Primary Results Open Thread For May 8 (UPDATE 3)
May 8, 2018

Polls close at 6 local time in Indiana, 7:30 in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio...

We'll be publishing results as they come in... Open thread on anything you're seeing locally in those states (how was voting today?) and on the tee vee.

Primary results open thread below...

Update 1: Mike Pence's brother projected to win in IN-06

Update 2: Don "Miner Murderer" Blankenship has conceded after a very poor showing in his three-way race. Democratic turnout overall is far stronger than GOP in West Virginia for this primary, too.

In Ohio, Rich Cordray will face off with Republican Mike DeWine for Governor, while Sherrod Brown will face Rep. Jim Renacci for his Senate seat. Democratic turnout in Ohio was also very high.

In North Carolina's 9th district, incumbent GOP Rep. Robert Pittenger was defeated by former pastor Mark Harris, which means the incumbent advantage in that district is gone.

Update 3: Blankenship just cannot help himself:

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