Primaries to watch in New York, Colorado, Utah

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Primaries to watch in New York, Colorado, Utah

Democrats in a New York congressional district are set to make a decision Tuesday in a historically expensive primary race, while *********** voters in Utah make their primary pick in the reliably red state to replace retiring GOP Sen. Mitt Romney. 

Incumbent progressive in New York at risk of losing seat

File: (L)  Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., is at a campaign stop in White Plains, New York, on June 11, 2024. (R) Bowman challenger George Latimer.

(L) AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File (R) AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey

Progressive New York Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman is facing a difficult primary challenge from Westchester County Executive George Latimer. International affairs defined the campaign, with Bowman’s

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as a member of the progressive “Squad” in the U.S. House underlining stark differences within the Democratic party.

Bowman has been targeted with more than $14 million in outside advertising spending opposing his latest campaign from the ******* Democracy Project, a Super PAC associated with the ********* ******* Public Affairs Committee, according to data from AdImpact. 

Ahead of the primary, AdImpact also posted on

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that the race for Bowman’s seat, which to date has resulted in over $24 million in advertising spending, is the most expensive House primary on record. 

The race to replace Mitt Romney 

Republicans in Utah are also voting Tuesday to pick a GOP nominee in the race to replace retiring Sen. Mitt Romney. While representing the reliably red state, Romney has been one of former President Donald Trump’s fiercest *********** critics. 

Trump has sided with Riverton mayor Trent Staggs in Tuesday’s primary. Romney’s old seat isn’t expected to be competitive in the November general election, yet Trump’s influence hasn’t been as strong in the state, compared to other similarly ************* parts of the country. Other contenders seeking to replace Romney and defeat Staggs on Tuesday include GOP Rep. John Curtis and Brad Wilson, the former speaker of the Utah House. 

Boebert tries to win primary in different Colorado district

WASHINGTON – MARCH 13: Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., walks down the House steps at the U.S. Capitol after a vote on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. 

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

After narrowly winning her reelection to Congress in a surprisingly close 2022 midterm race, GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert decided this cycle to run for what’s expected to be a more ***********-friendly U.S. House seat. 

Boebert, a controversial member of the *********** conference, is running Tuesday in a

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for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, where Rep. Ken Buck resigned earlier this year.  

The GOP primary race for Boebert’s old district 

Six Republicans are also running for the congressional seat Boebert is leaving behind. Among the candidates is former GOP state Rep. Ron Hanks,

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, but has said he did not enter the building.

The Colorado contest is notable due to how close the general election margin was during the 2022 midterms, where Boebert narrowly defeated Democrat Adam Frisch by just

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. Frisch is running again for the same seat this cycle. 

South Carolina GOP congressional primary runoff 

The race for the GOP nomination in

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is down to two candidates in the June 25 runoff — 

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Mark Burns is running against fellow *********** Sheri Biggs. Biggs has been

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by South Carolina’s GOP Gov. Henry McMaster.  

Hunter Woodall

Hunter Woodall is a political editorial producer for CBS News. He covered the 2020 New Hampshire primary for The Associated Press and has also worked as a Kansas statehouse reporter for The Kansas City Star and the Washington correspondent for Minnesota’s Star Tribune.

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Lauren Boebert, George Latimer, Mitt Romney, Jamaal Bowman
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