US primaries in Oklahoma, Georgia, others: Key takeaways from the results

Burt Jones, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, has mislaid successful Georgia’s gubernatorial run-off to billionaire Rick Jackson, but candidates backed by the US president secured Senate nominations successful Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma successful the superior elections connected Tuesday.

Voters besides decided the enactment candidates for the legislature contention successful California and a mayoral superior successful Washington, DC, arsenic the United States gears up for November’s midterm elections, seen by immoderate arsenic a referendum connected Trump’s 2nd term.

Here’s who won and mislaid the primaries – and however Trump-endorsed candidates fared.

Supporters cheer connected US Senate Republican campaigner Mike Collins (R-GA) during a run-off predetermination nighttime enactment connected June 16, 2026, successful Jackson, Georgia [Jessica McGowan/AFP]

Who won successful Georgia?

Georgia attracted a batch of media attraction implicit the combat betwixt Jones and Jackson. Though Trump-backed Jones mislaid successful the governor’s race, voters successful the authorities elected the US president’s prime for the Senate primary.

Mike Collins, who was endorsed by Trump conscionable a fewer days earlier the ballots were cast, won the Republican Senate run-off successful Georgia.

Collins is present acceptable to look Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff successful what has been touted arsenic 1 of the astir competitory midterm campaigns successful the country. Collins defeated Republican Governor Brian Kemp-endorsed Derek Dooley, a erstwhile assemblage shot coach.

In the run-off for governor, Jones mislaid contempt a yearlong endorsement from Trump. The president reiterated his enactment past week, praising Jones’s “Courage and Wisdom” successful a societal media post.

Jackson had spent astatine slightest $100m retired of his pocket, arsenic compared with astir $30m spent by Jones successful total, during the campaign.

Jackson volition present look Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, the erstwhile Atlanta mayor, successful November successful different pre-eminent battleground state.

Campaign signs are seen astatine a polling spot astatine the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library during the DC superior elections connected June 16, 2026, successful Washington, DC [Brendan Smialowski/AFP]

Who won the Alabama primary?

Alabama brought bully quality for Trump, wherever helium had successfully backed Barry Moore, a three-term congressman who has promised to beryllium “a warrior for President Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda” if elected to the Senate.

Moore defeated erstwhile Navy SEAL Jared Hudson, who presented himself arsenic a Washington outsider.

Alabama is simply a Republican stronghold, and the GOP superior victor is expected to prevail successful November.

He volition look lawyer Everett Wess, who defeated tiny concern proprietor Dakarai Larriett successful the Democratic run-off.

Who won the Oklahoma primaries?

Oklahoma’s Republican superior for politician besides tested Trump’s endorsement.

The president weighed successful late, throwing his enactment 2 weeks agone to erstwhile authorities Senator Mike Mazzei, without a wide frontrunner successful the field.

Trump’s prime secured a spot successful a run-off connected August 25, finishing astir adjacent with Attorney General Gentner Drummond.

In the Senate race, Republican Kevin Hern, who represents Oklahoma’s First Congressional District, outpaced the 4 different Republican candidates. Hern was endorsed by President Trump and captured 63.7 percent of the vote.

Democratic results are yet to beryllium called.

Oklahoma voters besides rejected much-debated State Question 832, which could person raised the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour. More than 56 percent of voters opposed it.

Supporters cheer connected US Senate Republican candidate, Representative Mike Collins (R-GA) during a run-off predetermination nighttime enactment connected June 16, 2026, successful Jackson, Georgia [Jessica McGowan/AFP]

Who won successful California?

Voters successful California are looking to regenerate Democrat Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House and dropped his bid for California governor, aft a pistillate alleged helium had sexually assaulted her twice.

Democratic authorities lawmaker Aisha Wahab precocious successful the peculiar predetermination successful California to regenerate Representative Swalwell. Wahab, a authorities legislator who focused her run connection connected reducing lodging costs, goes connected to the August 18 run-off, which volition find who volition capable the remainder of Swalwell’s word done January.

She is among 11 candidates connected the ballot. It was excessively aboriginal to find who would instrumentality the 2nd slot successful the August 18 election.

Wahab is besides competing successful the November run-off to find who volition win Swalwell for a afloat two-year term.

President Donald Trump stands successful the octagon during the UFC Freedom 250 lawsuit astatine the White House South Lawn [Amber Searls/Reuters]

How are Trump-backed candidates doing successful primaries?

This year’s primaries person been a drawstring of wins for Trump-backed Republican candidates successful the US.

Trump’s endorsement grounds successful gubernatorial primaries has been affirmative truthful far, though not without setbacks.

Of the 11 candidates helium backed successful governor’s races, 7 person precocious to the wide election, 2 moved connected to run-offs, and 2 were defeated.

Before Jones mislaid the run-off successful Georgia, Trump-backed Randy Feenstra failed to unafraid the Republican information successful Iowa.

Mazzei successful Oklahoma and Pamela Evette successful South Carolina precocious from their primaries but volition request to triumph different circular of voting to unafraid their party’s nomination.

Before them, respective candidates won it connected Trump’s name: Joe Lombardo successful Nevada, Steve Hilton successful California, Stacy Garrity successful Pennsylvania, Brad Little successful Idaho, Tommy Tuberville successful Alabama, Jim Pillen successful Nebraska, Vivek Ramaswamy successful Ohio, and Greg Abbott successful Texas each precocious to the wide election.