洛杉矶-主要的选举周二，美国七个州的选举将为今年秋天的美国众议院和参议院选举奠定基础，许多竞争都受到两大政党的政治分歧和前总统唐纳德·特朗普挥之不去的阴影的影响。

随着对国会的控制，一系列共和党众议院现任议员正在应对来自政治右翼的挑战，一些竞争对手正在接受特朗普毫无根据的主张。选举他在2020年输给总统乔·拜登时的欺诈行为。

没有现任州长或参议员面临迫在眉睫的危险。在爱荷华州，几名民主党人正在争夺与七届共和党参议员查克·格拉斯利较量的机会，竞选活动显示了民主党进步派和建制派之间的分歧。

前特朗普内阁成员瑞安·津克正在蒙大拿州新成立的众议院选区寻求共和党提名。

周二加州、爱荷华州、密西西比州、蒙大拿州、新泽西州、新墨西哥州和南达科他州的初选看点:

加利福尼亚

加州是民主党的堡垒聚会拥有所有的州级职位，其选民人数几乎是注册共和党人的2倍。州长加文·纽瑟姆和参议员阿历克斯·帕迪拉面临鲜为人知的竞争对手。

但共和党在美国一些众议院选区保留了一些优势，预计这些选区将是美国竞争最激烈的竞选之一。

在该州中央山谷农业区的一个民主党聚居区，共和党众议员大卫·瓦拉道(David Valadao)因投票弹劾1月6日美国国会大厦起义的川普而受到反弹。共和党人克里斯·马蒂斯(Chris Mathys)将瓦拉道的投票作为他罢黜瓦拉道运动的核心。

在洛杉矶北部倾向于民主党的地区，几名民主党人希望与共和党众议员迈克·加西亚(Mike Garcia)较量，预计加西亚将与民主党人之一一起进入11月，成为竞选中的前两名。加西亚拒绝将亚利桑那州和宾夕法尼亚州的选举人票投给拜登，并反对在国会大厦叛乱后弹劾特朗普。

拥挤的洛杉矶市长竞选正在形成一场里克·卡鲁索(Rick Caruso)和民主党众议员凯伦·巴斯(Karen Bass)之间的斗争。卡鲁索是一位亲商的亿万富翁，由共和党人转为民主党人，是罗纳德·里根总统基金会的董事会成员。凯伦·巴斯是拜登副总统候选人名单上的一员。如果没有候选人获得50%的选票，前两名将进入11月的决选。

在另一场备受关注的选举中，旧金山选民正在考虑是否召回地区检察官切萨·布丁(Chesa Boudin)，这位进步的民主党人批评说，在对犯罪和无家可归现象普遍感到沮丧的情况下，他未能起诉惯犯。

爱荷华州

过去十年，共和党在该州获得了优势，民主党参议院初选提供了少数党争夺相关性的快照。

退休的海军中将迈克尔·弗兰肯(Michael Franken)正在与前美国众议员艾比·芬克瑙尔(Abby Finkenauer)展开一场竞争，试图与88岁的格拉斯利(Grassley)较量，后者已经得到特朗普的支持。

33岁的芬克瑙尔是前两届州众议员，她认为自己的年轻和最近在爱荷华州的经历使她更适合挑战1980年首次当选参议员的共和党人。她将任期限制作为竞选的核心。

64岁的弗兰肯正在推动一个进步的议程，包括给患者保护与平价医疗法案增加一个公共保险选项。他来自保守的西部爱荷华州，认为他可以通过削弱参议员在共和党人聚居区的优势来提高对格拉斯利的竞争力。

