INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The field is set for Indiana’s Republican U.S. Senate primary after a key deadline winnowed down the number of contenders.
State law requires Senate candidates to submit the signatures of at least 500 registered voters from each of Indiana’s nine congressional districts to qualify for the May primary ballot.
The deadline to submit petitions and candidate paperwork was at noon Friday. Several Republicans had declared their candidacy, but didn’t file petitions to make the primary field.
The primary election will be held May 8.
