Category: Ohio GOP U.S. Senate race

Vance Win Validates Trump as GOP Kingmaker

When Donald Trump talks, “America First” Republicans still listen. That is what J.D. Vance’s victory in the Ohio GOP U.S. Senate primary on May 3 showed in the first test of Trump’s influence in the 2022 midterm election cycle, Defending Democracy Together director Bill Kristol believes. “Anybody who dismisses Donald Trump as not a major…


Vance’s Win in Ohio Marks Passing Grade in Trump’s First Primary Test

When Donald Trump talks, “America First” Republicans still listen. That is what J.D. Vance’s victory in the Ohio GOP U.S. Senate primary on May 3 showed in the first test of Trump’s influence in the 2022 midterm election cycle, Defending Democracy Together director Bill Kristol believes. “Anybody who dismisses Donald Trump as not a major…


Propelled By Trump, J.D. Vance Wins Ohio GOP Senate Primary

CINCINNATI, Ohio—J.D. Vance, the Hillbilly Elegy author and venture capitalist who secured the endorsement of Donald Trump, defeated Josh Mandel and five other opponents in the contentious Ohio GOP U.S. Senate primary on May 3. The Ohio GOP U.S. Senate primary represented the first test of Donald Trump’s influence in the 2022 midterm election cycle,…


Ohio Voters Heading to the Polls to Choose Republican Senate Candidate

On a rainy day with severe storms forecast across the state, Ohio voters are heading to the polls to determine who will prevail in the contentious U.S. Senate primary on May 3. The winners will advance to the November 8 general election to decide who will replace retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman. The Ohio GOP…


Tension Between Mandel, Vance Rises as Ohioans Head to the Polls

Ohio and Indiana kick off the primary season on May 3 in a year when all U.S. House seats and 35 U.S. Senate spots are open, and control of both chambers is on the line. In Ohio, former President Donald Trump endorsed first-time political candidate J.D. Vance in the crowded GOP U.S. Senate primary on…


Ohio GOP Senate Candidates Make Final Push Before May 3 Primary

A wife and a mother of three, Lisa would only disclose her first name as she stood outside Victory Christian Church in Kettering, Ohio, on April 29 following a “Faith and Freedom” rally where GOP U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel was joined by Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas). “I want to tell you what I think,…


Poll Shows J.D. Vance Takes the Lead in GOP Senate Race, Ohio Voters React

Fueled by Donald Trump’s endorsement, Hillbilly Elegy author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance has surged to a five-point lead in the Ohio GOP U.S. Senate race, according to a Fox News survey of Ohio voters participating in the May 3 GOP primary that was released on April 27. In the first independent poll announced since…


Ohio GOP Senate Frontrunner Gibbons Faces Heat With Report of Racist Remarks About Asians: ‘Incredibly Bright’

Traversing Ohio in a charter-style bus emblazoned with his name and the blue-and-gold colors of his alma mater, St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland investment banker Mike Gibbons is talking to voters in each of Ohio’s 88 counties in his quest to win the GOP U.S. Senate primary. “I don’t think I could do more because…