Voters from Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina went to the polls Tuesday to vote in their primary elections. The Indiana GOP primary saw record turnout as the Republicans voted for their party’s nominee for U.S. Senate this fall.
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The AP has a breakdown of the election results. Read the entire story here.
In all three states, candidates backed by party leaders in Washington squared off against challengers drawing their support from elsewhere. While it’s difficult to draw concrete conclusions about the state of the country from just a few races, the results gave some idea of whether the national parties still can influence rank-and-file supporters.
At the very least, the outcome of Tuesday’s primaries — the first set of contests in the two months since Texas held its February primary — set the stage for November’s congressional matchups and provided early insights about voter attitudes ahead of this fall’s elections.
