POLITICO Playbook: Republicans' dueling political pictures  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  GOOD MORNING from COLUMBUS, OHIO.  —  HOUSE REPUBLICANS, who appear to be the narrow winners of last night's special election here, face a conflicting political picture.  Here's the picture many of them want to see …

5 Takeaways From Tuesday's Election Results  —  Republicans had a brush with trouble in Ohio, where a result had still not been declared in a special election to fill a House vacancy.  Elsewhere, an activist sweep on the left failed to materialize.  —  Suburbanites are more fired up than rural voters

Democratic Party's liberal insurgency hits a wall in Midwest primaries  —  The Democratic Party's left-wing insurgency found its limits Tuesday night, with voters favoring establishment candidates over more liberal challengers in almost every closely watched race across several states.

Republican Holds Slim Lead in Ohio Special Election for House Seat  —  • Gretchen Whitmer won the Democratic nomination for governor of Michigan, joining women in Georgia, Texas, South Dakota and elsewhere who are competing in November to lead their states.

Kansas Primary Election Results  —  What to watch: The biggest race in Kansas is for governor, a job held by Jeff Colyer since Sam Brownback resigned to accept an ambassadorship.  Mr. Colyer is running against Secretary of State Kris W. Kobach, the face of President Trump's voter fraud panel, in the Republican primary.

Trump surges to fore of Manafort trial  —  President Donald Trump says that the criminal trial of his former campaign aide, Paul Manafort, has nothing to do with him.  —  But jurors in a Virginia courtroom heard his name repeatedly on Tuesday.  —  Trump's name, his 2016 campaign …