Morning Distribution for Tuesday, August 11, 2020

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Tuesday, August 11, 2020 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [EU-0810-4×3]( [What You Need To Know About Today’s Elections In Minnesota And Georgia]( By [Geoffrey Skelley]( and [Nathaniel Rakich]( Believe it or not, the 2020 Democratic presidential primary is still going on — but it comes to an end today. Connecticut’s presidential primary is the last of the cycle, and the fact that it’s happening so late in the season is rare. According to presidential primaries expert and FiveThirtyEight contributor Josh Putnam, it marks the [latest presidential nominating contest in the modern era](. But it’s not the presidential contest that will capture headlines today. A total of five states will hold their down-ballot primaries or runoffs today, in which the fight between the radical wings and more moderate factions will continue for both parties. Will a controversial member of “[the Squad]( — a group of first-term congresswomen of color known for their progressive views — lose her Democratic primary? And will Republicans send a believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory (with a history of racist comments) to Congress? We will ([maybe]( learn the answers today. Minnesota Two members of the Squad (Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib) have already [routed]( their [primary challengers]( this year, and another (Rep. Ayanna Pressley) doesn’t even have an opponent. But Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District might not find it so easy, as she’s facing a stiff challenge from attorney Antone Melton-Meaux. Like Ocasio-Cortez’s and Tlaib’s challengers, Melton-Meaux has [attacked Omar]( for basking in the spotlight of her national fame rather than attending to the needs of her [Minneapolis-based district](. Omar, though, has racked up a long list of controversies. First, she has made a number of [anti-Semitic comments, including]( linking politicians’ support for Israel to campaign donations from Jewish advocacy groups, for which [she apologized]( in 2019. Omar has also been accused of [misusing campaign funds]( most notably by [paying thousands of dollars]( to a political consultant whose wife [claimed he was having an affair with Omar]( (since then, Omar and the consultant have [divorced their respective spouses]( and [gotten married themselves](. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Latest Data How popular is Donald Trump? [How popular is Donald Trump?]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Will The Power Five Try To Power Through?]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.