July 20, 2022: Washington's attention turns to Aspen
About Last Night \u2014 \u201cTrump wins proxy war with Hogan in Maryland primary \u2014 boosted by Democrats,\u201d by Zach Montellaro\nIn the Republican primary: Dan Cox, a state delegate \u201cwho has full-throatedly embraced [Donald] Trump's repeated falsehoods about fraud in the 2020 election, scored the former president a win in his fight with [Gov. Larry] Hogan,\u201d defeating the Hogan-endorsed Kelly Schulz in the gubernatorial primary.\nIn the Democratic primary: With mail ballots yet to be counted (Maryland state law prevents election officials from counting them until Thursday), it\u2019s too early to call. As of this morning, author Wes Moore led the field, with former DNC Chair and Labor Secretary Tom Perez and state Comptroller \u200b\u200bPeter Pranchot in striking distance.\xa0\nFull results: Maryland statewide and Maryland congressional districts\nThe View from Aspen \u2014 The place to be this week to really understand where the country is headed is 1,800 miles away from Washington: Aspen, Colorado, where Biden\u2019s top national security officials \u2014 including his CIA director, national security adviser, and top officials from DOJ and Treasury \u2014 are gathering with a small cohort of journalists over the next four days for rare on-the-record sessions at the Aspen Security Forum. The full agenda can be found here.\nWe asked Alex, author of POLITICO\u2019s \u201cNational Security Daily\u201d newsletter, to weigh in with the three big things he\u2019ll be watching for this week.\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.