内科医生格伦·赫斯特(Glenn Hurst)是爱荷华州西部一个小城市的议员，也是爱荷华州民主党农村党团主席，他的立场偏向于芬克瑙尔和弗兰肯。

与此同时，三名共和党人正在竞争一个机会，与爱荷华州唯一的民主党国会议员辛迪·阿克斯恩竞选。

密西西比河

美国共和党众议员史蒂文·帕拉佐(Steven Palazzo)正面临有史以来最大的挑战者，此前国会道德监督机构对他的竞选支出提出了质疑。

国会道德办公室(Office of Congressional Ethics)2021年的一份报告发现，“有充分理由相信”在拨款和国土安全委员会任职的退伍军人帕拉佐滥用职权，滥用竞选资金，为他的兄弟提供帮助，并招募工作人员从事政治和个人事务。他当时的发言人科琳·肯尼迪(Colleen Kennedy)表示，调查是基于政治动机的“虚假指控”

他的六名对手包括一名警长迈克·埃泽尔和一名州参议员布莱斯·威金斯。如果没有候选人赢得多数选票，决选将于6月28日举行。

密西西比州的另外两名共和党众议员特伦特·凯利(Trent Kelly)和迈克尔·盖斯特(Michael Guest)面临初选挑战者，他们支持特朗普关于2020年总统选举被盗的虚假说法。

蒙大拿

这是自1993年以来，该州首次拥有两个众议院席位，此前增加了一个席位，以应对蒙大拿州不断增长的人口。

特朗普的前内政部长津克(Zinke)在技术上是新席位的公开竞争对手。但前海军海豹突击队被广泛认为是事实上的现任者，因为他在2017年辞职加入特朗普政府之前，曾两次赢得该州另一个众议院席位的选举。

他的对手正在将注意力吸引到津克在该机构的麻烦任期上，这是以多次道德调查为标志的。一项调查确定，津克对一名机构道德官员撒谎，说他继续参与了家乡的一笔商业房地产交易。在他的妻子宣布加州的一所房子是她的主要住所后，他面临着来自他的政党的极右翼对他的兵役的诽谤和对他的居住地的质疑。

他在共和党初选中的对手包括前州参议员Al“Doc”Olszewski，他是一名整形外科医生和强硬的保守派，试图将津克描绘成“自由派内部人士”。

三名民主党人正在争夺他们党内的提名:公共卫生倡导者科拉·诺依曼，奥林匹克赛艇运动员兼律师莫妮卡·特兰内尔和前州众议员汤姆·温特。

在该州的另一个地区，获得特朗普支持的第一任期众议员马特·罗森戴尔(Matt Rosendale)将寻求击退三名共和党初选挑战者。

新泽西

十几个众议院选区正在投票中。

特朗普在2021年表示，他将支持长期服务的共和党众议员克里斯·史密斯的挑战者，但这从未发生。没有支持并没有阻止保守派脱口秀主持人迈克·克里斯皮，史密斯的共和党挑战者之一，声称川普的衣钵。

在新泽西州北部，前州参议院少数党领袖小汤姆·基恩(Tom Kean Jr .)在筹款方面拥有优势，并获得了五名竞争对手的支持。基恩是前共和党州长老汤姆·基恩的儿子，他希望与两年前以微弱优势获胜的民主党众议员汤姆·马林诺夫斯基再次较量。

在民主党方面，美国参议员鲍勃·梅嫩德斯的儿子罗布正在竞选即将退休的民主党众议员席瑞斯空出的席位。梅嫩德斯是纽约州港务局和新泽西州的专员，他在竞选中锁定了党内的支持。

美国新墨西哥州

五名共和党候选人正在竞争民主党州长米歇尔·卢汉·格里沙姆。现任者倾向于在一个民主党人控制着全州所有办公室并主导立法机构的州保住她的工作。

前电视气象学家马克·龙凯蒂(Mark Ronchetti)和州众议员丽贝卡·道(Rebecca Dow)是共和党在一场比赛中的主要竞争者，这场比赛涉及对美国边境安全、城市犯罪、通货膨胀以及在一个拉丁裔和土著美国人聚居的州进行种族和族裔教学的担忧。

民主党选民正在决定该州最高执法职位的提名人，接替司法部长赫克托·巴尔德拉斯。阿尔伯克基的地方检察官劳尔·托雷兹正在与州审计员布莱恩·科隆进行一场几乎没有意识形态分歧的艰苦竞选。

