Voters in Indiana cast ballots Tuesday in its primary contest. Pictured here, a man casts his ballot in January’s New Hampshire primary race. File Photo by Amanda Sabga/UPI | License Photo
May 8 (UPI) — Former President Donald Trump unsurprisingly captured Indiana’s Republican nomination on Tuesday when voters cast ballots in the state’s presidential and state primaries.
Trump secured the nod and picked up Indiana’s 58 GOP delegates with a little more than 78% of the vote, according to election results from WHAS11 and NBC News.
However, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won nearly 22% of vote share, representing more than 125,000 ballots, despite having dropped out of the race in March.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden ran uncontested for the Democratic nomination.
At the state level, Sen. Mike Braun won the GOP nomination for governor, and is to take on the Democrat’s Jennifer McCormick, a former state superintendent of public instruction who ran uncontested.
They will battle it out in November for the governor’s mansion that will be made vacant by Republican Eric Holcomb who can not run for a third consecutive term.
“Congratulations to Sen. Braun on a decisive victory tonight,” Holcomb said in a statement.
“Now we all unite through November to keep Indiana on the fast track.”
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