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Samantha Hayes is a national correspondent for CNN Newsource based in Washington, D.C. and will cover the Presidential campaign exclusively for WCPO-TV. You'll see Samantha's updates weekdays on 9 News at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m.

Hayes was an anchor and reporter at KSL-TV in Salt Lake City and covered many stories of national interest including the return of Elizabeth Smart and the 2006 Winter Olympics from Torino, Italy.

Hayes graduated with honors from the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in broadcast news.

McCain's Wife Says She'll Never Release Her Tax Returns

Cindy McCain says she won't make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House.

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	Full Election Results: Clinton Wins IN Primary Hillary Rodham Clinton has narrowly won the Indiana Democratic primary.
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	Jill Long Thompson Narrowly Wins Indiana Democratic Gubernatorial Primary She was outspent but not defeated.
	Indiana's Governor Candidates Locked In Tight Contest With 99% of precincts reporting, former Indiana congresswoman Jill Long Thompson led by 5,461 votes over Indianapolis architect Jim Schellinger.
	Clinton Wins Indiana Primary; Obama Wins NC Hillary Rodham Clinton has narrowly won the Indiana Democratic primary. Video
	Obama Takes Early Lead In Race For Delegates In the overall race for the nomination, Obama leads with 1,815.5 delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Clinton has 1,672.
	Indiana's Lake County Has Tradition Of Late Vote Tallies Lake County, the state's second-most populous with nearly 500,000 people, had reported no results as of 11 p.m. EDT.
	Schellinger, Long Thompson Wait On Late Results The two candidates are awaiting results from heavily Democratic Lake County in northwest Indiana, which is on Central time.

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