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

In Ohio’s Republican Senate primary, ABC News has projected that J.D. Vance will win, putting him on a collision course with Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in the general election. Vance leads his race with 31 percent, about 7 points ahead of Josh Mandel. Vance earned Trump’s endorsement during the primary, and he will be favored to win in November in a GOP-leaning state.

Where things stand in Ohio’s GOP primary for Senate

Results of the Ohio Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, as of 9:42 p.m. Eastern

Candidate	Votes	Vote %
J.D. Vance	222,023	31.3
Josh Mandel	172,391	24.3
Matt Dolan	154,774	21.9
Mike Gibbons	84,789	12.0
Jane Timken	46,391	6.5
Mark Pukita	18,257	2.6
Neil Patel	9,671	1.4

Self-funding among the losers of the GOP primary for Ohio Senate: Gibbons: $16.7 million Dolan: $10.6 million Moreno (dropped out): $3.8 million Timken: $3.5 million Total: $34.6 million I’m not an economist, but I think that’s nearing the GDP of some small nations…

And … ABC News has now projected that Vance will win the Ohio GOP Senate primary. That’s a call in the marquee race we’ve been tracking this evening.