The primary election Tuesday in Ohio set up what is expected to be one of the most expensive races for U.S. Senate this year as Republicans try to hold on to the chamber, while biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy will face a challenge from the state’s former health director as he seeks to keep the governor’s office in GOP hands.
In what promises to be one of November’s most high-profile races, former Sen. Sherrod Brown easily defeated a challenger in the Ohio Democratic primary and will now attempt to unseat Republican Sen. Jon Husted.
And in primary elections in Indiana, three Republican state senators have lost Tuesday to challengers backed by President Donald Trump, while another incumbent survived in four of seven races that are testing the president’s influence in a deep red state.
And in Michigan, after 16 months without representation in the state Senate, voters in the competitive District 35 are deciding control of the chamber. Michigan Democrats cling to a 19-18 majority. A Republican victory would deadlock the state Senate.
Holdman says ‘it’s OK’ that opposing redistricting cost him his job
ndiana Sen. Travis Holdman, an 18-year senator from the Fort Wayne area, attributes his loss not to his vote against state redistricting in December but the more than $1.3 million in attack advertising that was bankrolled by super PACs organized by Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and Sen. Jim Banks.
“Welcome to D.C. politics in Indiana because this means that’s what’s coming,” he said. “I did what my constituents asked me to do and it cost me my job,” he said. “But that’s OK”
Indiana Democratic US Rep. André Carson survives primary
Carson survived his toughest primary challenge in nearly two decades in Indiana’s 7th Congressional District.
Carson won the four-person primary for the Indianapolis-area district. Carson has been in Congress since winning a special election in 2008 triggered by the death of his grandmother, former Rep. Julia Carson. He is one of four Muslims in Congress.
Source: WPLG
