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
8:42 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-15: The fight in the 15th is kind of parallel to the 17th: incumbent Eric Swalwell is at 49, while his Dem challenger, Ellen Corbett, is in a dogfight with the GOPer (Hugh Bussell) for 2nd. Corbett's at 26, Bussell 25.
8:43 PM PT (Steve Singiser): IA-01: This is worthy of a "hold on": Pat Murphy was long ago anointed with the AP check mark in the Democratic primary in IA-01. Now, however, it is looking a little sketchy. With 85 percent of precincts reporting, he is at 36 percent of the vote (Monica Vernon is second at 24 percent). The cutoff for the race going to a convention is ... 35 percent. Stay tuned.
8:43 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-25: Here's a race that could be close in November, if Dem Lee Rogers can get over the hump tonight. Steve Knight leads fellow Republican Tony Strickland 31-25, with Rogers not far behind at 23.
8:46 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-21: David Valadao (GOP incumbent) is in the lead here with 56, but more importantly, Amanda Renteria is leading 2012 loser John Hernandez 29-15 for the Dem slot. Hopefully Dem turnout improves a lot in November in this heavily-Latino Central Valley district.
8:48 PM PT (David Jarman): CA Controller: While Jerry Brown continues to crush at the top of the ticket (and Tim Donnelly is creeping up on Neel Kashkari, now down 18-15), the Controller race may be the most interesting statewide race. For now, there are actually two Republicans in the leads: Ashley Swearingen at 24 and David Evans at 23. But the Dems are right behind, with Betty Yee at 22 and John Perez at 20... so it's entirely possible that by night's end, we could be talking about an all-Dem general instead.
8:50 PM PT (Steve Singiser): MS-Sen: We're now up to 95 percent reporting, and a runoff is looking more and more inevitable. Chris McDaniel has dropped more than 3000 votes below the 50-percent threshold. He still leads Thad Cochran in the raw vote, by around 1300 votes.
8:55 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-26: A Dem who's doing so-so is Julia Brownley; she's at 47, with GOPer Jeff Gorrell at 44. GOPer Rafael Dagnesses is at 6, while centrist indie Doug Kmiec is at 2.
9:00 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-24: Lois Capps is at 44 in this district which has been an afterthought (with 6% going to assorted other Dems), but the GOP race is pretty interesting: Dale Francisco, the establishment choice here, is in 4th at 12, with other GOPers Justin Fareed and Chris Mitchum both at 15 jostling for the second spot.
9:01 PM PT (Steve Singiser): NM-Gov (D): One of the quieter races of the night has finally ended. The AP calls the Democratic gubernatorial primary for Gary King. He currently leads Alan Webber by a 35-23 margin. King will face incumbent GOP Gov. Susana Martinez in November.
9:03 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-07, CA-21: The AP has issued shiny new checkmarks to Ami Bera and David Valadao, not that it was ever in doubt whether they'd advance to November.
9:04 PM PT (Steve Singiser): IA-01/IA-02: Pat Murphy's win in the Democratic primary in IA-01 is looking a bit more secure: he is at 37 percent of the vote, with 98 percent reporting. Meanwhile, in IA-02, it will be a rematch of 2010, as Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks has finally dispatched state Rep. Mark Lofgren in the GOP primary (49-38).
9:06 PM PT (Steve Singiser): For what it is worth:
9:12 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-SoS, CA-26: The AP has doled out checkmarks in the Secretary of State race to GOPer Pete Peterson (at 30) and Dem Alex Padilla (at 29). Remarkably, Leland Yee managed to place 3rd at 11, despite being accused of illegal arms dealing! The AP has also called the 26th for Dem Julia Brownley and GOPer Jeff Gorrell, totally unsurprisingly.
9:17 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-45: One last California House race deserves a mention, not because it'll be interesting in November (the district is safely GOP) but because we know who'll replace John Campbell in this OC open seat ... it'll be Mimi Walters, who's at 46. She'll face Dem Drew Leavens (who's at 30) rather than fellow GOPer Greg Raths (22).
9:18 PM PT (Steve Singiser): IA-03 (R): With 86 percent reporting, it's looking quite clear that we are headed to a convention in the open-seat 3rd district battle to replace retiring GOP Rep. Tom Latham. Brad Zaun leads with 27 percent, but there are five (!) Republicans at or over 15 percent of the vote.
9:23 PM PT (Steve Singiser): MS-Sen: I don't blame him for going to bed, either:
RT @kasie: Sen. Cochran is not coming out to speak tonight
— @kaysteiger
9:26 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-SD-26: The highest profile legislative race in California may be the 26th Senate district, where Sandra Fluke is currently in 3rd place. She's at 18, trailing Ben Allen at 23 and possible stealth Republican Seth Stodder at 19, and narrowly ahead of Betsy Butler at 16.
9:27 PM PT (David Nir): The (rather intense) liveblog continues here.
9:28 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-11: Somewhere along the way the AP called this one for Mark DeSaulnier, who'll replace the legendary George Miller. DeSaulnier's at 59 and will face GOPer Tue Phan, who's at 28.
9:30 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-21: Ugh, John Hernandez has pulled ahead of Amanda Renteria for 2nd place in the 21st, leading 24-21. Given Hernandez's performance in 2012, that's not what we want. Only 14% reporting, though, so expect more back-and-forth.
9:43 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-21: Scratch that last post... Hernandez is temporarily benefiting from an AP data entry error. (Contrast the AP with the Fresno County board; the AP has given Hernandez an extra 4,000+ votes.)
10:03 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-31: Things are looking marginally better in the 31st, thanks to the 10 pm ballot dump. GOPer Paul Chabot is still in first at 26.1, with Dem Pete Aguilar second at 17.1, Dem Eloise Reyes third at 16.5, GOPer Leslie Gooch at 15.9, Dem Joe Baca at 11.7, and Dem Danny Tillman at 9.3. What's important here is that Aguilar and Reyes are putting a little distance between them and Gooch, making a two-GOPer finale less likely. It's still only a 400-vote gap between Aguilar and Gooch, though, with 34% reporting, so anything's possible. The next update will be at midnight PT/3 am ET.
10:05 PM PT (David Jarman): CA-10: Dems had decent hopes for the 10th after Jeff Denham won narrowly in '12, but he's in strong shape tonight. The GOPer is at 59, with establishment Dem choice Michael Eggman only at 25 and some other Dem, Mike Walrus Barkley at 16.