Thread by @bpolitics

Voters in Iowa, South Dakota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and California are heading to the polls today.

Here's what we're watching this #ElectionTuesday ⬇️

In Los Angeles, California, voters have a choice between two very different mayoral candidates leading the pack: Rick Caruso, a billionaire one-time Republican making his first bid for elected office, and veteran Democratic politician Karen Bass trib.al/lpiJSl7

Polls show the likely outcome of Tuesday’s election will be a runoff vote between Caruso and Bass.

The campaign in the liberal-leaning city takes place as frustration grows over soaring homelessness, crime rates and housing costs trib.al/lpiJSl7

In the city built on the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, celebrities of all kinds have weighed in on the mayoral primary.

Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian are supporting Rick Caruso, while Magic Johnson and Jennifer Aniston back Karen Bass trib.al/BzDfcs9

The race, which pits a tough-on-crime businessman against a former community activist who’d be the city’s first Black female mayor, has drawn attention from some unusual circles trib.al/BzDfcs9

Kim Kardashian endorsed Caruso with a video on Twitter, in which she said, “I think that he can help with crime in our city, which is such a big issue and super scary.” trib.al/BzDfcs9

Crime has become a major issue for the wealthy in Los Angeles, with residents installing panic rooms, seeking a district attorney recall and leaning toward the billionaire developer Caruso in the mayor’s race trib.al/DTVC8P6

Primary elections today in some of America’s most liberal cities have become a referendum on progressive policing policies and public safety trib.al/wuuRbUi

In San Francisco, voters elected Chesa Boudin to serve as district attorney after he promised to end mass incarceration and attack the root causes of crime.

Now he's facing a recall election that could cut his term — and his progressive agenda — short trib.al/QVNGAwQ

Meanwhile, Republican contenders for New Jersey’s congressional primary races are betting that the state’s blue wall is starting to crack trib.al/YBWQPv3

The June 7 election has drawn a massive field of 35 candidates, many of them Trump acolytes who say they are energized by a stronger-than-expected GOP showing during last year’s state races, including a suspenseful governor’s contest decided on a 3% margin trib.al/YBWQPv3