(NEW YORK – Feb. 25, 2026) – MS NOW will feature special primetime coverage and real-time results and analysis of the primary elections in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Texas on Tuesday, March 3.
- Beginning at 7 p.m. ET, Rachel Maddow will lead coverage and be joined by Nicolle Wallace, Ari Melber, Chris Hayes, Lawrence O’Donnell, Stephanie Ruhle, Jen Psaki, Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez.
- Sanders Townsend, Steele, and Menendez will take over late-night coverage, providing continued updates and analysis on the contests and results across all the key primary states.
- Throughout the evening, Ali Velshi, the network’s just-announced chief data reporter, will join to break down the results as they come in.
- MS NOW reporters will join special coverage throughout the day and evening from key bellwether states with the latest on-the-ground reporting, including Jacob Soboroff, Rosa Flores, Jake Traylor, and Alex Tabet live from the field in primary states across the country.
- MS NOW Political Analyst Claire McCaskill, MS NOW Political Analyst Julián Castro, and MS NOW Senior Contributing Editor Michele Norris will also join throughout the day to provide in-depth analysis.
- Morning Joe and Way Too Early with Ali Vitali will feature on-the-ground reporting and candidate interviews from anchor and senior Capitol Hill reporter Ali Vitali on the Texas Senate primaries. On Wednesday morning, both programs will have the latest reporting and analysis following Tuesday night’s results.
- ms.now will feature a robust live blog on Tuesday, March 3, with the latest live results, race projections, breaking news, and on-the-ground reporting from MS NOW’s Congress and White House reporting teams, and opinion and analysis from MS NOW’s show hosts and experts. Coverage will continue throughout the day across MS NOW’s YouTube, TikTok, and additional social platforms.
- Where to watch MS NOW: Viewers can watch MS NOW across all major cable providers, including Verizon Fios, Xfinity/Comcast, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, DIRECTV, DISH, Contour TV/Cox, and others. Viewers can also stream MS NOW on YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, Sling TV, Roku, tvOS, FireTV, Samsung, Vizio, Android TV, Comcast Xumo, and through their cable providers on the MS NOW mobile app.
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