Republican John Cox survived a crowded primary Tuesday to win a chance to vie for the California governor’s mansion in November. Cox saved the GOP from the embarrassment of getting wiped off the ballot in the state’s “jungle primary.” Regardless of party affiliation, the top two vote-getters in each race advance to the final election. In the overwhelmingly Democratic state, that often means Republicans don’t make it past the primary. Cox will face Lt. Gov.

If Democrats win 23 districts from Republicans, they win control of the House in midterm elections, and Tuesday’s California primary offers them some of the best opportunities to steal seats. In California’s jungle primary system, every candidate from both parties is on the ballot. Only the top two vote-getters advance to the November elections, so one party can shut out the other from the race. Republicans hold just 14 of the state’s 53 House districts, and seven of those districts voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Congressional lawmakers are scheduled to meet with intelligence officials Thursday in two separate classified briefings about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The briefings will address what President Donald Trump is calling “spygate,” or the FBI’s use of a confidential informant in his 2016 presidential campaign. The New York Times reported last week that an FBI source had contact with two Trump campaign advisers before the 2016 election to question them about their relationships with Russia.

Atlanta attorney Stacey Abrams easily won Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday, becoming the first African-American woman from a major party to win a nomination for a state’s governor. But Abrams, who campaigned on an unabashedly liberal platform, will face a tough fight in the conservative state against the eventual Republican nominee. None of the five GOP hopefuls in Georgia won more than 50 percent of the vote Tuesday, sending the top two vote-getters, Lt. Gov.

Voters in Arkansas, Georgia, and Kentucky head to the polls Tuesday to have their say in hotly contested primary elections, while voters in Texas cast ballots in several important runoff races. In Georgia, five Republicans are vying to replace GOP Gov. Nathan Deal, who cannot run again due to term limits. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle is expected to win the most votes, but the four other contenders hope to keep him from securing a majority, forcing a runoff.

Two U.S. Senate candidates backed by President Donald Trump—U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta in Pennsylvania and incumbent Sen. Deb Fischer in Nebraska—prevailed in their Republican primary contests Tuesday. Barletta will now face Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, who is seeking a third term. Fischer, who defeated four GOP challengers Tuesday, is expected to win reelection in November against Democrat Jane Raybould, a Lincoln city councilwoman who defeated three opponents in her party’s primary. In Pennsylvania, Democratic Lt. Gov.

Voters are casting ballots Tuesday in primary elections in four states: Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Idaho, and Oregon. Pennsylvania has a crowded field of 84 candidates running for 18 U.S. House seats after a court battle ended in February with a redrawn congressional district map. Republicans currently control the state’s House delegation, but Democrats are hoping to take the majority in November. In the Keystone State’s GOP race to determine who will challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in November, U.S. Rep.