Live coverage: June 11 primaries in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina

ND-Gov (R), ND-AL (R): Out in North Dakota, we already have a call in the GOP primary for governor for Rep. Kelly Armstrong, who is leading Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller about 2-to-1 with under 20% of the vote reporting. The race for Armstrong’s open House seat is closer, with Julie Fedorchak up 45-31 on Rick Becker.

SC-03 (R): And there’s the call for Biggs. This race is going to be appalling.

SC-03 (R): The AP has called the first runoff slot for lunatic pastor Mark Burns, who called for the government to "start executing people who are found guilty for their treasonous acts,” including Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell, and anyone who promotes "LGBTQ indoctrination.” He looks very likely to face Air National Guard Lt. Col. Sheri Biggs in a June 25 runoff for this deep-red open seat.

ND: Polls are now closed throughout North Dakota, and we have our first trickle of votes. Nothing worth mentioning so far, though.

OH-06: The AP just called this special election for Republican Michael Rulli, but man, Democrat Michael Kripchak is turning in a massive overperformance. With about two-thirds of the vote tallied, Rulli is up only 4 points—in a district Trump won by 29! Republicans should not be pleased about this result at all.

ME-02 (R): With just 13% reporting, the AP has already called the GOP primary for state Rep. Austin Thierault, a former NASCAR driver. He leads fellow state Rep. Michael Sobeleski about two-to-one. Thierault will face Democratic Rep. Jared Golden in November. While this district in rural northern Maine voted for Trump by 7 points, Golden is a formidable fundraiser and an uncannily good fit for the area.

SC-03 (R), SC-04 (R): Checking in on South Carolina’s two other big House primaries, the race for the 3rd is extremely tight. Mark Burns and Sheri Biggs keep swapping leads, with the two all knotted up at about 30% apiece with around 60% reporting.

In the 4th, though, Rep. William Timmons has moved into a lead over challenger Adam Morgan. He’s up 54-46 with about a third of the vote tallied.

SC-01: Well, Trump racks up another win—and Kevin McCarthy another loss. The AP has called the GOP primary for Rep. Nancy Mace, who currently has a 58-29 lead on Catherine Templeton, a former state cabinet official who was heavily backed by McCarthy supporters eager to exact revenge on Mace for voting to oust him as speaker. Better luck next time.

OH-06: With a third of the vote tallied (including a bunch of in-person votes cast today), we can say that this race is looking … interesting. Dem Michael Kripchak continues to hold a lead, albeit a much smaller 52-48 edge. In the two counties that have finished tallying all their votes, Kripchak is running far ahead of Joe Biden’s performance in 2020. In particular, he’s +25 on Biden in Harrison County and an astounding +35 in Noble County.

OH-06: Here’s a really good example of why, even if we have more than 10% of the expected vote reporting, you still can’t take early numbers to the bank. In tonight’s special election for Ohio’s dark-red 6th Congressional District, the AP says that 19% of votes have been tallied… and Democrat Michael Kripchak is up 61-39 on Republican Michael Rulli.

Do not get excited about this! Ohio, like many other states, counts mail votes and early votes first. And as we know, thanks to Trump’s war on voting by mail, Republicans these days tend to heavily prefer in-person voting on the day of the election. So as more ballots come in, this result will shift. But it will still be very interesting to see whether Kripchak can outperform the district’s usual lean (Trump won it by 29 points).

SC-04 (R): Look out! We’ve crossed 16% reporting and far-right state Rep. Adam Morgan, the chair of the state’s version of the Freedom Caucus, is leading Rep. William Timmons 52-48. Most of the vote so far is from Greenville County, which is Timmons’ base… but Morgan’s district is also in Greenville, so without precinct-level results, it’s very hard to say how results in this county might play out.

Polls have now closed in Maine, where we’re watching the GOP primary in the 2nd Congressional District, and the vast majority of North Dakota, where we have eyes on Republican primaries for governor and the state’s lone House district. There’s also a ballot measure that would bar anyone over 80 from serving in Congress. Under current Supreme Court precedent, such a law would violate the Constitution, and if there’s one thing we know the court’s far-right majority loooves, it’s respecting precedent!

SC-03 (R): We’re just over 10% reporting for this open seat. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Sheri Biggs is at 33%, state Rep. Stewart Jones is at 24.3%, and ultra-extremist pastor Mark Burns, who had Donald Trump’s endorsement, is just behind at 24.1%. This is a very red district, so whoever wins the GOP nomination is all but assured of a seat in Congress.

However, South Carolina requires runoffs in races where no one gets a majority in the first round. Those runoffs would happen very quickly, on June 25.

SC State Senate: There are also legislative primaries taking place tonight in South Carolina, with three Republican state senators—all women—who helped block an extreme abortion ban facing serious challenges. One, Penry Gustafson, is losing by a gigantic 82-18 margin in the 27th District, while another, Sandy Senn, is up just 51-49 in the 41st. The third, Katrina Shealy in the 23rd, doesn’t have any votes reported in her race yet.

SC-01 (R): In what’s probably tonight’s marquee House primary, we’ve just hit 10% reporting. Rep. Nancy Mace holds a 59-27 lead over former state cabinet official Catherine Templeton, while a third candidate, William Young, sits at 14%. But there’s a lot of game left to play.

Welcome to tonight’s liveblog! Polls have just closed in South Carolina, which is host to a trio of equally wild GOP primaries that are all bonkers for different reasons. And there’s a lot more to come after that as well, with compelling contests in Maine, Nevada, and North Dakota all on the docket as well.

As is our practice at Daily Kos Elections, we’ll hold off on discussing any returns until at least 10% of the estimated vote has been reported, per the Associated Press. But remember that results on primary night are especially prone to shifting, both because of varying preferences for different voting methods between different groups of voters, and because many candidates often exhibit particular geographic strengths.