Trump-Backed Candidates, Democratic Moderates Win Primaries
- Masters, backed by Trump and Thiel, wins GOP bid in Arizona
- Democrats Stevens, Busch Valentine advance to fall campaign
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It was a good night for Donald Trump-endorsed Republicans -- and moderate Democrats.
With fewer than 100 days to the midterm elections, voters in five states chose their parties’ nominees for Congress in an extended primary season shaped by redistricting and ideological fissures. Candidates in the primaries will compete for control of Congress in November, with a closely divided House and Senate.