From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Are American voters preparing for a shift in political power?

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. In the biggest primary day of the year, nine states and the District of Columbia have chosen

candidates for the November elections. The big question remains, are the Democrats or the Republicans

now better positioned to control the House and the Senate? On To the Point, we'll look for answers

in yesterday's results

from Rhode Island to Arizona, where the voters pro or anti-incumbent are national or

local issues most likely to prevail when it comes to November. Why are some conservatives saying

the Republican Party would be better off if it loses? On reporter's notebook later on, two major American

charities joined forces against hunger in Africa. First, the news.

Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio

International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and

Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again. Mormon Alney, back with To the Point. The biggest

primary day of the year has set the stage for the November elections. On To the Point,

in the battle for Congress, Republicans have five times more money than Democrats, so why are some

conservatives saying the Republicans

might as well lose? On reporter's notebook, the Gates and Rockefeller Foundations take on hunger in Africa.

First, this news update. President Ahmadinejad of Iran has promised that his country will establish

complete security in Iraq. That came in response to a request from Iraqi Prime Minister

Al Maliki in a visit to Tehran. But U.S. officials have been saying that elements in Iran have

stoked Iraq's sectarian violence. Edward Wong is in Baghdad for the New York Times. Ed, thanks

as always for being with us. How are American officials reacting to what seems to be a kind of peace deal between Iran and Iraq?

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