Roundup of Tuesday’s Top Congressional Primaries

By Roll Call Staff

Posted June 3, 2008 at 9:28pm

While most of the nation was focused Tuesday on the final primaries of the protracted presidential election, voters were going to the polls in seven states to choose House and Senate nominees.

New Mexico
Pearce Edges Wilson for GOP Senate Nod

California
McClintock Rolls to Primary Victory Over Ex-Rep. Ose

Iowa
Boswell Holds Off Primary Challenge

New Jersey
Myers Wins GOP Nod in Race to Replace Saxton
Lance Headed to Showdown With Stender in 7th District
Lautenberg Headed to Big Victory

Alabama
Love Gains Slot in GOP Runoff, Foe Not Yet Known

Budget resolution to unlock immigration funds adopted in Senate

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., seen here in March, threatened to block the “vote-a-rama” from starting to call attention to amendments he was seeking to expand the reconciliation package. He relented after giving a floor speech outlining his concerns.

Budget ‘vote-a-rama’ for immigration funds kicks off in Senate

The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse.

Judge warns attorney for Jan. 6 pipe bomber suspect

A Senate staffer delivers pizzas and drinks to the Capitol as the Senate braced for a previous vote-a-rama in April 2025.

‘Slipping further down the slope’ toward another ‘vote-a-rama’

A sign directs early voters on the Virginia redistricting referendum to the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center in Arlington, Va., last month.

Virginia judge blocks certification of redistricting referendum

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attends a news conference Wednesday at the Democratic National Committee in Washington after Virginia voters approved a new congressional map. President Donald Trump and James Blair, who will run Republican midterm operations, appear on the poster.