On Tuesday, voters in Arkansas, Georgia, and Kentucky go to the polls for their party primaries, and we also have runoffs in Texas in contests where no candidates took a majority in the March 6 primaries. We have a number of competitive House races to watch, as well as both parties' primaries for governor of Georgia. Note that, like Texas, Arkansas and Georgia require a runoff for any races where no one wins a majority; Arkansas’s runoff would be June 19, while Georgia's would be July 24. Things kick off at 6 PM ET when polls close in the part of Kentucky that's located in the Eastern time zone (this includes every county in the 6th Congressional District, which is the only race in the Bluegrass State in this guide). Georgia and the rest of Kentucky close at 7 PM ET. Polls then close in most of Texas at 8 PM ET and in Arkansas at 8:30 PM ET, while the small part of Texas in the Mountain time zone will close at 9 PM ET. Our guide to the key races to watch Tuesday is below. We also invite you to join us at Daily Kos Elections that night for our liveblog of all of the races on the docket, and to follow our coverage on Twitter as well. Leading Off ● GA-Gov (D & R): GOP Gov. Nathan Deal is termed-out of office, and both parties have hosted expensive primaries to succeed him. On the Democratic side, former state House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams faces former state Rep. Stacey Evans (both resigned from the legislature to focus on their campaigns), and because no other Democrats filed to run, the nomination will be decided without a runoff. Recent polls give Abrams, who is seeking to become the first black woman to be governor not just of Georgia but of any state, a clear lead over Evans. While Evans has outspent Abrams on TV, Abrams has been getting air support from a number of outside groups; Daily Kos has also endorsed Abrams. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle has been the GOP frontrunner throughout the race, and there's little question he'll take the most votes. It's much less likely, though not impossible, that Cagle will win the majority he'd need to avoid a runoff, but if he doesn’t, there's a lot of uncertainty about who would be his opponent in July. Two recent polls found Cagle far from 50 percent and showed Secretary of State Brian Kemp leading both former state Sen. Hunter Hill and businessman Clay Tippins for the second slot. Cagle and his allies have dramatically outspent the rest of the GOP field on TV, while Kemp has outpaced Hill and Tippins. Kemp has also generated national attention through some very odd ads, including one spot where he brandished a gun at a young man named «Jake» who was «interested in one of [his] daughters» as Jake parroted campaign talking points. State Sen. Michael Williams is also running, but he's raised little money and barely registered in the polls. Read more