First-time voter Frida Webb casts a ballot in a polling location during a primary election on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in West, Lafayette, Ind.
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President Donald Trump is having some success in his latest attempt to politically punish Republicans who stand in his way. In Indiana, five of the seven state senators targeted by Trump lost their primaries on Tuesday. One was victorious, and one race was too close to call. In neighboring Ohio, primaries for U.S. Senate and governor locked in the candidates for two major races with national implications. And in Michigan, voters in a bellwether district chose a Democrat to represent them in the state Senate.
