Here are 7 takeaways from the first big primary elections of the year, starting with ‘Republicans averted catastrophe.’ The Mormon church will sever ties with the Boys Scouts by the end of 2019. Utah’s federal delegation supports pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal.
Happy Wednesday. Four states — West Virginia, Indiana, North Carolina and Ohio — held primaries Tuesday night. And while there were upsets and surprises in each, perhaps the biggest was that convicted coal magnate Don Blankenship, who called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “Cocaine Mitch,” handily lost his bid. So takeaway No.