Women

Guardian UK: Gains for women in US primaries set record, while 'right to work' is defeated - Democrat and Republican parties choose candidates in Missouri, Kansas, Michigan and Washington ahead of midterm elections

Victories for Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan and Laura Kelly in Kansas mean women candidates set a new record, with eleven women having now been chosen as their party’s nominee for governor, surpassing the previous high-water mark of 10 in 1994, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.

At least 173 female major party nominees will also run for the House, beating the record of 167 from 2016.