Pro-Trump candidates Jennifer-Ruth Green and Erin Houchin won the contested Republican primaries in Indiana’s 1st and 9th Congressional Districts on May 3.
The rest of Indiana’s congressional races—five of them—had largely uncontested Republican primaries.
Houchin got 21,671 votes, followed by Mike Sodrel with 14, 993 votes and Stu Barnes-Israel with 12,181 votes, according to the 9th District’s latest tally with 99 percent of votes counted by the Indianapolis Star.
Among the three top contenders in the GOP race, Houchin was the only one to openly align with former President Donald Trump. Cardboard cutouts featuring Trump could be seen at her campaign events. Her TV campaign ad read, “I am pro-life, pro-Trump, and pro-second amendment.”
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