A member of one of Ohio's best-known Republican families has thrown his support behind Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in his hotly contested reelection race against GOP nominee Bernie Moreno.

Rep. Jim Jordan becoming House speaker would help cement the far right’s takeover of the Republican Party and trigger conflict with Democrats over the size and scope of government.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)MEDFORD, Wis. – President Donald Trump's once-comfortable advantage in the pivotal region of Wisconsin around the blue-collar hub of Green Bay has dwindled. Trump's path to victory in Wisconsin, a state he won narrowly in 2016, has become increasingly complicated, and so has his path to the 270 electoral votes needed for his reelection. As Biden's campaign on Tuesday announced stepped-up Ohio advertising, Trump was reducing his Ohio advertising, according to the ad tracking firm Kantar/CMAG. It's sparked some unlikely campaign travel advice for Trump from Wisconsin Republican Rep. John Nygren. It's a scenario also playing out in Pennsylvania, where Trump won by a smaller percentage than in Wisconsin.

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, center, leaves the federal courthouse after an initial hearing following charges against him and four others alleging a $60 million bribery scheme Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. After 10 consecutive votes in which another man had garnered more support than Larry Householder's favored candidate to be the next Ohio House speaker, Householder leaned back quietly in his chair, arms confidently propped behind his head. The previous House speaker had resigned amid scandal. Two icons of Ohio politics four-term governor James Rhodes and Democrat Vern Riffe, the battleground state's longest-serving House speaker were from the same eastern Ohio region. Im distraught that the school funding issue is not yet resolved, and I think Larry Householder had in mind resolving it, he said.