It's the biggest primary night of the year with eight states going to the polls. Our
guide to tonight's races can be found here. The poll closing times are below, with some notes:
• Alabama: 8:00 PM ET, runoff in races where no one wins more than 50 percent.
• Mississippi: 8:00 PM ET, runoff in races where no one wins more than 50 percent.
• New Jersey: 8:00 PM ET
• South Dakota: 8:00 PM ET (Areas in Central timezone), 9:00 PM ET (Areas in Mountain timezone), runoff in races where no one wins more than 35 percent
• New Mexico: 9:00 PM ET
• Iowa: 10:00 PM ET, Nomination decided at party conventions for races where no one wins more than 35 percent
• Montana: 10:00 PM ET
• California: 11:00 PM ET, two candidates with most votes advance to November regardless of party
We'll be bringing you the results as they come in.
Results: Alabama | California | Iowa | Mississippi | Montana | New Jersey | New Mexico | South Dakota
7:53 PM PT (Steve Singiser): MS-Sen/MS-04 (R): This is now approaching pure insanity. Both Chris McDaniel (MS-Sen) and Steven Palazzo (MS-04) are barely over the 50 percent cutoff. Both races are now in the 84-89 percent range in terms of precincts reporting.
7:55 PM PT (Steve Singiser): IA-Sen (R): It's pretty early (around one-fifth reporting), but Joni Ernst is positively crushing early. She has 54 percent, to just 18 percent each for Sam Clovis and Mark Jacobs.
7:56 PM PT (Steve Singiser): IA-03 (R): What might put a bias in those Senate results is that a lot of the votes coming in thus far are just from the 3rd district, where there's a competitive House primary as well. Right now, it would head to a convention. Brad Zaun leads, but at just 32 percent. Robert Cramer runs second at 23 percent.
7:59 PM PT (Steve Singiser): IA-Sen (R): AP calls for Joni Ernst.
8:01 PM PT (Steve Singiser): Iowa: A word of warning: the AP tabulations have been jumping around a bit in the Hawkeye State. For example, they had 42 percent reporting in IA-03, and then ... poof! ... it was down to 14 percent. Be forewarned.
8:01 PM PT (David Nir): Polls just closed in California. Lots more races on tap.
8:05 PM PT (James L): MS-04: While Steven Palazzo is just barely above the runoff threshold at present with eight precincts outstanding, those eight precincts should pad his margin over Gene Taylor. The outstanding votes are from Forrest and Lamar counties, where Palazzo is currently ahead by 55% and 64%, respectively.
8:12 PM PT (Steve Singiser): California: Sporadic absentee reports, although they are numbering in the hundreds of thousands, are appearing on the website for the California Secretary of State. Right now, the gubernatorial top two is: Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown way up at 55 percent, with Neel Kashkari (19 percent) ahead of Tim Donnelly (13 percent).
8:14 PM PT (Steve Singiser): IA-01 (D/R): The field to replace Democratic Senate hopeful Bruce Braley is set, as the AP has called both primaries. Democrats nominated state legislator Pat Murphy, while Republicans went with businessman Rod Blum.
8:16 PM PT (David Nir): MT-Sen (D): While it was mostly an afterthought once he was appointed to the Senate, John Walsh did still face a primary. However, the race has been called by the AP, as he's defeating ex-Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger 64-23 with about 6% reporting.
8:17 PM PT (Steve Singiser): MT-Sen: Not a surprise, but the AP calls the Democratic primary for recently appointed Sen. John Walsh, who easily defeated former Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger. He will face incumbent Rep. Steve Daines in November.
8:20 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-Gov: We're starting to get enough data from California to discuss it, starting with the Governor's race. Looks like Neel Kashkari's late spending spree might get him over the hump against Tim Donnelly; Jerry Brown is at 59, while Kashkari edges fellow GOPer Donnelly 17-13 for the second slot.
8:21 PM PT (Steve Singiser): AL-06 (R): The field for the GOP runoff here is now set, as social con favorite Gary Palmer will join Paul DeMarco. Which is presumably the last you will hear about AL-06 this cycle here at Daily Kos Elections.
8:24 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-31: No AP reports on the 31st yet, but you can see early numbers at San Bernardino County's site. The Republicans may yet pull another bank-shot top 2 victory here. Paul Chabot (R) is in the lead at 28, but there's a three way pileup for 2nd place, with 3 candidates getting 16 each. Pete Aguilar is in 2nd and Eloise Reyes is 3rd, but GOPer Leslie Gooch is in 4th right behind them.
8:26 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-07: On the other hand, things look great in the 7th, where Ami Bera is flirting with the 50% mark even with lousy primary turnout. With 53% reporting, Bera is at 49, with Doug Ose at 26, Igor Birman at 15, and Elizabeth Emken at 7.
8:27 PM PT (Steve Singiser): MS-Sen (R): It is getting later and later (92 percent reporting), and a runoff is looking more and more likely. While Chris McDaniel continues to lead incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran, his 2800 vote lead is not enough to overcome the 4400 votes cast for third wheel Thomas Carey. Therefore, despite Carey's small vote share, a runoff may well happen here.
8:29 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-52: The Dems' most troublesome hold in California will likely be the 52nd, where incumbent Scott Peters is at 43 with the 3 GOPers combining for 57. Carl DeMaio is poised to advance at 36. (Bear in mind, of course, that Peters finished way behind Bilbray in the 2012 primary and still went on to win in November.)
8:31 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-33: In the hilariously overcrowded 33rd to replace Henry Waxman, the Republican, thanks to the reverse clown car effect, is in the lead. Elan Carr is at 23, with the two Dem heavyweights, Ted Lieu and Wendy Greuel, at 20 and 19 respectively. Centrist Matt Miller and flaky Marianne Williamson follow at 9 each.
8:34 PM PT (James L): MS-04: With 100% reporting, it looks like Gene Taylor's party-switching comeback bid will fall short without a runoff. Incumbent Steven Palazzo leads the Republican primary with a surprisingly scant 51%. The AP has yet to make a call here, though.
8:34 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-36: The 36th looks nice too: Dem incumbent Raul Ruiz is at 50, even though this is a district with a large Latino population and, one would expect, big primary turnout dropoff. Brian Nestande leads Ray Haynes 34-16 for the GOP slot.
8:36 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-17: Tech money's not buying Ro Khanna much love. Mike Honda is at 52, with Khanna much closer to GOPer Vanila Singh than to Honda. (Khanna's at 25, Singh's at 18.)
8:38 PM PT (David Nir): The (very exciting) liveblog continues here.