BALTIMORE—Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks won the Democrat Senate primary in Maryland on May 14, while April McClain-Delaney and Neil Parrott won the Democrat and Republican primary, respectively, in the state’s Sixth Congressional District —races that could determine which party controls Congress next year.
Ms. Alsobrooks defeated Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) to take on former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who easily won the GOP primary.
The winner of the November race will succeed retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.). Maryland hasn’t had a Republican in the Senate for nearly four decades.
Incumbent Rep. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) swept past a conservative challenge, and State Treasurer Riley Moore emerged victorious from a five-candidate field in West Virginia’s two May 14 congressional primary races.
Ms. Miller was declared the winner in her Congressional District 1 (CD 1) primary against former state lawmaker Derrick Evans by the Associated Press at 9:03 p.m. with 60 percent of results counted. At that point, she had garnered 64.7 percent of the tally, or 29,544 votes, to Mr. Evans’ 35.3 percent, or 16,093 votes.
She will be an overwhelming favorite to notch a fourth term in her November race against independent Wes Holden and Democrat James Milton Umberger.