Three big primary elections are coming up this month that will provide another peak into how Americans are feeling about the direction President Donald Trump is taking the country.
The contests in New Jersey on June 10, Virginia on June 17 and New York City on June 24 will also provide clues into how well Democrats have picked up their party's pieces after losing to the returning president's Make America Great Again coalition, which gained him some ground in blue states and local communities.
Democrats were brimming with confidence earlier in the year after beating back billionaire Elon Musk in Wisconsin's high-stakes state Supreme Court race, where the liberal-leaning candidate prevailed. Political forecasters are giving Democrats the edge in Virginia's odd-year gubernatorial race coming up this November, with both Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, at the University of Virginia, and the Cook Political Report, saying it leans in their favor.
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Given it is a state next door to Washington, D.C., Trump's decisions, especially layoffs of federal workers, are expected to cast a large shadow on that contest.
