Data centers, crypto, tax revisions at issue in primary elections

Primary election season continues Tuesday as voters in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming head to the polls to choose their party’s candidates for November’s midterm elections, which are less than three months away.

The November midterms will determine control of Congress for the remainder of President Donald Trump‘s term. If Democrats, who are ahead in the polls, capture one or both chambers of Congress, it would severely limit legislation for the next two years and potentially increase oversight of the White House and industry.

“The decline in President Trump’s approval ratings across a range of issues has increased Democratic prospects,” said one recent analysis from TD Cowen. “Divided government could leave policy in a gridlock.”

Tuesday’s elections come in the wake of contests in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota over the past several weeks, which were closely watched on the Democratic side as the party grapples with whether to lean further to the left or track toward the center after crushing losses in 2024. In Senate primaries, Democrats nominated progressives Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, but democratic socialist Francesca Hong fell short in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary to centrist David Crowley.

Progressive candidates have surged in primaries across the country, pushing a platform of implementing universal healthcare known as Medicare for All, taxing the wealthy and taking a tougher tack against corporations.

Top issues in Tuesday’s primaries include data centers in Florida, cryptocurrency in Wyoming, and taxes in Alaska.