Vox Sentences - What to know about Tuesday's primaries

2022 midterm elections begin in earnest; Hezbollah and its allies lose their majority in Lebanon.

Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin.

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On Tuesday, voters head to the polls in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho, and Oregon for 2022 midterm primary elections that will send messages about both parties. [CNN / Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes]
Former President Donald Trump’s power faces a test in several states. He has endorsed Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina’s GOP Senate race and Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race. Both are expected to win. [Associated Press / Will Weissert, Marc Levy, and Gary D. Robertson]
However, Trump’s Pennsylvania GOP Senate pick, celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz, is in an increasingly tight three-way battle. [The Week / Brendan Morrow]
On the Democratic side, there’s a nearly $12 million battle between the party’s progressive and moderate wings in Oregon’s governor’s race, and similar conflicts in several of Pennsylvania’s congressional races. [Jacobin / David Sirota]
A number of Tuesday’s races, including Pennsylvania's and North Carolina’s Senate races, are in key battlegrounds for the fall as Republicans look to run up their advantage in House races and Democrats try to hold onto the Senate. [BBC]

Hezbollah loses its majority in Lebanon

Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and its allies lost their majority in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections on Tuesday. [Washington Post / Sarah Dadouch and Nader Durgham
Hezbollah’s candidates won 58 seats, three fewer than needed to retain a majority; 16 independent candidates were elected in what has been seen as a rebuke of the establishment. [Al Jazeera / Kareem Chehayeb]
The country is currently in the midst of what’s considered to be its worst economic crisis in years. [CNN / Tamara Qiblawi, Charbel Mallo, and Ben Wedeman]
Hezbollah has said corruption among its political rivals is behind the crisis; voters appear to have disagreed. The new parliament will soon elect a prime minister and cabinet. [Reuters / Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari]

MISCELLANEOUS

Pentagon officials say military personnel recorded close to 400 possible encounters with UFOs from 2004 to 2021. [ABC News / Luis Martinez]

President Joe Biden urged Americans to “reject the lie” of racist “replacement theory” in remarks from Buffalo, New York. [NYT / Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Peter Baker]
Tuesday, the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat play Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. [ESPN / Tim Bontemps]
The FDA has authorized Pfizer Covid-19 booster shots for children 5 to 11, five months after receiving the first two jabs. [NBC News]

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