What Went Down During Ohio’s And Indiana’s Primary Elections
And now, out of Trump’s endorsed candidates, the only outstanding one is Madison Gesiotto Gilbert. She’s now doing more poorly than Vance — her lead has shrunk to about 4 percentage points — and the race could narrow further, as just 54 percent of the vote has come in. But even if Gilbert doesn’t make it through, Trump can claim 11 out of 12 of his endorsees won their primaries, including the most contested race for Ohio’s Senate seat.
How Trump’s endorsees are doing tonight
Senate, House and governor candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump and their results in Indiana’s and Ohio’s
Republican primaries, as of 10:00 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Office | % Reporting | Vote Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Banks* | IN-03 | 50% | 100.0% | ✓ Won |
| Greg Pence* | IN-06 | 67 | 77.3 | ✓ Won |
| Steve Chabot* | OH-01 | 57 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Brad Wenstrup* | OH-02 | 44 | 80.5 | ✓ Won |
| Jim Jordan* | OH-04 | 69 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Bill Johnson* | OH-06 | 40 | 78.2 | ✓ Won |
| Max Miller | OH-07 | 37 | 71.3 | ✓ Won |
| Warren Davidson* | OH-08 | 54 | 79.0 | ✓ Won |
| Troy Balderson* | OH-12 | 41 | 79.5 | ✓ Won |
| Madison Gesiotto Gilbert | OH-13 | 20 | 29.9 | Leading |
| Mike Carey* | OH-15 | 34 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| J.D. Vance | OH Sen. | 79 | 32.2 | ✓ Won |
Sarah, DeWine got the win, but finishing below 50 percent as an incumbent — he’s at 47 percent right now — is a very weak performance. DeWine was aided by the fact that he didn’t really get a top-tier challenger. On paper, Renacci, who lost the 2018 Senate race, might have been the candidate, but it just never came together for him. Moreover, the populist grassroots campaign of Joe Blystone split the opposition to DeWine — Renacci and Blystone have 50 percent of the vote between the two of them.
The Associated Press has called the GOP primary in Indiana’s 9th District for state Sen. Erin Houchin. She defeats former Rep. Mike Sodrel in her second congressional run.