{"id":2239643,"date":"2024-05-07T21:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T01:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-primary-election-trump-biden-and-braun-score-early-wins\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T01:08:09","slug":"indiana-primary-election-trump-biden-and-braun-score-early-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-primary-election-trump-biden-and-braun-score-early-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Primary Election: Early Victories for Trump, Biden, and Braun"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-primary-election-trump-biden-and-braun-score-early-wins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2239643&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Indiana primary election featured competitive races for governor and Congress with President Trump, Former President Biden, and Senator Braun securing early victories. The GOP governor \u200drace \u200csaw Sen. Braun emerge victorious amidst record spending, while Rep. Banks and Rep. Spartz \u2064triumphed in their respective races.\u2064 Democrats also saw wins with Rep. \u2062Carson and Ms.\u200d Adolph prevailing in key contests.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Polls are closed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/indiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hoosier State\">Hoosier State<\/a> on Tuesday that will decide competitive contests for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"governor\">governor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Congress\">Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>While the race for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> was on the top of the ballot in Indiana\u2019s presidential and state primaries, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump already had enough delegates to secure their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-primary-election-first-polls-close-to-decide-governor-senate-and-house-races\/\" title=\"Indiana Primary Election: Initial Polls Closing to Determine Governor, Senate, and House Contests\">respective parties\u2019 presidential nominations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both have won nearly every primary and caucus by large margins. Indiana had 58 Republican delegates and 79 Democratic delegates up for grabs in its presidential primaries. <\/p>\n<p>While Trump is the only active candidate in the GOP primary, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley was still on the ballot. In recent contests, she has continued to receive a share of the vote even though she suspended her campaign in early March. During the Pennsylvania primary on April 23, Haley received almost 17% of the vote, although Trump still won with 83% of the ballots cast. <\/p>\n<p>Indiana isn\u2019t expected to be a competitive state in the presidential election, with Trump carrying the state twice with 57% of the vote. Only two Democrats have won the Hoosier State in the last 21 presidential elections, Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Barack Obama in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the action will be centered on gubernatorial and congressional GOP primaries up and down the ballot. This election cycle is set to bring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2991194\/indiana-gop-primary-massive-leadership-shakeup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a new wave<\/a> of leadership, which includes a six-way primary for governor and crowded races for several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-gop-primary-to-set-off-massive-leadership-shakeup-in-hoosier-state\/\" title=\"Indiana Republican primary triggers significant leadership changes in the state of Indiana\">open congressional seats<\/a>, in what has become a game of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-musical-chairs\/\" title=\"Political musical chairs\">political musical chairs<\/a>. The number of open races has driven a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldbulletin.com\/news\/indianas-u-s-house-races-draw-historic-number-of-gop-contenders\/article_821e3bb6-08ba-11ef-a73b-6b710d70a23b.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>historic number<\/a> of GOP contenders.<\/p>\n<p>The ruby-red state features only one competitive House race in the general election when control of both the Senate and House will be decided.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Results: <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>President<\/h2>\n<p>In the Republican presidential primary, Trump defeated Haley, 76.3% to 23.7%, with 15% of the votes counted. <em>The Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. There are 58 delegates at stake for Trump, and he will receive the majority of the state\u2019s delegates.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden won all of Indiana\u2019s 79 pledged Democratic delegates on Tuesday since he is the sole option in the Democratic primary. Indiana voters weren\u2019t able to cast their votes for another candidate or for \u201cuncommitted.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Governor<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) won the GOP primary for the governor\u2019s race, with the <em>Associated Press <\/em>calling the race right after polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Braun had 38.9% of votes with 14% of votes counted.