What to know about today's primaries in Nebraska and West Virginia

Politics What to know about today's primaries in Nebraska and West Virginia By Caitlin Yilek, Caitlin Yilek Politics Reporter Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation. Read Full Bio Caitlin Yilek, Caroline Linton Caroline Linton Associate Managing Editor, Politics Caroline Linton is an associate managing editor on the political team for CBSNews.com. She has previously written for The Daily Beast, Newsweek and amNewYork. Read Full Bio Caroline Linton May 12, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Voters are going to the polls in Nebraska and West Virginia on Tuesday, with Democrats vying for the chance to run in an open seat in Nebraska that the party has long been eyeing.Republican Rep. Don Bacon is retiring in January, leaving a seat open in a district that has voted for Democrats in the last five presidential elections. Several Democrats are vying for the chance to take on presumptive Republican nominee Brinker Harding, a member of the Omaha City Council who is running unopposed in the GOP primary. Also in Nebraska, GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts faces a slew of primary challengers while two Democrats are running in the primary — but the state Democratic party has endorsed Dan Osborn, who is running in November as an independent. And in West Virginia, GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito faces five challengers, and five Democrats are on the ballot to secure the nomination for November. Nebraska 2nd DistrictThe leading Democratic hopefuls in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District have been battling over whether one candidate's campaign damages the party's competitiveness in the area.Nebraska state Sen. John Cavanaugh and political organizer Denise Powell are leading a crowded Democratic primary for Bacon's Omaha-area seat, which he has...