What Went Down During The May 17 Primary Elections
We’ve got 84 percent of the vote in from the GOP primary for Senate in Pennsylvania, and it’s a true-blue nail biter. McCormick leads by just 0.2 percentage points over Oz, 31.3 percent to 31.1 percent. Slightly more than half the remaining expected vote seems set to come from the Philadelphia area. And fact is, there are thousands of mail ballots left to count. So it could be a bit before we know who has won here.
In North Carolina’s 1st District, AP has called the GOP primary for Sandy Smith, who ran for this seat unsuccessfully in 2020. (ABC News has yet to call the race.) She’s the candidate Republican leadership wanted to avoid given her personal baggage, and she’ll start as an underdog in the Democratic-leaning district against state Sen. Don Davis, who won his primary convincingly tonight.
That means Trump-endorsed candidates went 23 for 26 tonight — or perhaps 24, if Oz manages to pull through in Pennsylvania. Not a perfect night for Trump like the Texas primaries, but he can still take credit for a couple dozen wins. And in a few races — Hines and Mastriano among them — Trump’s endorsement could have very well been what made the difference.
How Trump’s endorsees are doing tonight
Senate, House and gubernatorial candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump and their results in Republican primaries in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania, as of 11:40 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Office | % Reporting | Vote Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Crapo* | ID Sen. | 4% | 69.6% | ✓ Won |
| Janice McGeachin | ID Gov. | 5 | 21.6 | Trailing |
| Russ Fulcher* | ID-01 | 2 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Rand Paul* | KY Sen. | 99 | 86.1 | ✓ Won |
| James Comer* | KY-01 | 0 | 0.0 | ✓ Won |
| S. Brett Guthrie* | KY-02 | 99 | 78.0 | ✓ Won |
| Thomas Massie* | KY-04 | 99 | 75.2 | ✓ Won |
| Harold “Hal” Rogers* | KY-05 | 99 | 82.4 | ✓ Won |
| Andy Barr* | KY-06 | 74 | 87.8 | ✓ Won |
| Ted Budd | NC Sen. | 89 | 58.6 | ✓ Won |
| Greg Murphy* | NC-03 | 68 | 75.7 | ✓ Won |
| Virginia Foxx* | NC-05 | 78 | 76.6 | ✓ Won |
| David Rouzer* | NC-07 | 68 | 79.2 | ✓ Won |
| Richard Hudson* | NC-09 | 69 | 79.2 | ✓ Won |
| Patrick McHenry* | NC-10 | 70 | 68.1 | ✓ Won |
| Madison Cawthorn* | NC-11 | 95 | 31.9 | ✗ Lost |
| Bo Hines | NC-13 | 99 | 32.1 | ✓ Won |
| Mehmet Oz | PA Sen. | 86 | 31.1 | Trailing |
| Doug Mastriano | PA Gov. | 83 | 45.4 | ✓ Won |
| Jim Bognet | PA-08 | 90 | 68.8 | ✓ Won |
| Scott Perry* | PA-10 | 68 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Lloyd K. Smucker* | PA-11 | 75 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| John Joyce* | PA-13 | 75 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Guy Reschenthaler* | PA-14 | 84 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |
| Mike Kelly* | PA-16 | 91 | 100.0 | ✓ Won |