Election results: Primaries in Maryland, West Virginia, and Nebraska deliver springboard for November with a couple surprises

Voters in West Virginia, Maryland, and Nebraska cast their ballots Tuesday in both state and presidential primaries in races that will have large implications for the general election.

In Maryland and West Virginia, two open Senate seats were among the most important races of the night, as the outcome of the primaries will set the field for the general election when control of the upper chamber will be decided.