President Trump continued his GOP primary domination Tuesday night, earning a clean sweep in five states.
Trump secured primary victories in the following states:
- Arizona
- Florida
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Ohio
Congratulations to President Trump for winning all 5 of the GOP primary elections yesterday!
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— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) March 20, 2024
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Per Fox News:
Former President Donald Trump swept Republican presidential primaries in five states on Tuesday.
The Associated Press projected that the former president would score victories in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio.
Trump campaigned in Ohio on Saturday, on behalf of businessman Bernie Moreno, the candidate the former president endorsed in the Buckeye State’s competitive GOP Senate primary.
The victories for Trump come a week after he clinched the 2024 Republican presidential nomination after sweeping last week’s contests.
Hours before Trump became the GOP presumptive presidential nominee, President Biden clinched the Democratic nomination, to become his party’s 2024 presumptive presidential nominee.
Biden and Trump will formally become the major party nominees at the Democratic and Republican national nominating conventions this summer.
Trump-backed Bernie Moreno won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Ohio.
BREAKING: Trump-backed candidate Bernie Moreno has just won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Ohio primary election. pic.twitter.com/zUMyoRWFW7
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) March 20, 2024
Trump Endorsed Bernie Moreno Wins Ohio GOP Senate Primary In Landslide Victory https://t.co/A6OLJ7Je4R #OAN
— One America News (@OANN) March 20, 2024
Axios reports:
Trump still flexed his influence within the GOP with wins for candidates he endorsed in down-ballot races.
Chief among those was the Ohio Republican Senate primary, a contest at the center of the broader battle between MAGA and what remains of a GOP establishment. Trump endorsed Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno, who was projected to win on Tuesday.
Moreno will now take on Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in November, a contest that could go a long way toward determining which party controls the Senate next year.
Trump-backed state Rep. Derek Merrin was also projected to win in a competitive race in a northwest Ohio congressional district against former state legislator Craig Riedel.
In California, Trump-endorsed state Rep. Vince Fong was heading for a May runoff in the special election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), AP projected.
Fong, competing with eight other candidates, did not earn a majority of the vote to avoid a runoff. He’ll likely face Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux (R) or Marisa Wood (D), a teacher.