南达科塔

三名现任共和党人面临着来自他们政治右翼的初选挑战者。

州长克里斯蒂·诺姆(Kristi Noem)被认为是潜在的白宫候选人，有望赢得共和党提名。一位竞争对手，州议员史蒂夫·豪加德认为，诺姆花了更多的时间试图建立一个全国性的政治形象，而不是专注于她的家庭工作。她基本上不理会他。

美国参议员约翰·图恩(John Thune)在驳回前总统的选举欺诈指控后，面临特朗普的愤怒。然而，在图恩的连任竞选中，还没有出现知名的挑战者。1月6日，他的对手之一马克·莫里也在国会大厦附近示威的人群中。

在众议院，共和党州议员塔菲·霍华德正试图在该州唯一的选区击败共和党众议员达斯丁·约翰逊。约翰逊吹嘘他的保守派投票记录，同时保持跨党派工作的能力，但霍华德试图将他描绘成众议院议长南希·佩洛西的步兵。

2022 midterms: What to watch in primaries in 7 states

LOS ANGELES --Primaryelections in seven states Tuesday will set the stage for U.S. House and Senate races this fall, with many contests shaped by political fissures in both major parties and the lingering shadow of former President Donald Trump.

With control of Congress in play, a string of Republican House incumbents are contending with challenges from the political right, and some rivals are embracing Trump’s baseless claims ofelectionfraud in his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden.

No incumbent governors or senators appear to be in imminent danger. In Iowa, several Democrats are jockeying for the chance to take on seven-term Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, with the campaign showcasing the breach between the Democratic Party’s progressive and establishment wings.

Former Trump Cabinet member Ryan Zinke is seeking the GOP nomination in a newly created House district in Montana.

What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota:

CALIFORNIA

California is a Democratic fortress where thepartyholds every statewide office and its voters outnumber registered Republicans by nearly 2-to-1. Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla face little-known competitors.

But Republicans retain pockets of strength in some U.S. House districts that are expected to be among the most competitive races in the country.

In a heavily Democratic district in the state’s Central Valley farm belt, Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao is seeing blowback for his vote to impeach Trump over the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection. Republican Chris Mathys has made Valadao’s vote a centerpiece in his campaign to oust him.

In a Democratic-leaning district north of Los Angeles, several Democrats are hoping to take on Republican Rep. Mike Garcia, who is expected to advance to November with one of the Democrats as the top two finishers in the race. Garcia rejected electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania being cast for Biden and opposed Trump’s impeachment after the Capitol insurrection.

The crowded Los Angeles mayor's race is shaping up to be a fight between Rick Caruso, a pro-business billionaire Republican-turned-Democrat who sits on the board of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, who was on Biden’s shortlist for vice president. If no candidate clears 50%, the top two finishers advance to a November runoff.

In another closely watched election, San Francisco voters are considering whether to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive Democrat who critics say has failed to prosecute repeat offenders, amid widespread frustration with crime and homelessness.

IOWA

Republicans have gained an advantage in the state over the past decade, and the Democratic Senate primary provides a snapshot of the minority party’s battle for relevance.

Retired Navy Vice Adm. Michael Franken is waging a competitive contest with former U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer in a bid to take on the 88-year-old Grassley, who has been endorsed by Trump.

Finkenauer is a 33-year-old, former two-term state representative who argues her youth and more recent experience in Iowa make her a better fit to challenge a Republican first elected to the Senate in 1980. She has made term limits a centerpiece of her campaign.

Franken, 64, is promoting a progressive agenda, including adding a public insurance option to the Affordable Care Act. He is from conservative western Iowa and argues he could be more competitive against Grassley by whittling into the senator's margins in heavily Republican areas.

Physician Glenn Hurst, a councilman for a small western Iowa city and the Iowa Democratic Party’s chair for its rural caucus, is running to the left of both Finkenauer and Franken.

Meanwhile, three Republicans are competing for a chance to run against Iowa’s lone Democratic member of Congress, Rep. Cindy Axne.

