LIVE PRIMARY RESULTS: Springtime for Oysterführer in Maine?

Are voters ready for a Nazi-tatted ne’er-do-well in the Senate? Get ready to find out, although we should provide some balance in our coverage of tonight’s primaries. Heck, three out of four states don’t have candidates for high office with SS death-camp logos on their pecs!

That we know of, anyway.

Maine voters go to the polls today in their formal statewide primary, where the main event for the Democrat Senate nomination should be a walkover. Graham Platner sucked up all of the political and fundraising oxygen early, sidelining sitting governor Janet Mills while all of the cool kids in the progressive clique rushed to endorse Herr Totenkopf. After assuring them last week that the Nazi SS tattoo was his only scandal, allegations of domestic abuse and weird social-media trolling on Kik and Reddit emerged too.

Still, Der Oysterführer (thanks to VIP member Anon-842c) should win handily tonight, thanks to the early voting head start he had. The big question will be how wide the margins will be in the end, especially from the same-day votes cast today. Did Platner’s position erode enough to convince him to withdraw and allow Maine Democrats to elect a replacement at their convention next month, as allowed by state law? Or will we have Herr Totenkopf to Kik around for another five months? Saty tuned for the next chapter of Maine Kampf!

Polls close in Maine at 8 pm ET, but the polls will close in South Carolina an hour earlier at 7 pm ET. Primaries are taking place for statewide offices. Lindsey Graham’s certain to win the GOP primary for the US Senate. The most interesting race to watch here would be for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Nancy Mace has retired from Congress after running afoul of Donald Trump, but she’s trailing in a crowded field in all of the polling so far. This appears to be between Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson, with Rep. Ralph Norman about four points behind the leaders. 

Of course, our readers may have specific interests in other races in these states, or also in primaries today in Nevada and North Dakota. That’s why we are happy to partner with our friends at Decision Desk HQ to bring you live results, along with the smartest calls in the business. Nevada’s polls close at 9 pm ET, and voting ends at 8 pm ET in North Dakota. Unlike last week’s primary in California, all four states will stop taking ballots today, and we should see calls by late evening or early morning hours. 

Again, don’t let an early call in Maine throw you. Wait for later to see the overall margins and the pattern in same-day voting. You better believe Maine Democrats will watch that very closely.