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Jared Polis has won the Colorado governor’s race against Republican Walker Stapleton, making him the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the U.S.
The details: Polis, a Democrat, has been serving in the House of Representatives since 2009 and will succeed Democrat John Hickenlooper, who has been Colorado’s governor since 2011 and was facing a term limit.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it's too early to say whether next month's elections will be postponed after she announced Tuesday four people had tested positive for COVID-19 after no local cases for 102 days.
Zoom in: NZ's most populous city, Auckland, has gone on lockdown for 72 hours and the rest of the country is under lesser restrictions.
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Primary elections are being held on Tuesday in Minnesota, Georgia, Connecticut, Vermont and Wisconsin.
The big picture: Georgia and Wisconsin both struggled to hold primaries during the coronavirus pandemic, but are doing so again — testing their voting systems ahead of the general election. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is facing a strong challenger as she fights for her political career. In Georgia, a Republican primary runoff pits a QAnon supporter against a hardline conservative.