Tomorrow’s elections feature three of the most exciting primaries of the year

Top primaries update: Georgia’s gubernatorial race added + Will the initiative to divide California into three states make the ballot? Top primaries update: Georgia’s gubernatorial race added Our updated list of this year’s Top 10 Republican and Top 10 Democratic primaries includes three elections which will take place tomorrow, including both the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial primaries in Georgia. The third top-10 race tomorrow is a Democratic primary occurring in Kentucky's 6th Congressional District. In Georgia, former state Reps. Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans are appealing to different segments of the Democratic party electorate. Both are vying to be the first woman elected governor of Georgia, a state where voters have not had a Democratic governor since 1998. Six Republicans seek to replace Georgia’s term-limited Governor, Nathan Deal (R), including Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, former state Sen. Hunter Hill, state Sen. Michael Williams, and businessman Clay Tippins. If no candidate wins outright, the primary will be decided in a July 24th runoff. We’ve identified 20 primaries as the most compelling intra-party contests of this cycle, either because they reflect an ideological battle between two factions within a party or a close primary contest in a battleground election. Each week, we update the list as primaries ebb-and-flow out of intrigue. The lists contain primaries for five governor’s races, five U.S. Senate seats, nine U.S. House seats, and the battle for state attorney general in Alabama. Another eight top primary elections will take place in June. [Did a primary in your state make the list?]( [Forward This](mailto:?&cc=info@Ballotpedia.org&subject=Check out this info I found from Ballotpedia&body= [blank][Tweet This]( [blank][blank][Send to Facebook]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [blank] Will the initiative to divide California into three states make the ballot? California voters cannot split their state into three without approval from Congress. But Bay State residents may have the opportunity to vote on a ballot measure that would ask Congress to do just that. In November 2018, voters in California could decide a ballot initiative intended to divide the state into three—the new states of California, Northern California, and Southern California. The ballot initiative, dubbed Cal3, was developed by venture capitalist Tim Draper. As of last week, 31 counties, which is just over half of the state’s 58 counties, had completed random samples of the signatures filed for the initiative. As Tim Draper’s Cal3 campaign submitted 605,017 signatures, the projected validation is 465,863. Draper needs 365,880 of the signatures to be valid for the initiative to make the ballot and 402,468 to avoid a full-check of signatures, which would take additional time and could postpone a vote until 2020. The remaining counties that need to conduct random samples include the three where the Cal3 campaign collected the most signatures—Los Angeles, San Diego, and Riverside. With more than 33 percent of submitted signatures coming from Los Angeles, the county’s number of valid signatures will have an impact on whether the initiative makes the ballot or not. Cal3 isn’t his first attempt at dividing the state. In 2013, he proposed breaking the state into six new states. Draper contributed $5.27 million to the campaign, which collected 752,685 valid signatures for the initiative—about 55,000 short of the 807,615 required. On June 13, 2018, the California secretary of state will announce whether the random sample of signatures qualifies the initiative to appear on the ballot for the election on November 6, 2018. [Learn more→]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Spending in Florida Senate race passes $11 million Term-limited Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) spent more than $8 million in the first month of his U.S. Senate campaign against incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D). He released both English- and Spanish-language ads calling for term limits, tying Nelson to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and highlighting his gubernatorial record. Satellite groups, like New Republican PAC and the Senate Leadership Fund, have also poured $3 million into the race. Nelson and his allies have not spent any money, yet, although he has $10.7 million in cash on hand. Scott previously told donors that he would need $110 million to manage a campaign against Nelson. Scott spent $75 million to win the governor's house in 2010 and has a net worth of at least $150 million. [Learn more→]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for a preview of tomorrow's races? [Click here to subscribe to]([the Heart of the Primaries]( Today's edition of this free email newsletter will fill you in on all the action. Be sure to check back with us tomorrow night for results! We'll be posting those live at Ballotpedia.org and on Twitter @Ballotpedia! Ballotpedia depends on the support of our readers. The Lucy Burns Institute, publisher of Ballotpedia, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law. Donations to the Lucy Burns Institute or Ballotpedia do not support any candidates or campaigns. [Please click here to support our work→]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Follow on Twitter]( [Friend on Facebook]( Copyright © 2018, All rights reserved. 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