Derek Merrin won the Republican primary in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District on Tuesday, CBS News projected, setting up a rematch against longtime Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in what’s expected to be one of the most contested House races of the year. Kaptur, the longest serving woman in Congress, has held the seat since 1983. Merrin,
Chedrick Greene, Democratic candidate for 35th Senate District, speaks in Saginaw, Mich., on May 5, 2026. Paul Sancya/AP Photo SAGINAW, Mich.—Democrat Chedrick Greene defeated Republican Jason Tunney in a special election for the state Senate’s District 35 seat, preserving Democratic control of the Senate. The Michigan Senate consists of 38 seats; Democrats held a 19–18
Indiana voters cast their ballots in a slate of state Senate primaries that surged into the national spotlight amid President Trump’s push for red states to redistrict ahead of the midterms. Five of seven incumbents targeted with Trump-backed challengers lost their primaries on Tuesday, marking a major win for the president who threatened to oust the state lawmakers who bucked his wish for GOP-friendly changes to Indiana’s congressional…
The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men. In a social media post, U.S. Southern Command said its commander, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, ordered a “lethal kinetic strike” on a boat it alleged was operated by “Designated Terrorist Organizations” and “was
A voter casts a ballot at a polling station in the East Liverpool City Hall during the Ohio voting primaries in East Liverpool, Ohio, on May 5, 2026.Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Former CIA officer Eric Conroy, and former radio talk show host and television meteorologist Carey Coleman, won their respective Ohio Congressional Republican primaries and will
Republican candidates in Ohio’s 9th congressional district participate in a forum in Toledo on April 13, 2026. At the left-side table are Ohio Rep. Josh Williams (L) and Air National Guard Lt. Col. Alea Nadeem (2-L); at the right-side table are (L-R) health care executive Anthony Campbell, former immigration official Madison Sheahan, and former Ohio
President Trump’s gambit to push out of office several of the Indiana Republicans who defied his redistricting efforts appeared to largely succeed on Tuesday. Five of the Indiana state senators who voted against redrawing the state’s House maps last year lost their Republican primaries on Tuesday, ousted by Trump-endorsed primary challengers, The Associated Press projected.