New York incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo easily trounced his far-left challenger, actress and activist Cynthia Nixon, in the state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary Thursday.

Rhode Island held its primary elections Wednesday, with voters largely sticking with incumbents on the Democratic side, including rejecting a progressive candidate in favor of the pro-business incumbent in the governor’s race. Gov. Gina Raimondo fended off her more liberal challenger Matt Brown, the state’s former secretary of state, and will face Tuesday’s Republican winner, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, and independent candidate Joe Trillo in November. Raimondo and Fung previously battled for the governor’s mansion in 2014.

New Hampshire primary voters emerged from the polls Tuesday having sided with establishment picks for the November ballot. After Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter chose not to run for reelection, Republicans see an opportunity to flip her House seat red.

A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos to 14 days in prison for lying to the FBI in its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Papadopoulos, 31, who pleaded guilty last year and is the first person sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation, said, “I made a dreadful mistake, but I am a good man who is eager for redemption.” U.S.

Longtime Democratic Sen. Tom Carper easily won his party’s primary Thursday in Delaware, fending off a challenge from a progressive political newcomer. Carper, 71, defeated Kerri Evelyn Harris, who had hoped to ride a growing anti-establishment wave within the Democratic Party to victory.

Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley is all but assured of becoming the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts after Tuesday’s primary elections. The 44-year-old scored an upset victory over 10-term Democratic Rep. Michael Capuano. She’ll run in the same heavily Democratic area once represented by Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill and President John F. Kennedy. Pressley was endorsed by fellow congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who knocked out veteran Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., in June.

The battleground for Senate control looks well defined. Republicans have six clear targets, and the Democrats have three. But some other developing races could become unexpectedly difficult for the incumbent. These “sleeper” Senate races are worth watching as election activity heats up in the fall.