Dana Taylor

How did he win the president's backing?

Philip, as you wrote, Georgia's 14th congressional district is a mostly blue-collar corridor.

Is Democrat Sean Harris seen as a strong contender here?

Another interesting race this past Tuesday was the Democratic primary in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District.

Is this really a story about generational change?

And can you walk us through these two candidates, the 78-year-old incumbent, Benny Thompson, and his 34-year-old challenger, Evan Turnage?

What are your biggest takeaways when we look at the way the primaries have unfolded so far?

Philip, stepping back from these individual races, we can't ignore the most pressing news at the moment, the war in Iran.

Is there a chance Trump will lose his grip on the Republican Party if the war drags on?

What does the polling tell us right now?

Philip M. Bailey is a chief political correspondent for USA Today.

As always, Philip, thank you so much for being on The Excerpt.

Thanks to our senior producer, Kaylee Monahan, for her production assistance, our executive producers, Laura Beatty.

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I'm Dana Taylor.

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