The issue focused on about a dozen then-primary race state House and state Senate races in the first quarter of this year, but analysts are already seeing the effect in some other races nationwide as they roll into this weekend, including a potential pickup in the Virginia Senate race and a Republican surge in two House races in Virginia and New Jersey. The political impact is expected to continue in the primary process at the end of June.


Of the 12 House races that were initially asked about during the month of June,