What Went Down During Ohio’s And Indiana’s Primary Elections
Overall, the women competing tonight in both Indiana and Ohio, Democratic and Republican, have done pretty well. But just because a party is nominating more women doesn’t necessarily mean they’re prioritizing gender equality in their ranks.
It’s important to look at whether women will run in “hopeless seats” in November, which are seats where the district strongly favors the other party’s candidate. There’s plenty of evidence that in previous decades, women were more often nominated to hopeless seats than men (especially Republican women). Investment in women happens when parties support women for more competitive (or safe) seats. For the women winning tonight, Democratic and Republican, there’s a mix of both.
How female candidates are doing tonight
Women running for Senate, House and governor in Indiana and Ohio and their results in the Democratic and Republican primaries, as of 10:02 p.m. Eastern
| CANDIDATE | OFFICE | PARTY | % REPORTING | VOTE SHARE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer-Ruth Green | IN-01 | R | 35% | 49.3% | Leading |
| Blair E. Milo | IN-01 | R | 35 | 18.0 | Trailing |
| Jackie Walorski* | IN-02 | R | 53 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Jeannine Lee Lake | IN-05 | D | 43 | 59.3 | ✓ Won |
| Victoria Spartz* | IN-05 | R | 63 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Cynthia “Cinde” Wirth | IN-06 | D | 38 | 72.9 | ✓ Won |
| Angela Grabovsky | IN-07 | R | 32 | 55.1 | Leading |
| Jennifer Pace | IN-07 | R | 32 | 12.1 | Trailing |
| Erin Houchin | IN-09 | R | 64 | 36.2 | Leading |
| Jenn Giroux | OH-01 | R | 57 | 0.0 | ✗ Lost |
| Samantha Meadows | OH-02 | D | 34 | 70.5 | ✓ Won |
| Joyce Beatty* | OH-03 | D | 35 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Tamie Wilson | OH-04 | D | 44 | 50.8 | Leading |
| Shawna Roberts | OH-06 | D | 40 | 31.1 | Leading |
| Vanessa Enoch | OH-08 | D | 23 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Marcy Kaptur* | OH-09 | D | 16 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Theresa Gavarone | OH-09 | R | 29 | 33.5 | Trailing |
| Beth Deck | OH-09 | R | 29 | 5.1 | Trailing |
| Shontel Brown* | OH-11 | D | 32 | 65.5 | Leading |
| Nina Turner | OH-11 | D | 32 | 34.5 | Trailing |
| Amy Rippel-Elton | OH-12 | D | 33 | 54.2 | Leading |
| Emilia Sykes | OH-13 | D | 25 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Madison Gesiotto Gilbert | OH-13 | R | 38 | 27.1 | Leading |
| Janet Folger Porter | OH-13 | R | 38 | 17.2 | Trailing |
| Nan Whaley | OH Gov. | D | 80 | 65.1 | ✓ Won |
| Morgan Harper | OH Sen. | D | 79 | 17.0 | ✗ Lost |
| Traci “TJ” Johnson | OH Sen. | D | 79 | 12.1 | ✗ Lost |
| Jane Timken | OH Sen. | R | 79 | 6.2 | ✗ Lost |
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.