Graham Platner secures Maine’s Democratic Senate nomination; Lindsey Graham wins Republican nomination in South Carolina - live

Key Points:

• Graham Platner, a Marine veteran and progressive activist with a controversial past, is projected to win the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in Maine with 75% of the early vote, setting up a high-profile race against Republican incumbent Susan Collins in November.
• Platner’s campaign survived allegations of physical abuse and a Nazi-associated tattoo, with some Democrats supporting him as a preferable alternative to Collins, who has backed healthcare cuts, while others within the party have called for him to step down.
• In South Carolina, Senator Lindsey Graham secured the Republican nomination for a sixth term, while Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson advanced to a Republican gubernatorial runoff; Nancy Mace finished a distant fifth in the governor’s primary.
• In California, Democrat Randy Villegas and Republican David Valadao will compete for a House seat in the newly redrawn 22nd district, while Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced to the governor’s race general election; billionaire Tom Steyer conceded defeat after spending $216 million.
• Donald Trump announced plans to install Bill Pulte, a political loyalist with no intelligence experience, as acting director of national intelligence, a move criticized by Democrats who warn it could jeopardize surveillance law renewals and national security.