated was the result of a complex partial seizure. Bronin's campaign also focused heavily on the necessity for generational change in Congress and the Democratic Party.

Luke Bronin received support from VoteVets, a group that works to elect Democratic military veterans, which spent over $1 on ads for him. John Larson was supported by the Working Families Party, which spent about $50,000, and Defend the Vote, a Democratic group that spent just over $500,000.

Summer polls indicated that Klobuchar held a comfortable lead over all of her potential rivals, although her support was lower than the margins of victory she achieved in her recent U.S. Senate wins.

Her late entry into the race, combined with her track record of out-performing other Democrats statewide, helped her avoid a serious primary challenge from the left.

If she wins the election in November, Amy Klobuchar will become the first female governor of the state of Minnesota.

Tim Walz scrapped his plans to run for a third term following scrutiny regarding his administration's response to fraud targeting state social services programs.

South Carolina is considered one of the nation's most reliably Republican states, and Democrats have not won a U.S. Senate election there since 1998.

The eventual Republican nominee will be heavily favored against Democrat Annie Andrews in the November election.

Darline Graham (62) is an incumbent who entered the race on July 20 after being appointed by Gov. Henry McMaster; she positions herself as a political outsider and a reliable vote for Trump's agenda. Rep. Ralph Norman (73) presents himself as a proven conservative and argues voters should judge candidates by their records rather than famous names. Rep. Russell Fry (41) describes himself as a next-generation conservative with a congressional résumé and experience winning a Trump-aligned Republican primary.

The three dominant forces are Sen. Darline Graham, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.). No candidate won the majority required to secure the nomination outright, narrowing a nine-candidate contest to a head-to-head fight between Graham and one of the other two.