Emily Cochrane

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. -- Doug Meadows voted for President Donald Trump in 2024. As the father of a newborn, he trusted that the president could broadly steer the country in a better direction.

Graham Platner is widely expected to win the Democratic primary in Maine, for a seat that is key to the party’s hopes of winning the Senate. Primaries are also underway in South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota.

The candidates have only two weeks to campaign before the runoff election on June 23. South Carolina has elected only Republican governors since 2002.

In South Carolina, Senator Lindsey Graham fended off a Republican challenger. In Maine, results are arriving in Graham Platner’s closely watched Senate Democratic primary. Nevada and North Dakota also held primaries.

Representative Mike Collins, who was backed by President Trump, won the G.O.P. nomination to challenge Senator Jon Ossoff. But Georgia Republicans chose Rick Jackson as their nominee for governor over a Trump-backed candidate. In Oklahoma, Representative Kevin Hern won the Republican nomination for Senate.

Here’s a look at how Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee broke up majority-Black districts after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act.

Outcry over plans to build a large data center next to the zoo has energized support for new restrictions in Nashville.

NASHVILLE — Tennessee leaders usually celebrate new business development in the state, including giant data centers.

CORNERSVILLE, Tenn. — It honestly didn't matter whether or not Dolly Parton was going to show up for the opening of her new truck stop in rural Tennessee.

Mr. Graham, a long-serving senator from South Carolina, was known for his ability to maintain relationships even with his political foes. But the support of Black voters remained elusive.