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Tonight’s Primary Results

May 8, 2018 · 5:45 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Galen Druke: “The word around the office is that tonight’s primaries are kind of boring. Fair. But tomorrow marks the first day of the general election in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina. And the U.S. House races in those states will be anything but boring.”

The New York Times has the results from all the races tonight in Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia. A few highlights are below:

Ohio:

  • Richard Cordray (D) and Mike DeWine (R) won their party nominations to run for governor.
  • James Renacci (R) will face Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) for U.S. Senate.

Indiana:

  • Mike Braun (R) won the Republican nomination to run against Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN).

West Virginia:

  • Patrick Morrissey (R) will face Sen. Joe Machin (D-WV) for U.S. Senate.

North Carolina:

  • Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC) is the first incumbent congressman defeated in a primary.

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