Election 2016: Trump projected winner in Indiana and Kentucky

CNN is projecting Donald Trump as the winner in Indiana and Kentucky, two states he was frankly expected to win easily. Indiana (11 electoral votes), a heartland state with a history of conservative leaders, is the home state of Gov. Mike Pence, Trump's running mate, so it would have been a major embarrassment for the Hoosier State to fall into the Clinton column.

Likewise, Kentucky (8 EV), part of the historically Solid South, was not expected to be in the Clinton orbit. It's Mitch McConnell's home state and, as such, it would have been embarrassing if Clinton had snatched this one away from the Republicans.

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