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analyst. and the host of "way too early," jonathan lemire. white house bureau chief of "my politico." and host of "the circus," john heilemann. good to have you all. polls open in less than an hour in georgia, where one of the most consequential primaries of the midterms is taking place. there are several state and congressional races on the ballot, but the ones we're closely watching are the republican primaries for governor, secretary of state, and senate. "the new york times" describes the background of today's races like this. quote, georgia's got everything. disputed elections...

shelby. we have an incredible team of nbc news reporters coveraging every angle. steve is breaking it down for us at the big board. starting with you, following the senate primary there, where to things stand this morning? >> look at the poles to start. all of the action in the primary senate race has been on the republican side. it is a crowded primary. at this point, when you look at the poll, there is one candidate with a significant commanding lead, that is georgia football legend herschel walker. when you look at the recent polls, the closest competitor is 58% behind him. that i...

trump's meddling in the 2020 election, a deep rural urban divide and unending drama between the trump wing of the republican party and the local gop establishment. it's on those last few points where tonight's results will give us some important answers potentially to these questions. what is the power of a trump endorsement these day, and does the big lie have staying power here? the republican schism over those two points are at play in the republican gubernatorial primary right now. current georgia governor brian kemp fighting to keep his seat, keeping it from trump-endorsed forme...

georgia voters. for that, donald trump is trying to exact revenge, endorsing david perdue. as of now, kemp is leading perdue by a wide margin in the polls, perhaps suggesting there are limits to both trump's influence and his lives. and there could be a matter of elect-ability, case in point, brad raffensperger, the secretary of state who infamously quote tried to find the votes trump needed to win, she facing a tough re-election race with strong competition. >> on top of it all, record-breaking turnout that will give both parties a good idea of what they can prepare for come novembe...

this state's governor or to at least compete for that pick. you have the current governors brian kemp looking like he with cruise past former senator david perdue. and if georgia's a test of the strengths of the former president's endorsement, then alabama may be a test of what happens when he takes that endorsement away, with mo brooks making a late push for a senate seat. we're also live on the ground in tex. we have you covered with the democratic primarily getting a ton of attention, between a incumbent and a political newcomer backed by some of the biggest names in the progressi...