LIVE: Trump wins again in the midterm primaries: at least 25 candidates he endorsed won this Tuesday

State Rep. Chris Rabb secured the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, a deep-blue, Philadelphia-based district, all but guaranteeing him a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives after the general election.

Rabb is an openly socialist candidate and, if he wins in November, would become only the second U.S. representative nationally endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The group celebrated the result on X: "There is a new Democratic Socialist in Congress. We will be with Congressman Rabb every step of the way in the fight to abolish ICE, free Palestine and win Medicare for All."

With roughly 90% of votes counted, his closest rival, Sharif Street, came up about 20,000 votes short, according to The Associated Press.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta and former advisor to President Joe Biden, secured the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia on Tuesday. Having cleared the primary, she will run in the general election on November 3.

Bottoms led Atlanta through the pandemic, championed major housing and civil rights initiatives, and later served as Senior Advisor to President Biden at the White House, overseeing national public engagement efforts. She centered her campaign on housing, education and healthcare.

In the home stretch, she received an explicit endorsement from Biden himself, who recorded a promotional video. "I've known her a long time, and she's something special," the former president said, also pointing out that her tenure as mayor left "$180 million in the bank without raising property taxes."

Former Sen. Doug Jones secured the Democratic nomination for governor of Alabama on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. He now faces an uphill general election as he tries to become the state's first Democratic governor in nearly 30 years.

Jones will face Sen. Tommy Tuberville in November, who easily secured the Republican nomination in the race to succeed current Gov. Kay Ivey, who is term-limited. Tuberville is a close ally of Donald Trump and has the president's explicit endorsement.

No Democrat has won the Alabama governorship since 1998, when then-Governor Don Siegelman prevailed. Since then, the state has consolidated as one of the strongest Republican strongholds in the American South.

The Republican Senate primary in Georgia is heading to a June 16 runoff, NBC News projected. Rep. Mike Collins secured one of the two spots, while former football coach Derek Dooley — backed by Gov. Brian Kemp — and Rep. Buddy Carter were battling for the other ticket to the runoff as of this writing.

None of the candidates managed to clear the 50% threshold, which automatically triggered the second round. The runoff winner will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November, in one of the most consequential races of the midterm elections.

Donald Trump stayed on the sidelines throughout the primary, even as the three top contenders vied for his endorsement. It remains unclear whether the president will now weigh in with an endorsement ahead of the runoff.

President Donald Trump wasted no time celebrating Thomas Massie's defeat in the Kentucky Republican primary. Asked by reporters during the annual Congressional picnic at the White House, the president unloaded on his longtime foe within the GOP. "He was a BAD GUY! He deserves to lose!" he said. And far from feigning surprise at the outcome, he added: "Wouldn't surprise me [he lost!]." The comment comes after months of personal attacks from the president against the libertarian-minded congressman, whom he had branded the "worst Republican congressman in history."

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) acknowledged his defeat in the Republican primary against Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL, with a resentment-laden speech before supporters in Hebron. "I would've come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede. And it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv," he quipped, openly suggesting that his rival is a puppet of the pro-Israel donors who bankrolled his campaign.

Massie accused his opponents of having "bought" the seat and claimed the operation to oust him from Congress began nine months ago, before they even had a candidate. "Welcome to the most expensive congressional primary ever in the history of this country," the libertarian-minded lawmaker said, as the crowd erupted in chants of "No more wars," "End the Fed" and "America First."

The congressman defeated Daniel Cameron, the former state attorney general.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said Paxton, the state attorney general, is a fighter who has what it takes to win. At the same time, he acknowledged Cornyn as a good senator but added that he “was not supportive of me when times were tough.”

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