Results roll in after voters hit the polls Tuesday for Indiana's presidential, state primaries

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Indiana voters hit the polls for the state's primary on Tuesday.

The governor's race and the presidential race were expected to drive voter turn out before the polls closed at 6 p.m. local time.

To follow along with all races, click here for WDRB's Election Results page.

Sen. Mike Braun secures Republican gubernatorial nomination

By November, Indiana will have a new governor because current Gov. Eric Holcomb is term-limited. Six Republicans are running for Indiana governor.

Tuesday, Hoosiers elected Mike Braun as the Republican gubernatorial candidate. He will face Democratic nominee Jennifer McCormick, a former Indiana Superintendent who was uncontested in Tuesday's election, in November.

Braun has been viewed as the one to beat in recent polls. He flipped his Senate seat back in 2018 when he beat Joe Donelly and is endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

He beat Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, who worked her way from county auditor to state representative to state auditor before her current position. Crouch secured 22% of the vote, compared to Braun's 39%.

Braun also beat Republican challengers Jamie Reitenour, who was running for her first political office; Brad Chambers, the former commerce secretary and former president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation; Curtis Hill, an attorney and the state's former Attorney General; and businessman Eric Doden, who previously worked as president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

Trump wins Republican presidential primary

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump already have enough delegates to secure their respective parties’ presidential nominations and have both won almost every primary and caucus by overwhelming margins. The presumptive nominees have nonetheless faced ongoing protest votes in recent contests that won’t upend their primary campaigns but have raised questions about voter discontent heading into the November general election.

Biden is the sole option in the Democratic primary, so Indiana voters won’t be able to cast their votes for another candidate or for “uncommitted.”

Trump is the only active candidate in the Republican primary, but the other option on the ballot, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, has continued to receive a sizable share of the vote in recent contests, despite suspending her campaign in early March.

Tuesday, however, Hoosiers voted for Trump in the primary. The former president secured 76% of the vote.

House and Senate primary results set up November election

The most notable of the U.S. House races on the ballot Tuesday are competitive Republican primaries in the 3rd Congressional District, which Banks is giving up to run for Senate, as well as the 5th, 6th and 8th Districts.

Half of Indiana’s 50 state Senate seats and all 100 state House seats are also up for election this year.

Democrat Valerie McCray secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, beating Marc Carmichael.

Republican Erin Houchin secured 81% of the votes to keep her U.S. House seat, representing District 9 in the state. Houchin will face-off against Democratic nominee Timothy Peck for the seat in the November election. Peck beat Liam Dorris to secure the nomination.

District 9 makes up Orange, Crawford, Harrison, Jackson, Washington, Scott, Floyd and Clark counties.

Mark Messmer secured the Republican nomination for the state's District 8 seat in the U.S. House, beating John Hostettler, Richard Moss, Dominick Kavanaugh and Kristi Risk.

Messmer will go up against Erik Hurt, who won the Democratic nomination for the state's District 8 seat in the U.S. House. Hurt came out on top over Edward Sein, Michael Talarzyk and Peter Priest.

District 8 makes up makes up a small portion of Crawford County.

The District 66 seat in the Indiana House is also up for grabs in November. Republican incumbent Zach Payne secured the GOP nomination over Jim Baker. As of 11:20 p.m., the Democratic race between Jennifer David and Rick Cannon had not been called, but David had 67.7% of the vote over Cannon's 32.4%. The winner of that race will face Payne in the November election.

Alex Zimmerman, the incumbent, won the GOP nomination for the District 68 seat in the Indiana House, beating Chad Meinders with nearly 65% of the vote.

The Republican primary for the District 69 seat in the Indiana House had also not been called as of 11:20 p.m. Jim Lucas, the incumbent, led with 57.5% of the vote over challenger Brian Savilla, who was reporting 42.5% of the vote.

In District 70, incumbent Karen Engleman secured the Republican nomination for the Indiana House seat with almost 70% of the vote over John Colburn.

In District 71, Scott Hawkins secured the Republican nomination for the state House seat over James McClure with 78% of the vote.

In District 73, incumbent Jennifer Meltzer won the Republican nomination over Edward Comstock with nearly 75% of the vote.

Close calls in county races

In Floyd County, Republican Matthew Tomlin secured the nomination for the county coroner with 2,924 votes over fellow Republican Greg Roution's 2,877 votes.

For Floyd County District 2 commissioner, Republican Frank Loop, who is the former county sheriff, secured the nomination with 3,747 votes over John Schellenberger's 2,624 votes.

For the Republican Floyd County Council At-Large race, Republicans Sam Sarkisian, DM Bagshaw and Matt Millies won over Connie Moon.

Several Republican races in Scott County were also called. Bryton Richey beat Jonathan White with 1,115 votes over White's 1,015.

Republican Randy Julian beat fellow Republicans Lonnie Noble and Marvin Robinson for the District 1 commissioner seat.

For the District 2 commissioner seat, Republican Adam Bomar beat Republican Mike Jones with 1,112 votes compared to Jones' 1,061.

For the Republican seats on the Scott County Council At-Large, James Richey, John Hardin and Justin Cheatham won over Deborah Stroud-Hubbard and Brad Stotts.

For the Democratic seats on the Scott County Council At-Large, John Lizenby, Teresa Vannarsdall and Jim Boswell beat Shane Deaton, Keith Henderson and Brandon Stagnolia.

Republican Sarah Helton beat Republican Stephanie Gabbard with 1,171 of the votes for Scott County Recorder.

In Clark County, Republican Aaron Scott beat Jason Brownfield, also a Republican, for county coroner. Scott won with 76% of the vote.

Republican Connie Sellers won the Clark County District 1 commissioner seat, beating fellow Republican Donald Johnson with 60% of the vote.

For Clark County Council At-Large, Republicans Ron Blevins, Richard Snelling and Chris Fox came out on top.

In Jefferson County, Republican Robert Little beat Republicans Ray Black Jr. and Rick Berry for the Middle District commissioner seat. Republican Amy Stephens beat Republican Heather White for County Recorder.

In Washington County, Republican Nancy Coats won the race for county treasurer over Republican Mary Durbin with 66% of the vote.

Republican Phil Marshall beat Republican Troy Spears Jr. for the District 1 commissioner seat with 63% of the vote.

The District 3 commissioner seat was won by Tony Cardwell Jr., over Rick Roberts, with 56% of the vote compared to Roberts' 44%.

Republican Todd Armstrong won the Council At-Large seat in Washington County with 27% of the vote over four challengers.

As of 11:30 p.m., several races in Harrison and Orange counties had yet to be called.

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Hoosiers hit the polls for Tuesday's primary

The last polls closed at 7 p.m. ET, although most polls closed at 6 p.m. ET. Indiana is in both the Eastern and the Central time zones.

Poll workers expected the busiest times will be "after work" hours. They also reminded voters to bring a photo ID.

Election inspector Jo Graves was at New Albany High School, which served as a voting location.

"It's great to see the members of the community. You run into people you haven't seen in years, helping the voters get through the process smoothly and easily that's the best part about it," Graves said.

Voter Mary Margaret Sparks cast her vote on Tuesday as an example to the young people in her life.

"(I) wanted to teach our children the importance of having a say and the importance of voting, and that we live in a democracy," Sparks said.

This story will be updated as more results roll in. You can watch them in real-time on WDRB's Election Results page by clicking here.