Primary season wraps up next week with the final two traditional primaries before the 2018 midterm elections. New Hampshire has two races on Tuesday and Rhode Island follows with three the next day.

In a crowded Democratic race for New Hampshire’s 1st District, nine candidates are vying to fill the seat left empty by retiring Rep. Carol Shea-Porter.

Currently, Maura Sullivan is at the top in fundraising. Sullivan raised $1.8 million, most of which is from big individual contributions and 96.7 percent from out-of-state donors. Chris Pappas follows with $823,200, a mix of small and large individual contributions.

Four candidates, Deaglan McEachern, Lincoln Soldati, Naomi Andrews and Levi Sanders, received most of their campaign funds from substantial individual contributions.

McEachern: $246,300

Soldati: $178,400

Andrews: $86,600

Sanders (Bernie Sanders’ son): $35,600

Mark MacKenzie’s $176,900 mostly came from his own pockets. Mindi Messmer raised $87,100 through a range of big and small individual contributions.

On the Republican ticket, two candidates are running for the nomination.

Andy Sanborn leads in fundraising with $865,400, mostly from large individual contributions and his own money. Eddie Edwards follows with a mix of little and big individual donations totaling $628,600.

Over in the less-crowded 2nd District, incumbent Rep. Ann Mclane Kuster is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Kuster received $2.7 million for her re-election campaign from substantial individual contributions and PAC donations.

Three Republican candidates are running to take on Kuster in November. Stewart Levenson and Steve Negron have self-financed most of their campaign funds, raising $457,300 and $300,900, respectively. Lynne Blankenbeker raised $119,400 through sizable individual contributions, PACs and other sources.

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After Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, voters in Rhode Island will head to the polls Wednesday.

For one of the state’s Senate seats, only one Republican is running to take on the Democratic incumbent in November.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is running unopposed in his primary. Whitehouse has raised $5.9 million, mostly through hefty individual contributions with some PAC donations.

On the Republican side, Bob Flanders will be the only one up for the party’s nomination. Flanders raised $949,100, which came from considerable individual contributions and his money.

Over in Rhode Island’s 1st District, incumbent David Cicilline will be challenged by Chris Young on the Democrat ticket. Cicilline raised $1.4 million, mostly from large, individual contributions and PACs. Young has yet to report any campaign funds.

Frederick Wysocki is the lone candidate for the 1st District’s Republican nomination. His campaign raised $1,030, nearly all from Wysocki.

Rhode Island’s 2nd District, also the least populous congressional district in the country, has two candidates without opposition.

The Democratic incumbent, Jim Langevin, is running unopposed. For the Republicans, Salvatore Caiozzo sits alone on the ticket.

Langevin’s campaign raised $888,400, most of which is from PACs and big individual donations, while Caiozzo’s $3,830 is mostly out of his pocket and from large individual contributions.

While Louisiana’s primary is technically the last, it happens on the same day as the midterm elections: Nov. 6. In Louisiana, all candidates run in the same primary. If one candidate gets the majority, they automatically wins the general. Otherwise, the top two candidates compete in a runoff.



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