Nevada, South Carolina, Maine and North Dakota primaries

By Maureen Chowdhury, Elise Hammond, Meg Wagner and Melissa Macaya, CNN

Updated 6:07 p.m. ET, June 15, 2022
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11:33 p.m. ET, June 14, 2022

CNN Projection: Rep. Nancy Mace will win GOP primary in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District

US Rep. Nancy Mace attends her election night party in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
US Rep. Nancy Mace attends her election night party in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace will win the GOP nomination in the 1st Congressional District, CNN projects

Mace flipped the district in 2020, defeating Democratic Rep. Joe Cunningham. In this primary, she faced a challenge from former conservative state Rep. Katie Arrington, who was making her second run for the seat.

Mace’s victory came as another House Republican who had drawn Trump’s ire, Rep. Tom Rice, was ousted the primary in his Pee Dee district.

Rice was one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Trump. Mace was sharply critical of the former President, saying the day after the storming of the Capitol on CNN that “his entire legacy was wiped out yesterday,” but she did not vote to impeach him.

Since then, Mace has tacked to the right. The month after the insurrection, she picked a Twitter fight with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, mischaracterizing the New York Democrat’s comments about the threat posed by rioters. 

Trump endorsed Arrington. But Mace had high-profile cover in South Carolina, too, with former Gov. Nikki Haley, Trump’s US ambassador to the United Nations, endorsing her and appearing in ads.

Mace, in winning Tuesday’s primary, joins a small group of Republicans who have survived Trump’s efforts at revenge. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger both defeated Trump-backed incumbents in last month’s primary.

11:18 p.m. ET, June 14, 2022

CNN projection: Bruce Poliquin will win the GOP nomination for Maine's 2nd Congressional District

Bruce Poliquin speaks at Maine's Republican convention in April.
Bruce Poliquin speaks at Maine's Republican convention in April. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

CNN projects Bruce Poliquin will win the Republican nomination for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. He will face Democratic Rep. Jared Golden in the general election in November.

12:03 a.m. ET, June 15, 2022

CNN Projection: Rep. Russell Fry will win GOP primary in South Carolina's 7th Congressional District

South Carolina state Rep. Russell Fry addresses a crowd in Florence, South Carolina, in March.
South Carolina state Rep. Russell Fry addresses a crowd in Florence, South Carolina, in March. (Meg Kinnard/AP/File)

South Carolina state Rep. Russell Fry will win the GOP nomination in the 7th Congressional District, CNN projects.

Fry was running against five-term Rep. Tom Rice, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump after the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol. Fry, who was endorsed by Trump, said voters would “impeach” Rice at the “ballot box.”

Rice, a conservative Republican first elected in 2012, was formally censured by the South Carolina Republican Party after his impeachment vote. The lawmaker said in a statement last year that it was the President's response to the riot that led him to cross the aisle.

He also became one of the 35 Republicans to vote to create the commission that has investigated the storming of the Capitol. 

In endorsing Fry in February, Trump said in a statement that Rice was “the coward who abandoned his constituents by caving to Nancy Pelosi and the Radical Left” and “must be thrown out of office.”

Rice shot back that Trump was a “would-be tyrant” who is “consumed by spite.”

Fry appeared with Trump at a rally in the state in March, arguing that Rice "broke our trust" with his impeachment vote.

Following news of Fry's win, Trump called the victory the “biggest News of the evening so far.”

11:10 p.m. ET, June 14, 2022

What it's like at Rep. Nancy Mace's election night party in South Carolina

From CNN's Jeff Zeleny in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

US Rep. Nancy Mace, center, greets supporters at her election night party in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
US Rep. Nancy Mace, center, greets supporters at her election night party in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

The band is still playing and the pizza has just arrived at Rep. Nancy Mace’s election night party at the Patriot Point Links in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, as supporters sip drinks to stay cool on a hot and humid night. The votes are still being counted in her Republican primary fight with Katie Arrington.

Mace has held a steady lead throughout the evening, with vote totals occasionally called out from the stage, but all eyes are on Beaufort County on the far southern edge of the district. It’s a conservative stretch of the state, where Arrington is hoping to gain ground on her rival.

Mace seized an early advantage in Charleston County, the population center of the district, while Arrington is holding out hope that her endorsement from Donald Trump will pay dividends and close the gap.

This Republican primary contest is yet another race on the stop of Trump’s so-called revenge tour. The former President has never forgiven Mace for voting to certify the 2020 election on her third day in Congress.

It’s been a vicious race, with Arrington branding Mace as the “Liz Cheney of the South,” and Mace hurling frequent attacks at Arrington. 

Mace hopes the bitter Republican campaign – fueled by Trump’s involvement – will end tonight, if she stays above the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff.