<\/p>\n<p>The top statewide race on the ballot is the primary for governor, which has become the focus of a record amount of spending. Six Republicans faced off to be the Republican nominee for governor, as Gov. Eric Holcomb (R-IN) is term-limited after serving eight years in office. <\/p>\n<p>Beyond Braun, the field included Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, former state Commerce Secretary Brad Chambers, former state Attorney General Curtis Hill, former state economic official Eric Doden, and conservative activist Jamie Reitenour. <\/p>\n<p>Indiana\u2019s airwaves have been blanketed in ads, with the six Republicans spending about $40 million by Election Day, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvpe.org\/indiana-news\/2024-04-16\/gop-governor-candidates-spend-35-million-in-most-expensive-primary-in-state-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>record amount <\/a>of campaign spending in an Indiana primary. Braun spent $6 million in the first three months of the year. Crouch, Chambers, and Doden spent $14 million together. <\/p>\n<p>The state has now seen a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-primary-election-five-things-to-watch-tuesday-in-major-races\/\" title=\"Key Points to Watch in Indiana's Primary Election on Tuesday\">record-breaking  million spent ahead<\/a> of the primaries, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/adimpact.com\/blog\/indiana-primaries-spend-analysis-2024\/?utm_content=292191639&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;hss_channel=tw-752608758476468224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>AdImpact<\/a>. About 46% of that cash has been spent on Indiana\u2019s gubernatorial primary, while 49% has been spent on House and down-ballot races.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been two decades since Indiana has elected a Democratic governor.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/2994414\/social-security-what-to-know-how-long-last\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SOCIAL SECURITY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Senate<\/h2>\n<p>Republicans have coalesced behind Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) after Braun announced he would run for governor. The Indiana congressman will face Democratic candidate Valerie McCray, who won the Democratic primary, with the <em>Associated Press <\/em>calling the race at 7:00 p.m. McCray held 65.5% of votes with 12% of votes counted.<\/p>\n<h2>5th Congressional District<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) has survived the political fight of her life, winning her GOP primary with 39.1% of the vote after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 8:29 p.m. with 77% of the vote counted. Spartz\u2019s initial decision to retire set off a crowded primary and one of the most expensive campaigns this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Spartz narrowly beat state Rep. Chuck Goodrich, who received 33% of the vote, while Max Engling came in second at 9.7%, and speech pathologist and businessman Raju Chinthala received 6.6% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Spartz, the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, was a supporter of aid when Russia first invaded the country two years ago. She has recently opposed an aid package for the country and has criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Goodrich has launched attack ads against Spartz for her support for Ukraine aid.<\/p>\n<p>Spartz will now face Democrat Deborah Pickett, a former researcher and Army reservist, who won her Democratic primary with 60.2% of the vote after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 8:13 p.m. with 62% of the votes counted.<\/p>\n<h2>9th Congressional District<\/h2>\n<p>Incumbent Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN), who has held the seat for one term, won the GOP primary, defeating Hugh Doty, 81% to 19%, with 16% of the votes counted after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 7:09 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Trump recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsandtribune.com\/news\/trump-endorses-houchin-for-congress\/article_4430df4e-0be3-11ef-a1cb-a72f968e1bf3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsed <\/a>Houchin who will take on Democrat Timothy Peck, who defeated D. Liam Dorris in the Democratic primary, 67.7% to 32.3%, with 24% of votes counted after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 7:16 p.m.<\/p>\n<h2>4th Congressional District <\/h2>\n<p>Incumbent Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) won a GOP primary, with 66% of the vote after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 7:26 p.m., with 16% of the vote counted. Baird faced a challenge from veteran Charles Bookwalter who received 24.8% of the vote and John Piper who received 9.1% of ballots cast.<\/p>\n<p>Yet to be called: On the Democratic side, retired Marine Derrick Holder and business owner Rimpi Girn are competing for the nomination. <\/p>\n<h2>8th Congressional District<\/h2>\n<p>State Sen. Mark Messmer won the GOP primary to fill retiring Rep. Larry Buschon\u2019s (R-IN) seat, with 39.9% of the vote after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 7:46 p.m., with 53% of the vote counted.