What Went Down During Ohio’s And Indiana’s Primary Elections

We don’t yet know who will win the GOP Senate primary in Ohio, but one person who won’t win is investment banker Mike Gibbons. And if you went to sleep in March, that might surprise you, because Gibbons used his vast wealth to power himself to a polling lead and frontrunner status at what seemed like the exact right time.

But Trump’s endorsement of J.D. Vance likely derailed whatever momentum he had, and he’s currently sitting at a disappointing 12 percent, good for fourth place. (For comparison, Gibbons won 32 percent of the vote in the 2018 GOP Senate primary in Ohio.)

I agree, Kaleigh, and I also wonder if we’ll see the issue breaking along geographic lines. Support for abortion access in all, or most cases, varies a lot state to state, and so I wonder if it just further entrenches partisan divisions.

I disagree, Nathaniel. I don’t think you can avoid Roe being a major issue in the midterms if it’s overturned. But it’s a galvanizing issue on both sides, and it could just as easily bring out religious-right voters who maybe weren’t super engaged on, say, election integrity, as it will bring out Democrats. So whether it would change the outcome is a real question mark for me.