Republicans might be on the brink of capturing a Southern California congressional district for the first time in more than 20 years. Former U.S. Navy fighter pilot and political newcomer Mike Garcia leads Democratic state lawmaker Christy Smith by 16 percentage points with more than three-quarters of the votes counted from Tuesday’s special election. The winner will complete the term of former U.S. Rep. Katie Hill, a Democrat who resigned in October because of scandal. The 25th District covers parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Former Senate staffer Tara Reade told journalist Megyn Kelly during an on-camera interview that former Vice President Joe Biden “should not be running on character for the president of the United States.” Reade accuses the presumptive Democratic nominee of sexually assaulting her in 1993 when she worked for him during his second term as a U.S. senator from Delaware.

On Monday, New York officials canceled the state’s Democratic presidential primary, slated for June 23. It’s an unprecedented reaction in a primary season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials in other states took less extreme approaches. In Wisconsin, officials plagued with partisan squabbling forged ahead with an in-person election. In Wyoming, they switched to all-mail voting entirely.

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday addressed an accusation of sexual assault for the first time since the story became public more than a month ago. Tara Reade, who worked for Biden during his second term as a U.S. senator from Delaware, claims he sexually molested her in 1993. “This never happened,” the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president said in an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Media outlets project former Vice President Joe Biden as the winner of Tuesday’s Ohio Democratic presidential primary, which state officials conducted mostly by mail. Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, delayed Ohio’s primary six weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. So far, Biden has captured 96 of the state’s 136 delegates, while Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has withdrawn from the race, picked up four.

The Democratic Party continues to line up behind its presumptive nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in November. Former President Barack Obama released a video on Tuesday announcing his endorsement of his former vice president.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a clear path to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination after his final opponent exited the race. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced his decision to drop out on a phone call with campaign staff on Wednesday.