Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Some midsummer voting on Tuesday places the action basically everywhere. Look to the left and you find a test of progressive enthusiasm: in the governor’s race in Michigan and scattered House primaries extending all the way to Washington state. Over to the right are more Trump-is-everything primaries, including in Kansas, where Kris Kobach is hoping to carry a late endorsement by President Donald Trump into the fall race for governor. And while the special House election in Ohio isn’t a district that qualifies as the center, it could carry lessons that both parties hope help them strategize around and against the president. The Trump effect is undeniable. There is nothing more valuable in Republican politics in 2018 than the support of the president. There is also nothing as motivating to Democratic voters in 2018 as opposition to him. It’s how those two potential surges intersect that will determine the course of the midterms. Tuesday will fill one seat, while setting up clear ideological contrasts for a range of other races. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks Of the four states with primaries Tuesday, Trump won three, but so did Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primary. Considering that, it is no surprise there is a real dialogue among Democrats in these states about how to win and what the party should look like from the coasts to the Midwest. Do candidates win by appealing to moderates and independe... Link to the full article to read more