Politics A.M.: Winners and losers from the first big primary day of 2018

If the Iran deal had been a Senate-confirmed treaty, would Trump have been forced to stay in? Nope.; Don Blankenship lost, but that doesn't mean the GOP is rid of its Don...

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The Fix •  Analysis Winners and losers from the first big primary day of 2018 Three big Senate primaries and one big governor's race. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » Monkey Cage • Analysis If the Iran deal had been a Senate-confirmed treaty, would Trump have been forced to stay in? Nope. Earlier presidents haven't thought so. And they've won in court. By Andrew Rudalevige  •  Read more »   The Fix • Analysis Don Blankenship lost, but that doesn't mean the GOP is rid of its Don Blankenship problem In this anti-establishment environment, catastrophe lurks right around the corner in primaries. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   PowerPost Boy Scouts lobby in states to stem the flow of child abuse lawsuits Efforts focus on proposed 'lookback' provisions that would allow accusers to bring older cases against the organization. By Elise Viebeck  •  Read more » Monkey Cage • Analysis President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran deal. Here's what you need to know. Here are 5 things to know about how we got here, what the U.S. pull-out means, and what happens next. By Elizabeth N. Saunders  •  Read more »   Fact Checker • Analysis Fact-checking President Trump's reasons for leaving the Iran nuclear deal The president heaped criticism on the Iran deal, but his claims don't tell the whole story. By Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT PowerPost GOP voters rally behind Trump-aligned candidates in trio of primaries West Virginia voters reject divisive candidate Don Blankenship, backing state attorney general. Businessman Mike Braun wins Indiana GOP Senate primary. By Sean Sullivan and Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   PowerPost In Senate primaries, Republicans avoid their worst-case fears Voters nominated a slate of candidates party strategists as electable against Democratic incumbents. By Michael Scherer  •  Read more »   PowerPost Democrats have an eye toward November as Cordray wins Democratic nomination in Ohio governor's race In Ohio and other states, the party's left fell short as better-funded candidates easily won their primaries. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT PowerPost Primary elections: Blankenship loses in W.Va.; Pittenger concedes in North Carolina Voters in Ohio, North Carolina and Indiana picked nominees for federal and state offices Tuesday. GOP leaders feared a Don Blankenship win would cost them a shot at a Senate seat in West Virginia. By Sean Sullivan and Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   PowerPost North Carolina GOP congressman loses primary, first House incumbent ousted Mark Harris, a former pastor, edged out three-term Rep. Robert Pittenger in a rematch of their 2016 contest. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   Rachel Crooks, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her, wins uncontested Ohio House primary Trump accuser Rachel Crooks wins uncontested primary for seat in Ohio state house By Marwa Eltagouri  •  Read more »   Analysis How money flowed through Michael Cohen's multi-purpose shell company "Essential Consultants" paid $130,000 to Stormy Daniels — and a million to Cohen. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the 5-Minute Fix newsletter Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up  »

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