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Good morning, Playbookers. It's Tuesday, August 3rd. I'm Rugu Monovalon.

And this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

All right, here's your preview for today's main event. Two special election primaries for Congress in Ohio will offer a glimpse into each party,

a little more than six months into President Joe Biden's tenure and Donald Trump's post-presidency.

First up, the Democrats in the 11th District.

Nina Turner began the race to replace now HUD Secretary Marsha Fudge with the big lead,

but Chantal Brown, a local

establishment figure, is closing that gap. The race boils down to two members of the party's

most loyal demographic, black women, who offer competing versions of what it means to represent

a majority minority, solid blue Democratic district, Turner's Pro-Burney drive

to the left, or Brown's work with Biden approach.

Now farther south, Republicans are choosing a new member in the 15th District.

There are 11 candidates in the race, but Trump made his pick months ago, Cole lobbyist Mike Carey.

A week after the Trump endorsed Susan Wright lost in a Republican versus Republican runoff in Texas,

the former president's sway within the GOP is firmly on the line.

Polls close at 730, since these are primaries, the winners won't take office until after the special elections

in November.

But we will get some information about where the two parties are headed just in time for

the ramp up to the midterm elections.

For a while now, the hottest ticket in town has been an invitation to Senator Joe Manchin's

houseboat named Almost Heaven.

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