10:00 p.m. ET, June 14, 2022

Polls are closing across Nevada

From CNN's Ethan Cohen and Melissa Holzberg DePalo

It's 10 p.m. ET, and polls are closing across Nevada.

Nevada is holding several competitive Republican primaries as the party picks nominees for critical Senate, governor and secretary of state races.

Here are some of the key races voters are weighing in on:

  • Senate: Cortez Masto is one of the most endangered Senate Democrats running this year, looking to carry a state President Biden won by less than 3 points in 2020. The top contender in the GOP field is former state Attorney General Adam Laxalt, the party's 2018 nominee for governor. Laxalt is backed by a long list of conservative leaders, including former President Donald Trump. He is facing a challenge from Army veteran Sam Brown.
  • Governor: Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo won Trump’s endorsement in April, but he will still have to fend off a crowded field including former Sen. Dean Heller and attorney and former boxer, Joey Gilbert. Gilbert, who won the party’s endorsement, was seen on the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, though he said he never went inside.
  • Secretary of State: Cisco Aguilar, a Las Vegas attorney who worked for late US Sen. Harry Reid, is already the choice of Democrats. Among the Republican contenders is Jim Marchant, a former state assemblyman and unsuccessful candidate for the US House of Representatives. He has said he would not have certified Biden's win — although Trump lost the state by more than 33,000 votes. Other candidates on the Republican ticket include Kristopher Dahir, a Sparks city council member; Jesse Haw, a former state lawmaker and real estate developer; former Las Vegas TV anchor Gerard Ramalho and former District Court Judge Richard Scotti.
9:55 p.m. ET, June 14, 2022

CNN Projection: Incumbent Sen. John Hoeven will win the GOP primary in North Dakota

US Sen. John Hoeven speaks on Capitol Hill in May.
US Sen. John Hoeven speaks on Capitol Hill in May. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP)

Incumbent Sen. John Hoeven will win the GOP Senate primary in North Dakota, CNN projects.

Hoeven has served as senator since 2011.

On the Democratic side, CNN projects Katrina Christiansen will win the Senate primary and fill face Hoeven in November.

9:43 p.m. ET, June 14, 2022

CNN Projection: Joe Cunningham will win the Democratic primary for South Carolina governor

Joe Cunningham addresses delegates at South Carolina's Democratic Party convention on Saturday.
Joe Cunningham addresses delegates at South Carolina's Democratic Party convention on Saturday. (Meg Kinnard/AP)

Joe Cunningham will win the Democratic gubernatorial primary in South Carolina, CNN projects.

Cunningham is a former House representative for the state's 1st District, who lost his seat to Republican Rep. Nancy Mace in 2020.

Cunningham will face incumbent GOP Gov. Henry McMaster in November.

9:49 p.m. ET, June 14, 2022

CNN Projection: Incumbent Rep. Jim Clyburn will win the Democratic primary in South Carolina's 6th District

US Rep. James Clyburn attends a subcommittee hearing on Tuesday.
US Rep. James Clyburn attends a subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Incumbent Rep. James Clyburn will win the South Carolina Democratic primary in South Carolina’s 6th District, CNN projects.

He currently serves as the House majority whip.

Clyburn, who is seeking his 16th term, is among the most influential figures in Democratic politics. His endorsement of Joe Biden ahead of South Carolina’s 2020 primary effectively cemented Biden's victory there — and propelled Biden to wins across the map in the following day and weeks, eventually leading to him clinching the Democratic presidential nomination.

Since then, Clyburn has embraced his role as a Democratic kingmaker of sorts. He backed Ohio Rep. Shontel Brown in a hard-fought special election against Bernie Sanders-aligned former state Sen. Nina Turner for a House seat in the Cleveland area. Later, he angered some progressives by supporting Rep. Henry Cuellar, the last anti-abortion Democrat in the House, in a Texas runoff against progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros. 

Clyburn, 81, is part of a trio of top House Democratic leaders who are all older than 80 but have hung onto power without serious challenge in recent years.

Duke Buckner will win the GOP primary for the 6th District, CNN projects, and will face off against Clyburn in November.

9:13 p.m. ET, June 14, 2022

CNN Projection: Armstrong and Haugen will face off in November for North Dakota's only House seat 

US Rep. Kelly Armstrong, left, and Democratic challenger Mark Haugen
US Rep. Kelly Armstrong, left, and Democratic challenger Mark Haugen (US House Office of Photography, Mark Haugen for Congress)

Incumbent GOP Rep. Kelly Armstrong and Democrat Mark Haugen will win their respective primaries for North Dakota's at-large House seat, CNN projects.

Both ran uncontested in their primaries and will face off against each other in November.