Republican candidates backed by President Donald Trump clung to small leads in closely watched races in Ohio and Kansas on Wednesday, with the narrow margins serving as encouraging signs for Democrats heading into November's elections. Trump won the Ohio district by 11 percentage points in the White House race in 2016. All 435 House seats, 35 of 100 Senate seats and 36 of 50 governors' offices are up for grabs in November. Other Republicans, including Vice-President Mike Pence and Ohio Governor John Kasich, had also rushed to Balderson's aid in a district Kasich once represented. In other primary elections on Tuesday, Trump-backed candidates pulled off two wins in Michigan, where John James won the GOP Senate primary and Bill Schuette won the party's nod for governorReuters(China Daily USA 08/09/2018 page2)