Indi­ana pri­ma­ry elec­tion: First polls close to decide gov­er­nor, Sen­ate, and House races

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Indiana primary election: First polls close to decide governor, Senate, and House races

Polls are clos­ing in the Hoosier State on Tues­day that will decide com­pet­i­tive con­tests for gov­er­nor and Con­gress. 
While the race for the White House is on the top of the bal­lot in Indiana’s pres­i­den­tial and state pri­maries, Pres­i­dent Joe Biden and for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump already have enough del­e­gates to secure their respec­tive par­ties’ pres­i­den­tial nom­i­na­tions.
Both have won near­ly every pri­ma­ry and cau­cus by large mar­gins. Indi­ana has 58 Repub­li­can del­e­gates and 79 Demo­c­ra­t­ic del­e­gates up for grabs in its pres­i­den­tial pri­maries. 
While Trump is the only active can­di­date in the GOP pri­ma­ry, for­mer Unit­ed Nations Ambas­sador Nik­ki Haley is still on the bal­lot. In recent con­tests, she has con­tin­ued to receive a share of the vote even though she sus­pend­ed her cam­paign in ear­ly March. Dur­ing the Penn­syl­va­nia pri­ma­ry on April 23, Haley received almost 17% of the vote, although Trump still won with 83% of the bal­lots cast. 
Indi­ana isn’t expect­ed to be a com­pet­i­tive state in the pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, with Trump car­ry­ing the state twice with 57% of the vote. Only two Democ­rats have won the Hoosier State in the last 21 pres­i­den­tial elec­tions, Lyn­don John­son in 1964 and Barack Obam …