An Ohio court rejected Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s request to postpone the state’s Tuesday primary until June.

DeWine petitioned the court on Monday to move the primary date back several months over concerns about the coronavirus. Judge Richard Frye, however, rejected the governor’s request hours later, citing a lack of evidence that the outbreak of the disease will have improved in three months.

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