HELENA — Montana voters boosted Donald Trump's lock on the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, as Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock and his GOP rival, Bozeman businessman Greg Gianforte, easily defeated token opponents in their primary elections.

Trump's win in Montana gives him 27 delegates, padding his bid for the Republican nomination on a night in which delegate-rich states such as California and New Jersey also went to the polls.

Trump shored up his support in Montana with a campaign stop in Billings less than two weeks before the election. Supporter Kendra Daniel of Billings said she was eager to vote for her candidate because he says a lot of things that people are thinking.

"I know there's a lot of controversy around him over the election this year, but I'm excited to get out there and vote for him," she said.

Some voters expressed disappointment with the options on both sides of the ballot in the presidential race. Natalie Clark of East Helena said she doesn't like Trump's attitude or how demeaning he is of some people, but she voted for him anyway.

"Everyone else was out of the running, weren't they?" she said.

State Republican leaders, while not quick to warm up to the bombastic Trump, urged the GOP faithful to back him as a better candidate than Hillary Clinton, who secured enough delegates on Monday to become the presumptive Democratic nominee.

The Montana primary contest between Clinton and Bernie Sanders also was being decided Tuesday.

Bullock and Gianforte have been looking past the primaries for months in anticipation of their matchup in November's election, which will also include Libertarian candidate Ted Dunlap.

The defeated gubernatorial candidates, Democrat Bill McChesney and Republican Terry Nelson, filed to run just days before the deadline to do so, and they had not raised any significant funds or spent much time campaigning.

But their presence allowed Bullock and Gianforte to increase their fundraising. Under state law, candidates who don't have primary opponents must return the contributions earmarked for that election and both Bullock and Gianforte have been amassing campaign funds in anticipation of a tough general election campaign.

The election also decided or confirmed the party nominees for U.S. House, four statewide offices, three Public Service Commission spots and a slate of legislative seats. Three of the seven state Supreme Court positions are also up for election, though only one is contested.

The real primary contests were being fought in the state House and Senate, both of which are controlled by Republicans. An ongoing ideological split between moderate and conservative factions of the Republican Party has resulted in several incumbents being challenged that could determine the direction of the Legislature.

Democrats also have several contested legislative primaries. But Montana Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Keenan said those races weren't as acrimonious as the Republican elections.

The bigger issue will be uniting Sanders and Clinton supporters to defeat Trump in November, she said.