Here's how the races are developing today. All times Eastern. Check back for updates.
May 03, 2022, 7:33 PM EDT
Polls close in Ohio
Polls closed at 7:30 p.m. across Ohio, where voters cast ballots in primaries for the House of Representatives and Senate, as well as for governor, attorney general, secretary of state and auditor.
Key races in the state are expected to shed light on the endorsement power of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Voters cast their ballots for the midterm primary election in Grove City, Ohio, on May 3, 2022.
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The Ohio secretary of state's office released final early voting totals -- showing that 301,837 absentee ballots were requested by-mail or in person, and that 263,542 votes had already been cast statewide.
Those numbers surpass the 2018 total of 300,765 absentee ballots requested through the end of the early voting period and 260,443 total early votes cast.
In the final hours of Ohio's Senate primary, Republican candidates were quick to praise the prospect of overturning Roe v. Wade as the stunning leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion rocked the race overnight.
"I do think Roe was a big mistake. And I think if the Supreme Court overturns it, it will be a big success for the pro-life movement," J.D. Vance, who got former President Donald Trump's endorsement, told ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott.
ABC Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott speaks with Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance at a campaign event outside Dayton, Ohio.
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"If it gets overturned, we're gonna have a fight here in the state of Ohio. And I think I'm going to be on the front lines of that fight trying to get us here in Ohio to protect it," he added.
Rep. Tim Ryan -- the Democrats' likely candidate in the hotly contested race, who once opposed abortion rights but changed positions in 2015 -- called it a "freedom issue" that he predicted would motivate a lot of women "to vote for a senator who would be on their side."
Rep. Tim Ryan, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, speaks during a rally in support of the Bartlett Maritime project, a proposal to build a submarine service facility for the U.S. Navy, on May 2, 2022, in Lorain, Ohio.
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"I think in many ways to abortion is, in some sense, an economic issue as well. Should a woman be able to plan the size of her family? Should a woman be able to plan when she has a pregnancy? This is a freedom issue, really, for me, and I think it's a freedom issue for a lot of these women," Ryan told ABC News Senior Washington Reporter Devin Dwyer.
Ohio and Indiana are among the 26 states which are likely or certain to ban abortion if Roe falls or is gutted, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights research organization.
May 03, 2022, 6:05 PM EDT
Ohio race framed as national barometer for Democrats
Tuesday's rematch between Rep. Shontel Brown and former state senator Nina Turner for Ohio's 11th Congressional District offers a real-time reflection of the divisions between the Democratic Party's progressive and establishment wings -- and a barometer for Democrats running across the country at the top of the midterm season.
Congressional candidate Nina Turner speaks to a crowd of volunteers before a Get Out the Vote canvassing event, July 30, 2021, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Cuyahoga Councilwoman and Congressional Candidate Shontel Brown speaks during Get Out the Vote campaign event at Mt Zion Fellowship, July 31, 2021, in Cleveland.
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Brown was first elected to Congress in a special election last year following former Rep. Marcia Fudge's appointment to serve as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. While President Joe Biden endorsed Brown last Friday, calling her "an ardent advocate for the people of Ohio and a true partner in Congress,” leading progressive voices like Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are backing Turner.
Turner and Brown approached the campaign trail from different ends of the Democratic political spectrum. Turner, a former co-chairwoman of Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, has previously criticized the Democratic Party and Biden.
