COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Voters in seven states are weighing in on contests that will test President Donald Trump's clout within his own party. None of the races on Tuesday means more to the president than South Carolina, where Trump himself appeared at a rally hours before polls opened to help Gov. Henry McMaster. The Republican governor was one of Trump's very first high-profile supporters and is fighting for his political life in a GOP runoff.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Nearly 100 educators and administrators are running for seats in the Oklahoma Legislature during a primary election that also will narrow the crowded field for governor and decide the nation's first medical marijuana ballot question this year. After massive demonstrations from teachers at the Capitol, the educators are running for state House and Senate seats. Some even are Republicans challenging GOP incumbents who voted against tax increases that funded teacher pay hikes.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma voters are winnowing a crowded field of candidates seeking the state's top job following an eight-year reign of Republican dominance across state government. With no race for the U.S. Senate this cycle, much of the money and attention has focused on the 15 candidates trying to succeed term-limited Gov. Mary Fallin. With 10 of those running in the GOP contest, that nomination likely won't ultimately be settled until a two-way runoff on Aug. 28.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma primary voters are weighing whether to approve one of the nation's least-restrictive laws allowing medical marijuana, the nation's first cannabis ballot question of the year. The question is the result of an activist-led signature drive launched more than two years ago. It would make it legal to grow, sell and use marijuana for medicinal purposes. The proposed law outlines no qualifying conditions, which would allow physicians to prescribe its use for a broad range of ailments

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