<\/p>\n<p>Messmer faced a crowded primary, but overwhelmingly prevailed over candidates like former Rep. John Hostettler, who received 16.5% of the vote, surgeon Richard Moss who had 15.1% and Dominick Kavanaugh, a former Trump official, who received 11.6% support. Owen County Republican Kristi Risk came in at 10%, Luke Misner received 3.1%, Jim Case came in at 2.7% and Jeremy Heath received 1.1% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Outside groups spending against Hostettler may have made an impact. There was $5.6 million spent in the race,\u00a0 including $2.8 million against Hostettler. A super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee paid for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9V6LN5r9NFk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30-second ad<\/a> that hits Hostettler for voting against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/106\/bills\/hconres426\/BILLS-106hconres426eh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2000 resolution<\/a> expressing support for Israel and condemning Palestinian leaders over the violence of the second intifada. The ad also cited his numerous votes against providing military aid to Israel. A group aligned with the Republican Jewish Coalition spent $955,000 in support of Messmer.<\/p>\n<h2>3rd Congressional District<\/h2>\n<p>Democrat Kiley Adolph, a former professor and nonprofit vice president, won the Democratic primary, with 63.5% of the vote after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 7:59 p.m. Adolph defeated Phil Goss, an entrepreneur and farmer who received 36.5% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet to be called: <\/strong>Based in Fort Wayne, this district in the northeastern part of the state has a crowded primary to succeed Rep. Jim Banks, who is running for Senate. The race includes Tim Smith, who leads a \u201cChrist-center family services provider,\u201d according to his campaign website, Former Allen County Circuit Judge Wendy Davis, state Sen. Andy Zay, and former Rep. Marlin Stutzman. The race also includes construction project manager Grant Bucher, veteran and congressional staffer Jon Kenworthy, manufacturing worker Eric Whalen, and maintenance technician Mike Felker.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has received the most in campaign contributions, raising $1.3 million, per Federal Election Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/candidate\/H4IN03232\/?cycle=2024&#038;election_full=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>data<\/a>. However, Smith loaned himself $1.1 million. <\/p>\n<h2>7th Congressional District <\/h2>\n<p>Incumbent Democrat Andr\u00e9 Carson (D-IN) won the Democratic primary with 91.6% of the vote after the\u00a0Associated Press\u00a0called the race 8:05 p.m., with 44% of the vote counted. Carson faced a primary and defeated Curtis Godfrey, who received 5.3% of the vote, and Pierre Pullins, who came in third with 3.1% support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet to be called:<\/strong> Republican candidates include Catherine Ping, a retired Army lieutenant, Philip Davis, a retired postal worker, and Gabe Whitley, a former candidate for Evansville mayor. <\/p>\n<h2>1st Congressional District<\/h2>\n<p>Republicans are once again working to defeat Rep. Frank Mrvan (D-IN) in northwest Indiana, which has trended more red over the last decade. <\/p>\n<p>Lake County councilman Randy Niemeyer won the GOP primary, with 61% of the vote after the\u00a0Associated Press\u00a0called the race at 8:21 p.m. Niemeyer faced businessman Mark Leyva who received 23.3% of the vote, and Ben Ruiz who received 15.7% support.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Races to watch:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>2nd Congressional District<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Rudy Yakym (R-IN) is the incumbent in the district after he won an election in 2022 following the death of Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN). In the general election, Yakym will face Democrat Lori A. Camp, who works at a small software firm in South Bend. Both Yakym and Walorski are running uncontested in the Indiana primary on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>6th Congressional District <\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Greg Pence, the brother of former Indiana Gov. and Vice President Mike Pence, announced he would not be seeking reelection. Seven Republicans made the ballot to take over the safe GOP district. <\/p>\n<p>The race includes wealthy businessman Jefferson Shreve, state Rep. Mike Speedy, state Sen. Jeff Raatz, state Rep. John Jacob, Jamison Carrier, Wayne County Republican Darin Childress, and businessman Bill Frazier. The winner will face Democrat Cynthia Wirth, who is running unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>Shreve has put $5.6 million into his campaign, while Speedy loaned himself $1.5 million, and Carrier contributed $750,000, according to campaign finance records.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoosier State polls closed on Tuesday, determining key races for governor and Congress. The White House race headlined Indiana\u2019s primaries, with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump securing enough delegates for their parties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2239644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24121757257333-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24121757257333-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2239644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}