Overview
- Primaries in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia and Washington, which are being held Tuesday, August 4, 2026, will select party nominees for governor, the U.S. Senate and several competitive House seats.
- Michigan reported about 1.2 million ballots cast before Election Day and runs an open primary that requires voters to choose all partisan picks from a single party column to have those votes counted.
- Virginia moved its usual June primary to August after redistricting fights, leaving candidates to campaign on the 2021 maps and compressing the nomination window for several competitive congressional contests.
- Kansas voters will decide a constitutional amendment to change how the state Supreme Court is selected, and the state’s VoterView portal and photo ID rules remain central to how residents verify registration and vote.
- Unofficial returns are expected on election night but tight races may take days to resolve as absentee and provisional ballots are counted, local canvasses are completed and some jurisdictions set later certification targets.