May 6 (UPI) -- Republican voters in Indiana and Ohio largely backed Trump-aligned candidates Tuesday in primaries seen as tests of President Donald Trump's influence within the GOP.
Both states held their party primaries on Tuesday to decide candidates for hundreds of races for November's midterm elections, but most eyes were on contests for the Indiana state Senate, where incumbent Republicans had rejected Trump's redistricting push.
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Though too late to influence Indiana's congressional map before the midterms, Trump endorsed challengers to incumbents who had opposed his effort to redraw the map to add Republican seats.
Trump's influence within the GOP in the Hoosier State appeared strong: Of his seven endorsed challengers against Indiana Republican state senators who opposed his gerrymandering push, five appeared poised to win outright, one seemed to have lost and another was in a tight race.
