Tuesday takeaways: Platner's big night, Clyburn carries on and Trump's support gets mixed results
Clyburn easily won his primary after a redistricting effort that threatened his district was rejected.

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Tuesday’s primaries gave Graham Platner a win in Maine, while Jim Clyburn easily won his South Carolina primary. Results for several candidates backed by Donald Trump were mixed, including a South Carolina governor’s race headed to a runoff.
Tuesday’s primaries included the Maine Senate contest, where Graham Platner and incumbent Susan Collins faced no serious opposition for their party nominations. Platner’s victory came amid renewed scrutiny of reports about his past behavior; he told supporters that “people can change.” Janet Mills had suspended her campaign in April.
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VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Clyburn in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Clyburn’s record.
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Pennsylvania senator who had supported Mills
Nevada representative retiring from the seat
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