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special election to finish the term of his late father, Rep. Donald Payne, and the primary to be the Democratic nominee in the November election. In the redrawn 9th Congressional District, Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell defeated fellow Democratic Rep. Steve Rothman. Pascrell was backed by former President Bill Clinton while Rothman drew support from President Barack Obama.
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• NEW MEXICO
• Senate: Former Rep. Heather Wilson won the Republican primary to fill the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman. Rep. Martin Heinrich defeated state auditor Hector Balderas for the Democratic nomination.
• House: Bernalillo County Commissioner Michelle Lujan Grisham Tuesday won a close and feisty race for the nomination to succeed Heinrich in Albuquerque's 1st

Congressional District. State Sen. Eric Griego came in second, and former Albuquerque Mayor Marty Chavez trailed in third. Grisham will face former Republican state Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones, who ran unopposed.
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• SOUTH DAKOTA
• House: In the Democratic primary for the state's only House seat, Matt Varilek, former economic development director to Sen. Tim Johnson, defeated Jeff Barth, a retired telephone company technician and county commissioner. Varilek

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