Midterm Update: Tuesday's Primaries Raise Questions About Trump's Influence

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🗓️ 8 August 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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There were lots of takeaways from Tuesday's election & primaries, from whether Republicans should stand with President Trump or whether an endorsement from Bernie Sanders helps a Democrat, to which issues really matter to voters. We explain what the results mean for the November elections. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political editor Domenico Montanaro, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	This is Mandy calling from the Ohio 12th District.
0:02.7	This is Aiden and Columbus, Ohio, where I just cast my vote in the special election in the Ohio 12th.
0:07.7	This is Sarah.
0:08.4	And this is Corey and we're sitting outside the Tuttle Park Recreation Center having just voted in the Ohio 12th District special election.
0:15.3	This podcast was recorded at.
0:16.7	This podcast was recorded at.
0:18.6	This podcast was recorded at.
0:20.4	1047 AM on Wednesday, August 8th.
0:24.1	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:26.6	Okay, here's the show.
0:31.1	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:33.7	On Monday, we were in your feed to prep you for Tuesday's big primary day.
0:38.3	Today, we're back to give you the results.
0:41.1	I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.
0:42.9	I'm Dominican Montenegro, political editor.
0:44.9	And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.
0:48.0	And there were some big winners and some big losers.
0:52.0	But we don't really have the final results in two of the races that we were watching most closely at Dominican.
0:58.5	Yeah, I mean, the race that everybody was watching was the special election in Ohio's 12th congressional district.
1:03.6	Where our time stamp was taped?
1:05.4	Oh, yes.
1:06.2	There we go.
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