A Trump-backed pastor has dropped out of Oklahoma’s Republican House primary after his intimate relationship with a campaign aide was exposed, the Daily Mail reports.

The astonishing collapse comes after an investigation that exposed Jackson Lahmeyer’s intimate relationship with campaign fundraiser Caitlin Simmons Key, a former Miss Oklahoma USA.

Key said that she and Lahmeyer, who is married, kissed on several occasions during the heat of the campaign. He sent her thousands of text messages, in one telling her “I enjoyed those lips,” and recounted leaving Mar-a-Lago for a strip club at 1am after being offered cocaine.

New York Times: Trump rescinds endorsement of right-wing pastor after texting scandal.

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “North Carolina’s 11th congressional district could be a key barometer in determining how big of a Democratic wave occurs in 2026.”

“The district, wedged in the western corner of North Carolina, has not elected a Democrat since 2010, but it got a little less red between 2020 and 2024.”

“Electoral trends, combined with the perceived strength of the challenger Jamie Ager (D) and potential weaknesses of the incumbent Chuck Edwards (R, NC-11), lead many Democrats to believe they have a chance in this unlikely district.”

“Democratic socialists are flexing their growing political strength in the nation’s capitol, with Janeese Lewis George leading in vote counting in Tuesday’s Democratic primary to be Washington, D.C.’s next Mayor,” Time reports.

“If the results hold, she will be all but certain to replace Mayor Muriel Bowser as the city’s leader in January.”

“President Donald Trump’s primary victory spree has a new $100 million asterisk,” Politico reports.

“That’s the record-breaking sum the upstart self-funding businessman Rick Jackson spent to defeat Trump’s chosen candidate in the GOP primary for Georgia governor. Jackson’s flood of ads helped drown out Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and other Republicans up and down the ballot, as the billionaire tried to convince voters that he didn’t need Trump’s explicit endorsement to be a true MAGA warrior. In the end, his pitch worked, through persuasion or sheer force.”

“Tuesday’s result is the latest embarrassing and high-profile blemish in what had been a near-perfect record this year for the president.”

“House Democrats’ flagship super PAC is expanding its TV ad reservations in a pair of states upended by redistricting efforts,” NOTUS reports.

“House Majority PAC, which is closely aligned with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, is adding nearly $5 million to Miami and West Palm Beach, covering several battleground seats in south Florida, as well as an additional $6.5 million to Norfolk and Richmond in Virginia.”

“Rep. Mike Collins (R) is projected to defeat former college football coach Derek Dooley in the Senate Republican runoff to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) in Georgia this fall,” according to Decision Desk HQ.

“Collins’s victory is a major win for President Trump, who issued a last-minute endorsement for the staunch ally over the weeekend.”

Voters cast their ballots in three states and the District of Columbia today, including a high-profile runoff race to take on Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and GOP runoffs in the Georgia governor’s race and the Alabama Senate race.

New York Times: “The top race of the day is in Georgia, where Republican voters will pick a nominee in a primary runoff to challenge Senator Jon Ossoff, who had been considered the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent going into the midterm elections but has proved to be a formidable fund-raiser and popular candidate.”

Polls close at 7 p.m. ET in Georgia and Alabama and at 8 p.m. ET in Washington, D.C.

Leave your reactions in the comments as results come in.

“President Donald Trump, who loves to boast of the win-loss record of his endorsed candidates in Republican primaries, is considering hedging his bet in South Carolina’s governor’s race by potentially endorsing both remaining Republicans,” the Washington Post reports.

Seth Masket: “Okay, what the hell’s going on here? I haven’t heard this many gay taunts since middle school. In the 80s.”

“Well for one thing, Paxton does not have a great hand in this contest. He’s a strikingly unpopular political figure in Texas and was actually impeached for bribery and other crimes in a bipartisan vote a few years ago. Talarico, meanwhile, has proven very media-savvy and engaging. There’s also a strong national tide against Republicans right now (even popular ones!), and Paxton knows that just talking up his fealty to Trump is probably not enough to win this contest. So he’s just going personal and homophobic, in a shockingly overt manner. It makes one long for the subtlety of Trump’s ‘Kamala’s for they/them; Trump’s for you’ ad from two years ago.”

“Part of this is a relatively new trend in conservative politics, with many conservatives embracing a performative hyper-masculinity and obsessing on traditional (and in many cases imaginary) gender roles. For God’s sake, there was a UFC match on the White House lawn yesterday.”

“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is endorsing progressive former Rep. Cori Bush’s comeback bid in Missouri, saying in a statement shared first with Semafor that “she will fight back against Republican attacks on our fundamental freedoms, and transform our economy, and our government into one that works for everyone, not just the powerful and well-connected,” Semafor reports.

G. Elliot Morris: “This poll question has predicted all but one election since 1948. It suggests Democrats could win by 8-12 points in November.”

A new 2WAY and Wick poll in Maine finds Graham Platner (D) in a tight contest for Sen. Susan Collins’ (R-ME) seat, 48% to 45%.

Playbook: “Digging deeper, the poll finds female voters favoring Platner, while men favor Collins. But it also shows a majority of voters with at least some concern on Platner’s multiple scandals — the biggest being 47.6 percent who are “very concerned” about the allegations from his former girlfriends.”

“House Democrats are seething over what is, by all indications, a nationwide Republican effort to elevate Democratic primary candidates viewed as more beatable in November,” Axios reports.

“A trio of obscure super PACs with progressive-sounding names have cropped up in recent months to support more left-leaning or scandal-tarnished candidates in key battleground districts.”

“Trump has no earthly idea of what’s coming for him. They’re not telling him. The vote against him in November is gonna be like, breathtaking.”

— James Carville, quoted by Mediaite. 

“A top Alaska election official has ruled that a US Senate candidate with the same name and party affiliation as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan is ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot in August,” CNN reports.

Spencer Pratt is teasing “shocking details” about to emerge that will implicate Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom in the fallout from the devastating Palisades Fire, the New York Post reports.