Voters reject the establishment in this week’s primaries

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  Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

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  I'm Miles Parks.

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  I cover voting.

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  I'm Stephen Fowler.

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  I cover politics.

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  And I'm Ashley Lopez, and I also cover politics.

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  And we are recording this podcast at 1:08 p.m.

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  Eastern Time on Thursday, June 4th, 2026. The mid-decade redistricting arms race seems to be finally...

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  The Supreme Court ruled this week that Alabama can redraw its congressional districts,

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  overturning a lower court decision

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  that said that the state's Republican-backed map intentionally discriminated against Black voters.

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  We're going to get to all of that.

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  But we also had a packed primary slate this week, and we want to start there.

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  So, Stephen, what are your big takeaways from the races that happened this week?

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  So there were six states that had primaries, spanning New Jersey on the East Coast,

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  all the way out to California and the West Coast.

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