INDIANAPOLIS -- Hoosier voters' message was loud and clear Tuesday night: They want change in Washington, D.C., and they don't think an insider can do it.
DEMOCRACY 2016 | Full Indiana primary election results
Republican front-runner Donald Trump cemented his status as the party's presumptive nominee with a commanding victory – earning 53 percent of the vote to rival Sen. Ted Cruz's 37 percent (with 14 percent of precincts still unreported).
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On the Democratic side, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders eked out a narrower margin of victory, taking 53 percent of the vote to former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's 47 percent.
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Trump, who referred to his former rival as "Lyin' Ted" for much of the campaign, found magnanimity in victory in a speech at Trump Tower in New York City.
Thank you Indiana! #Trump2016#MakeAmericaGreatAgain pic.twitter.com/G4JlShRA6I
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2016
"Just so you understand, Ted Cruz – I don't know if he likes me or he doesn't like me – but he is one hell of a competitor," Trump said. "He's a smart guy. And he's got an amazing future."
The billionaire real estate mogul then turned his eyes toward Democrat Hillary Clinton.
"She will not be a great president. She will not be a good president. She will be a poor president," Trump said. "She doesn't understand trade. Her husband signed one of the worst trade deals in history. It's called NAFTA."
Sanders also took aim at Clinton, telling the Associated Press he'd won a "great upset victory" in Indiana.
"The Clinton campaign thinks this campaign is over. They're wrong," Sanders said.
The political revolution wins in Indiana! Thank you. pic.twitter.com/Ix7wutAw2g
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 4, 2016
For her part, the Clinton campaign made little noise about Tuesday's loss, instead focusing on Trump as the presumptive Republican nominee.
"Fundamentally, our next president will need to do two things: keep our nation safe in a dangerous world and help working families get ahead here at home," Clinton said in a press release Tuesday night. "Donald Trump is not prepared to do either. Throughout this campaign, Donald Trump has demonstrated that he's too divisive and lacks the temperament to lead our nation and the free world. With so much at stake, Donald Trump is simply too big of a risk."
The only remaining challenge to Trump on the Republican side is now Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who vowed to stay in the race despite asking Hoosier supporters to vote for Cruz. Kasich earned 8 percent of the vote Tuesday night, and has only won one state – his home state of Ohio – to date. Republican Convention rules prohibit anyone from being selected at a contested convention unless they've won at least eight states, although those rules could be amended.
U.S. Senate Race
Congressman Todd Young won a decisive victory over Republican and fellow Congressman Marlin Stutzman, taking 67 percent of the vote.
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Young, a former U.S. Marine who made his military service a major part of his campaign, ran a slew of attack ads against Stutzman in the weeks leading up to the election portraying him as using his government position to benefit himself and his family's business.
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In return, Stutzman's ads criticized Young for being an "establishment" politician. One pro-Stutzman ad portrayed Young as a marionette, with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pulling the strings.
Stutzman was likely hurt by an Associated Press report in late April claiming he'd used campaign funds to pay for a family trip, among other expenses.
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U.S. House District 9
In the GOP race for District 9, relative newcomer Trey Hollingsworth claimed victory over a field of competitors that included current Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and State Senator Erin Houchin.
Hollingsworth, a 32-year-old multimillionaire who moved to Indiana at the end of last year and needed special permission to run because he'd never voted in an Indiana primary, was criticized heavily in ads portraying him as a "carpetbagger" who was attempting to buy a congressional seat.
Nevertheless, voters chose him over more well-known candidates.
Hollingsworth will face off against IU Professor Shelli Yoder, who won 70 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary for District 9.
Democrats seized on criticisms of Hollingsworth's Hoosier bona fides almost immediately after Yoder was declared the winner, with the state party issuing a statement calling him "Tennessee Trey."
Yoder's campaign manager Alex Rosselli said her client, by comparison, is a born-and-raised Hoosier.
“Our opponent thinks he can buy a seat in Congress," Rosselli said. "He moved to Indiana less than a year ago, and has spent over a million dollars of his own money to get elected. Shelli was born and raised in Indiana, and she understands the challenges facing middle-class Hoosier families."
U.S. House District 3
State Sen. Jim Banks beat out five other Republicans to grab his party's nomination in Indiana's 3rd Congressional District.
Banks' campaign was backed by several national conservative groups, according to the Associated Press.
Banks has served in the state senate since 2010.
