Top takeaways from Tuesday’s historic primary night

Another primary, another big night for female Democratic candidates.

In Georgia, Stacey Abrams trounced her opponent and will campaign this fall to become the first female African-American governor in history. In Kentucky, fighter pilot Amy McGrath proved her naysayers wrong when she upset Jim Gray, the former mayor of Lexington recruited by national Democrats.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee also averted the predicament it desperately sought to avoid: A Texas House hopeful whom it attacked as a surefire general election loser flamed out in the state‘s primary runoff.

The third multi-state primary night of the 2018 midterms featured primaries in Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky — plus the Texas runoff. Here are POLITICO’s five takeaways from the night:

The Georgia governor’s race will test a risky Democratic gambit.