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What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Indiana and Ohio | CNN Politics

A set of May primaries will test the strength of Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party and the role the president intends to play as GOP voters pick their candidates knowing he’ll never again appear on the ballot. In Indiana on Tuesday, Trump is intervening in seven ordinarily sleepy state Senate races, seeking to purge a GOP old guard that rejected his demands to redistrict the state’s US House map. It’s the first of several primaries in which Trump could play a dominant role this month — with a US House race in Kentucky, where Trump is seeking to oust one of his foremost conservative challengers, Rep. Thomas Massie, and a Senate runoff in Texas, where Trump has stayed out of the race despite GOP leaders’ hopes he would back Sen. John Cornyn over Attorney General Ken Paxton, also being closely watched. Ohio will also hold its primary on Tuesday. Here’s what to watch in Indiana and Ohio: Indiana’s Senate Republican supermajority embarrassed the president in December, when it ignored his months of lobbying and voted down a new congressional map that would have likely allowed the party to win the state’s two Democratic-held US House seats in November’s midte

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Trump just reasserted his domination of the GOP. But that might not be good news for the party in 2026 | CNN Politics

Just two months after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol — even as some Republicans harbored illusions about moving beyond Donald Trump — Sen. Lindsey Graham stepped forward with a reality check. The South Carolina…

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Trump just reasserted his domination of the GOP. But that might not be good news for the party in 2026 | CNN Politics

Just two months after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol — even as some Republicans harbored illusions about moving beyond Donald Trump — Sen. Lindsey Graham stepped forward with a reality check. The…

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Trump strikes back: GOP lawmakers who opposed president on redistricting pay price

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Trump gets revenge, and other takeaways from Tuesday’s Indiana and Ohio primaries | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump vowed revenge when the Republican supermajority in the Indiana state Senate embarrassed him in December, voting down Trump’s demands to redraw the state’s congressional maps to help the party…

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Sherrod Brown and Jon Husted set for Senate showdown after Ohio primary victories

Ohio’s Senate seat is one Democrats have prioritized in the party’s bid to retake control of the chamber Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Democratic senator Sherrod Brown and Republican senator Jon…

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What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in Indiana and Ohio | CNN Politics

A set of May primaries will test the strength of Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party and the role the president intends to play as GOP voters pick their candidates knowing he’ll never again appear on the…

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Just two months after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol — even as some Republicans harbored illusions about moving beyond Donald Trump — Sen. Lindsey Graham stepped forward with a reality check. The South Carolina…

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President Donald Trump vowed revenge when the Republican supermajority in the Indiana state Senate embarrassed him in December, voting down Trump’s demands to redraw the state’s congressional maps to help the party win two more seats.…

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Ohio’s Senate seat is one Democrats have prioritized in the party’s bid to retake control of the chamber Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Democratic senator Sherrod Brown and Republican senator Jon Husted won their…

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A set of May primaries will test the strength of Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party and the role the president intends to play as GOP voters pick their candidates knowing he’ll never again appear on the ballot. In Indiana on…

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