Californians overwhelmingly voted to denounce gay marriage and ousted a nine-term Congress member from office on a primary election day that otherwise saw strong support for incumbents across the country. California Senator Dianne Feinstein easily defeated a labor lawyer to win the Democratic nomination for a second full term, while in Ohio, Republican Senator Mike DeWine brushed aside his Republican challengers. Maryland Senator Paul Sarbanes polled 84 percent of the Democratic primary vote in his bid for a fifth term.

The incumbent advantage didn’t always hold, however. In a heavily Hispanic district east of Los Angeles, eighteen-year Congress member Marty Martinez had bucked Democratic leadership on gun control and abortion and lost to California State Senator Hilda Solis in his primary. Martinez was the only incumbent in Congress to lose his seat on Tuesday. With no Republicans running, Solis is all but certain to be elected in November.