Trump-backed names swept four states in May 19 primaries, mostly winning outright, though some high-profile races head to runoffs.

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has trolled the president over his big Texas primary win. Donald Trump-backed candidate Ken Paxton won Tuesday’s Senate runoff election over incumbent John Cornyn, who has been in office since 2002.

A slew of candidates backed by President Donald Trump won big in their May 19 primary races, intensifying the midterm election cycle ahead of November. Voters in six states – Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania – went the polls to determine nominees for the November general elections.

WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has repeated his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him at least 107 times in the last six months, keeping the grievance front and center even as he faces new political risks from the war with Iran and looming midterm elections.

Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will win the Senate primary runoff for the GOP nomination, CBS News projects, unseating longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a seismic shift for Republicans in the Senate.

President Donald Trump repeated his stolen-election claim more than 100 times over the last six months, according to a new report.

Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Neil Berg, Matthew Bloch, Lily Boyce, Irineo Cabreros, Nico Chi

President Trump touted his debunked election claims during a campaign event on Friday, claiming that he won 86% of American counties

President Trump said he would have carried Democratic stronghold California "if we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes."

A fiercely contested primary between Senator John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, was upended in mid-May, when President Trump endorsed Mr. Paxton. See results from the March 3 primary › Winner Race called by The Associated Press.