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Michigan, Virginia, 3 Other States Hold Key Primaries: What to Watch

By Jackson Richman Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington state are holding primaries on Aug. 4 in contentious races that could determine the balance of power in Congress and elsewhere.

Michigan, Virginia, 3 Other States Hold Key Primaries: What to Watch

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By Jackson Richman Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington state are holding primaries on Aug.

4 in contentious races that could determine the balance of power in Congress and elsewhere.

Of those states, Michigan will be the most watched due to a Democratic Senate primary that could determine which party controls the upper congressional chamber.

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By Jackson Richman Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington state are holding primaries on Aug. 4 in contentious races that could determine the balance of power in Congress and elsewhere. Of those states, Michigan will be the most watched due to a Democratic Senate primary that could determine which party controls the upper congressional chamber.

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