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Good morning. I'm Allison Michaels with the Washington Post and this is the Daily

202 for Wednesday, August 15th. James is on vacation this week, but I'll be here instead with the day's top headlines.

Number one, with just 84 days before the general election, primary

voters cast ballots in four states Tuesday to choose candidates for governor

and other state offices amid heated campaigns for the

U.S. House and Senate. As Republicans doubled down on their commitment to Trump,

Democrats continued their pattern of nominating glass ceiling breakers by selecting a transgender woman as

their candidate for governor in Vermont, a black woman for a house seat in

Connecticut, and a Muslim woman for another congressional seat in Minnesota.

If elected in November, Christine Halquist for another congressional seat in Minnesota.

If elected in November, Christine Halquist, a former utility company executive,

would be the first transgender governor of any state, and Johanna Hayes, a former national

teacher of the year,

would be the first black woman to represent New England in the house.

Elon Omar, a Somali-American in Minnesota,

is now positioned to be one of two Muslim women elected to the House this fall, along with Rashida

Thalib, who was nominated for a Democratic-leaning seat in Michigan last week.

Minnesota's Jeff Johnson is projected to have defeated Tim Polenti, a former governor who was critical of Donald

Trump in 2016.

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