{"id":8463,"date":"2026-05-06T09:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=8463"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:43:07","slug":"indiana-ohio-and-michigan-primary-election-takeaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=8463","title":{"rendered":"Indiana, Ohio and Michigan primary election takeaways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The biggest winner in Tuesday night\u2019s primary elections could be President Trump, who flexed his political muscle and exacted revenge on Indiana Republican lawmakers who defied his redistricting push.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are six key takeaways from these contests in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trump is still king of the GOP\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>President Donald Trump speaks at a Small Business Summit at the White House on May 4, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">WILL OLIVER\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The outcome of the Indiana state Senate GOP primary proved \u2013 decisively \u2013 that the president is still a political force to be reckoned with.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump waded into legislative primaries in the Hoosier state, which is rare for a president to do, in an effort to unseat Republicans he viewed as disloyal for opposing last year\u2019s redistricting effort in Indiana.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The president was largely successful, with five out of the six candidates he endorsed to take on incumbent state GOP senators winning their races in landslides.<\/p>\n<p>One race was still too close to call as of press time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone in Indiana politics should have learned an important lesson today: President Trump is the single most popular Republican among Hoosier voters,\u201d Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trump in position to put pressure on more states to pursue redistricting ahead of midterms\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Time is running out, but the election results in Indiana could embolden the president to amp up the pressure on red states to redraw state maps ahead of the midterm elections.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana has already suspended its congressional primary elections to pursue redistricting in the wake of the landmark Supreme Court decision outlawing racial gerrymandering.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) on Tuesday urged Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to delay House primaries and take up redistricting to give the GOP a boost before November.<\/p>\n<p>The state primary is May 19, and Kemp is opposed to taking up redistricting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during an election night watch party in Columbus, Ohio, on May 5, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ohio\u2019s top players succeed, setting up potential political second acts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy cruised to victory in the Ohio GOP gubernatorial primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy, a former 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate, was briefly the co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) but left the post on Trump\u2019s inauguration day too seek the Buckeye State governorship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He became the frontrunner in the race after receiving endorsements from Trump and Vice President JD Vance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ramaswamy will take on Democrat Amy Acton in the November general election, which polls show could be a close race.<\/p>\n<p>Down ballot, Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), who ran unopposed in the special election Senate race, is now set to square off against former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who marks one of the Democrats\u2019 best hopes of flipping a seat in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Brown served in the upper chamber from 2007 to 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was defeated by Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) in the 2024 election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sen. Jon Husted speaks during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on March 4, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Democratic Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown speaks at a primary election night campaign event in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 5, 2026.  <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ohio Democrats reject AG candidate who hoped to \u2018kill\u2019 Trump\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Former state lawmaker Elliot Forhan lost the Democratic primary for Ohio attorney general after causing a firestorm for vowing to execute the president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Columbus attorney John Kulewicz defeated Forhan in a 66%-33% contest and will face Republican Keith Faber in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted on Facebook in January, Forhan explained that he was \u201cgoing to kill Donald Trump\u201d by securing a legal conviction against him \u201cresulting in a sentence, duly executed, of capital punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kulewicz condemned Forhan\u2019s comments as \u201cdisgraceful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Former state lawmaker Elliot Forhan lost the Democratic primary for Ohio attorney general after causing a firestorm for vowing to execute the president. <span class=\"credit\">Forhan For Ohio\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vulnerable Ohio House Democrats learn their opponents\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), the longest-serving woman in Congress, will face Republican former state Rep. Derek Merrin in the November election for Ohio\u2019s 9th Congressional District.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The race is a rematch of the 2024 election in the 9th District.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the northwestern Ohio district was redrawn in October 2025, making it more GOP-friendly ahead of the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) fended off a primary challenge in Ohio\u2019s 1st Congressional District and will face Trump-endorsed Air Force veteran and ex-CIA officer Eric Conroy in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>Landsman\u2019s district was also redrawn after the 2024 election to be more favorable for Republicans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Chedrick Greene speaks at a watch party after winning a special election  for Michigan\u2019s 35th Senate District seat on May 5, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Michigan Democrats hold onto slim majority in state Senate\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Democrat Chedrick Greene defeated Republican Jason Tunney Tuesday in the special election to fill Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet\u2019s (D-Mich.) old seat in the state Senate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans had hoped Tunney, an attorney, would be able to flip the seat and bring the state Senate to an even,19-19 partisan split.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Greene, a firefighter, Marine Corps veteran and former aide to McDonald Rivet, topped Tunney by a 57%-40% margin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Democratic Gov. 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