Trump backlash in 2018. Just months after the political unknown declared her Democratic candidacy for Congress and began raising money at a fast clip, the 24-year Republican incumbent bowed out rather than face the first competitive general election of his career.

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And we can probably credit the lack of a county line with the glut of candidates, which boosted turnout. With 93 percent of the vote counted, turnout was 1.24 million, or 19 percent. That’s the highest since at least 1989, when it hit 21 percent. In the last gubernatorial primary without a line — 1981 — turnout was 29 percent.

A total of 24 students from the state's 11th Congressional District have either been appointed to U.S. service academies and will attend one of the service academy preparatory schools or