[Editor's Note: We'll be reporting results from Indiana all night, and posting analysis from NR writers and from around the web. Stay tuned to the Corner!]
9:53 P.M.: Donald Trump has delivered his celebratory remarks from Trump Tower in Manhattan. He promises to roll back NAFTA, build infrastructure, put West Virginia coal miners back to work — and, of course, to defeat Hillary Clinton.
9:15 P.M.: Bernie takes Indiana.
BREAKING NEWS: Fox News projects @BernieSanders is the winner of the Indiana Democratic Primary. #IndianaPrimarypic.twitter.com/2wGQyAHugK
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 4, 2016
9:09 P.M.: More on Trump’s dominant performance:
Trump dominated #IndianaPrimary tonight. Per exit polls, he won every income group. Biggest victory (among folks 100k – 200k)
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) May 4, 2016
9:00 P.M.: The RNC on tonight’s results:
.@realDonaldTrump will be presumtive @GOP nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating @HillaryClinton#NeverClinton
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) May 4, 2016
8:52 P.M.: Ted Cruz announces that he’s suspending his campaign:
8:32 P.M.: Ted Cruz is dropping out, according to CNN.
Cruz is suspending his campaign, campaign source tells me.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 4, 2016
8:28 P.M.: Ted Cruz follows Carly Fiorina on-stage at Cruz HQ in Indianapolis.
8:25 P.M.: Via Eric Grieder of Texas Monthly, author of NR cover story, “The Underestimated Mr. Cruz“:
I think Cruz should stay in, even if the delegate math is daunting. Worst case scenario, he costs Trump two months worth of GE campaigning.
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) May 4, 2016
8:16 P.M.: Perhaps it’s time we take back some of the bad things we’ve said about Ph.Ds.
Per exit polls, Trump won every education-level in #IndianaPrimary today, except post-grads.
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) May 4, 2016
8:04 P.M.: Tonight’s real winner, according to Kevin Williamson?
I hate to admit it, but it can’t be denied: it’s looking like a huge night for @smod2016.
— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) May 3, 2016
Meanwhile, more good news for Trump, from Indiana exit polls:
Effect of the #womancard? Trump won women in the #IndianaPrimary tonight, per exit polls: 46% — 42%
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) May 3, 2016
7:37 P.M.: Donald Trump is currently hovering around 54 percent of the vote with 27 percent of returns counted. Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, the race is still too close to call. With 25 percent of returns in, Sanders lead by just three votes, according to CNN.
7:16 P.M.: Much more of this to come, no doubt:
Much to my deep chagrin (& astonishment ~8 months ago), for the 1st time in my life, I will not support the GOP nominee for president.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) May 3, 2016
7:13 P.M.: Touché, Dan.
Lots of major news orgs calling Indiana GOP primary for Hillary Clinton.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 3, 2016
7:09 P.M.: What Trump needs now to secure the nomination, courtesy of the New York Times’ Nate Cohn:
All Trump needs to reach 1237? NJ/WV, some spare change in NM/WA/OR, and a win in California–where he’s up by 20 in recent polls
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) May 3, 2016
And a bit of news from down-ballot:
Lost in all of Trump calls, Todd Young easily wins the primary to take on Baron Hill for the open Republican Senate seat.
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) May 3, 2016
7:03 P.M.: The major networks have called the race for Trump.
Fox News projects Donald Trump wins Indiana.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) May 3, 2016
7:00 P.M.: Polls are officially closed in Indiana. Returns, as of now:
LATEST #IndianaPrimary results:
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 3, 2016
Trump: 52.87 percent
Cruz: 33.45 percenthttps://t.co/DXAVSypa6S #washex2016 pic.twitter.com/dmdXk66Qse
And:
Ted Cruz is winning in 1 county in the state of Indiana.
— Harry Enten (@ForecasterEnten) May 3, 2016
6:50 P.M.: FYI:
If Trump sweeps Indiana’s delegates, the share of delegates he’ll need from the states that have left to vote drops to just 42.5%.
— Taniel (@Taniel) May 3, 2016
6:39 P.M.: From NPR’s Asma Khalid:
Hoosier analysts told me the area around Fort Wayne was crucial for Cruz. But, VERY early results show Trump leading around that area.
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) May 3, 2016
Early exits – also show the economy is by far the top priority for Hoosier voters (both R and D).
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) May 3, 2016
6:33 P.M.: Via Dave Wasserman, of the Cook Political Report:
Trump is leading Ft. Wayne’s Allen County 48%-39%, so looks like Cruz will probably lose #IN03 too. Hard to see where Cruz will win a CD.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) May 3, 2016
Meanwhile, ex-Donald Trump adviser, current Trump surrogate Roger Stone weighing in on the National Enquirer’s latest (quoted by Trump this morning on Fox & Friends):
@TheLeadCNN Actually, there is quite a bit. @jaketapper has no idea what he is talking about, but then he thinks Oswald killed JFK
— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) May 3, 2016
6:20 P.M.: Some early exit polling findings (as always, grain of salt advised):
.@marthamaccallum on Indiana exit poll: “@tedcruz is ahead with the late deciders.” #IndianaPrimary pic.twitter.com/HfPxp7Zl2t
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 3, 2016
Indiana exit polls: “More than half of GOP voters, 53%, said they felt ‘betrayed’ by the Republican Party.” CBS News
— Laura (@McLonergan) May 3, 2016
6:00 P.M.: The first polls in Indiana, in the eastern half of the state, have closed. Fifty-seven delegates are up for grabs — 30 to the statewide winner, and 27, divvied up among nine congressional districts. First returns coming soon . . .
Indiana GOP Primary: Results, Analysis, & More