Takeaways from the primary elections in California, Iowa and elsewhere | CNN Politics

Six states ranging from California to New Jersey held primaries on Tuesday night.

Many of the results from California will take a while to learn, given the state’s late poll-closing time and slow vote-counting. But here are some of our takeaways so far.

The Iowa Senate race has not been considered a top-tier race. But the Democratic primary drew lots of attention.

The Democratic super PAC VoteVets spent about $10 million to help state Rep. Josh Turek. State Sen. Zach Wahls tried to fight back by making the race a referendum on Chuck Schumer, the oft-maligned Senate minority leader whom some Democrats are running against.

But however much Democratic base voters might not love Schumer, it didn’t work. If fact, Turek sailed to a painless victory, leading Wahls by 25 points with nearly all the vote reported.