MISSISSIPPI

Republican U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo is facing his largest-ever field of challengers after a congressional ethics watchdog raised questions about his campaign spending.

A 2021 report by the Office of Congressional Ethics found “substantial reason to believe” Palazzo, a military veteran who serves on the Appropriations and Homeland Security committees, abused his office by misspending campaign funds, doing favors for his brother and enlisting staff for political and personal errands. His then-spokesperson, Colleen Kennedy, said the probe was based on politically motivated “false allegations.”

His six opponents include a sheriff, Mike Ezell, and a state senator, Brice Wiggins. If no candidate wins a majority of votes, a runoff will be June 28.

Mississippi’s two other Republican congressmen, Trent Kelly and Michael Guest, face primary challengers who support Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

MONTANA

It’s the first time since 1993 that the state will have two House seats, after one was added to account for Montana’s growing population.

Zinke, Trump's former Interior Department secretary, technically is in an open race for the new seat. But the former Navy SEAL is widely considered the de facto incumbent, since he twice won elections for the state’s other House seat before stepping down in 2017 to join the Trump administration.

His opponents are drawing attention to Zinke’s troubled tenure at the agency, which was marked by multiple ethics investigations. One investigation determined Zinke lied to an agency ethics official about his continued involvement in a commercial real estate deal in his hometown. He’s faced a smear campaign over his military service from the extreme right wing of his party and questions about his residency following revelations that his wife declared a house in California as her primary residence.

His opponents in the GOP primary include former state Sen. Al “Doc” Olszewski, an orthopedic surgeon and hard-line conservative who has tried to paint Zinke as a “liberal insider.”

Three Democrats are vying for their party’s nomination: public health advocate Cora Neumann, Olympic rower and attorney Monica Tranel and former state Rep. Tom Winter.

In the state’s other district, first-term Rep. Matt Rosendale, who has Trump's endorsement, will look to fend off three Republican primary challengers.

NEW JERSEY

A dozen House districts are on the ballot.

Trump said in 2021 he would back a challenger to long-serving Republican Rep. Chris Smith, but that never happened. The absence of an endorsement hasn't stopped conservative talk show host Mike Crispi, one of Smith's Republican challengers, from claiming Trump's mantle.

In northern New Jersey, former state Senate minority leader Tom Kean Jr. has a fundraising edge and establishment support over five rivals. Kean, the son of former Republican Gov. Tom Kean Sr., is hoping for a rematch with Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski, who won a close contest two years ago.

On the Democratic side, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s son, Rob, is running for a seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Rep. Albio Sires. Menendez, a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioner, locked up party support upon entering the race.

NEW MEXICO

Five Republican candidates are competing to take on Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The incumbent is favored to keep her job in a state where Democrats control every statewide office and dominate the Legislature.

Former television meteorologist Mark Ronchetti and state Rep. Rebecca Dow are prominent GOP contenders in a contest touching on concerns about U.S. border security, urban crime, inflation and the teaching of race and ethnicity in a heavily Latino and Native American state.

Democratic voters are deciding on a nominee for the state’s top law enforcement post to succeed Attorney General Hector Balderas. Albuquerque-based District Attorney Raúl Torrez is competing against state Auditor Brian Colón in a hard-fought campaign with few ideological divisions.

SOUTH DAKOTA

A trio of Republican incumbents face primary challengers running on their political right.

Gov. Kristi Noem, who is considered a potential White House prospect, is favored to win the GOP nomination. One rival, state legislator Steve Haugaard, has argued that Noem spent more time trying to build a national political profile than focusing on her job at home. She’s mostly ignored him.

U.S. Sen. John Thune faced Trump's ire after dismissing the former president's election fraud claims. However, no well-known challenger has emerged in Thune's reelection bid. One of his opponents, Mark Mowry, was among the crowd that demonstrated near the Capitol on Jan. 6.

In the House, Republican state lawmaker Taffy Howard is trying to unseat GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson in the state's lone district. Johnson touts his conservative voting record while keeping an ability to work across party lines, but Howard has tried to paint him as a foot soldier for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.