Voters across New Jersey decided Tuesday which candidates they support for one of the state’s two U.S. Senate seats, all 12 of the state’s representatives in the U.S. House, as well as scores of county and municipal positions that are up for grabs this year.

Tuesday's primaries set up critical midterm matchups, including battles for Congress, the California governorship and the L.A. mayor's race.

Follow the latest Trump administration news and primary coverage as election races unfold in New Jersey, California, Iowa and other states.

In the sprawling race to succeed term-limited Governor Gavin Newsom, a crowded field of 61 candidates has left voters highly fragmented, while in Los Angeles, an equally tense nonpartisan mayoral

The runoff is the first for an LA mayoral incumbent in more than two decades, but follows a better-than-expected performance in early returns.