NEW YORK (NEWSnet/AP) — Five states will hold presidential primaries on Tuesday as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to collect party delegates after becoming their parties’ presumptive nominees.

Trump is expected to easily win the March 19 GOP primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio.

Biden is expected to do the same in all those states except Florida, where Democrats canceled their primary and opted to award all 224 of their delegates to Biden. That’s not an unusual step for a party with an incumbent in the White House seeking reelection.

Trump and Biden have for weeks been focused on the general election, aiming their campaigns toward states that could be competitive in November.

Notable primary races outside of the presidency include:

  • Ohio’s Republican Senate primary pits Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno against two challengers, Ohio Secretary of State Frank Frank LaRose and Matt Dolan, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians baseball team.
  • Chicago voters will decide whether to assess a one-time real estate tax to pay for new homeless services.
  • And voters in California will move toward deciding a replacement for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who resigned his seat after being pushed out of Republican leadership.

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