NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s name will appear on the ballot on Tuesday for the first time since his historic conviction for serious crimes since a handful of states hold the latest Republican presidential primary contests 2024.
The former president will be on the ballot in Republican races in Montana, New Jersey It is New Mexico. President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, will compete in primaries in the same states, in addition to primaries in Washington DCand one in South Dakota.
Republicans in DC held a party-organized primary in March. South Dakota canceled its Republican presidential primary because Trump was uncontested.
Voters will also vote in primaries for federal, state and local offices in those states.
Trump and Biden are expected to easily prevail in the races, where they are the last major candidates still in the running.
But the results could signal voters’ concerns about their choices as the November elections approach.
If Trump’s victory margins are closer than expected, it could be a sign that voters are hesitant to nominate a presidential candidate with criminal record.
Trump’s dominance in the primaries was also overshadowed by continued support from a minority of Republican Party voters to former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who quit in March. Tuesday’s competitions will be the first since Haley I said two weeks ago that I would vote for Trump in November. They can be an indicator of whether your supporters will follow you.
Biden faced his own protest vote underway in recent elections, while Democratic voters dissatisfied with his handling of Israel’s war with Hamas seek to register their disapproval. There are campaigns organized in several states on Tuesday to vote for the “uncommitted” in Democratic races. In the New Jersey primary, “uncommitted” will be on the ballot in many counties above the phrase “Justice for Palestine, permanent ceasefire now!”
After Tuesday, Democrats will have two additional caucuses on June 8, for Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to round out the 2024 primary calendar.
In addition to presidential contests, states are holding primaries for federal and local races on Tuesday, with one of the most watched being the Republican Senate race in Montana.
Retired Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy has the support of Trump and national Republican leaders as he faces two other candidates in the race. The winner will challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in what is expected to be one of the most competitive races that could decide control of the House.
Republicans will also choose a candidate to replace Rep. Matt Rosendale, who is retiring after originally trying to run in the Senate race but dropping out when Trump endorsed Sheehy.
In New Jersey, Democrats will choose a candidate to replace the scandal-plagued Senator Bob Menéndez, who is on trial in New York on federal corruption charges. Menendez decided not to run in the primary. He filed paperwork Monday to run in the general election as an independent candidate.
Representative Andy Kim is seen as the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination.
Running for the Republican nomination are businessman Curtis Bashaw, Navy veteran Albert Harshaw, former Tabernacle deputy mayor Justin Murphy and Mendham Township Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner, who has Trump’s support.
Five Democrats will compete in the primary for the state’s 3rd District, which Kim holds and which is expected to remain in Democratic hands in November.
Menendez’s son, first-term Rep. Rob Menendez, is facing a tough primary challenge in New Jersey’s 8th District from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla.
In New Mexico, where Democrats hold all three of the state’s U.S. House seats, only one primary will be held in the 1st District. Republicans Louie Sanchez and Steve Jones will compete to face incumbent Melanie Stansbury in a Democratic-leaning district based in Albuquerque.
In D.C., voters will decide a primary for the city’s non-voting delegate to the U.S. House, and in Iowawhich kicked off the presidential election in January with its first-in-the-nation party conventions, voters will choose candidates in primary elections for local races and U.S. House seats, including one who could play a key role in determining control of the House.
Des Moines-area 3rd Congressional District Democrats will choose a candidate to face first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn, who defeated an incumbent Democrat in 2022.
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This story has been corrected to show that Bashaw is a businessman, not a Republican Party fundraiser.
