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Republican wave tested by competitive Senate race in Ohio

A surprising dynamic is taking shape in Ohio, where Republicans are hoping to ride a wave of national discontent with Democrats to take control of the Senate.

Ted Cruz says legalizing gay marriage was ‘clearly wrong’ decision by Supreme Court

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong to legalize gay marriage in the landmark 2015 case.

How much Trump helped J.D. Vance, and other takeaways from the Ohio primaries

No question it was a good night for Trump candidates. Exactly how much he helped — and what it means for the GOP come November — is another question.

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The key to Vance’s primary win: uniformity

Vance won his tightly contested primary largely because of his opponents' weak spots.

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The Art of the Dealer

J.D. Vance once decried Trump as “cultural heroin.” Now, he’s won the Republican nomination for Senate in Ohio by peddling Trumpism.

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Primary takeaways: Trump passes test as kingmaker in Ohio

The primary election in Ohio stood as the first real test this midterm election season of former President Donald Trump's status as the Republican Party kingmaker — and he passed.

After Trump's endorsement, J.D. Vance wins a crowded Ohio GOP Senate race, the AP says

Author J.D. Vance emerged from a crowded Republican primary in Ohio, and now becomes the favorite in the general election in the GOP-leaning state.

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Election 2022: JD Vance wins Ohio's GOP Senate primary

Primary elections in Ohio have set the stage for a more competitive phase of the midterm primary season, with closely watched races in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia scheduled for later this month.

Ohio primary voters head to polls in first test of Trump's influence in GOP midterms

In the state's closely-watched Senate primary, Trump has endorsed his J.D. Vance.

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Ohio primary voters head to polls in first test of Trump's influence in GOP midterms

In the state's closely-watched Senate primary, Trump has endorsed his J.D. Vance.

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Republicans look to surrogates for boost in Ohio Senate race

High-profile surrogates for Republicans running in Ohio’s hotly contested Senate primary are fanning out across the state ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Stop Smearing Biden’s Mental Capacity

Stutters and rhetorical flubs aren’t evidence of cognitive impairment, and Republican politicians making claims to the contrary surely know that.

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Campaign season kicks off in earnest with primaries in 14 states in May

This month's primaries and runoffs will serve as a test of the power of former President Trump's endorsements up and down the ballot.

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Campaign season kicks off in earnest with primaries in 13 states in May

This month's primaries and runoffs will serve as a test of the power of former President Donald Trump's endorsements up and down the ballot.

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George Conway Mocks Trump By Throwing His Own Brand Of Attack At Him

The former president forgot the name of someone he endorsed for the Senate, earning a jibe from the conservative attorney.

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Trump's bid to shape GOP faces test with voters in May races

Voters across a dozen states are set to decide primary elections this month that will determine the people and priorities leading the GOP into the fall midterms and beyond.

2022 midterms: What to know about Ohio, Indiana primaries

The first multistate contest of the 2022 midterm election season takes place Tuesday.

In once mainstream Ohio, moderates struggle against pro-Trump rivals

The rise of aggressive, combative campaigning in a Republican Senate race illustrates a seismic shift in the Buckeye State.

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Millionaire candidates pour cash into Ohio, Pa. Senate races

Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their considerable personal wealth to try to win competitive Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Trump becomes target of new ad after Ohio Senate endorsement

A group opposing Donald Trump’s endorsement of JD Vance in Ohio’s contentious Republican Senate primary is making the former president the target of a new ad campaign.

Top conservative group fires back at Trump as Ohio Senate primary escalates into GOP civil war

The Club for Growth, long seen as one of the most powerful groups in Republican politics, is sticking with its pick in Ohio’s messy GOP Senate primary despite attacks from top Trump allies backing a rival candidate.

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Trump drawn to celebrity in weighing midterm endorsements

Republicans hoping to emerge from crowded primaries this year have spent tens of thousands of dollars hiring operatives with ties to former President Donald Trump.

Trump's Oz, Vance endorsements bring cash windfall, backlash

Former President Donald Trump’s late endorsements in hypercompetitive Republican Senate primaries in Ohio and Pennsylvania have unlocked a flood of support for his chosen candidates.

Josh Mandel runs Ohio GOP Senate campaign 'through churches'

Ohio Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel makes no secret of his Jewish religion.

Trump backs GOP’s JD Vance in US Senate primary in Ohio

"Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance has received Donald Trump’s coveted endorsement in the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat.

GOP leaders in Ohio try to block Trump endorsement of Vance

Dozens of Republican leaders in Ohio are mounting a last-minute effort to urge former President Donald Trump not to endorse JD Vance in the crowded upcoming primary for an open Senate seat.

Cruz endorses Josh Mandel in Ohio's crowded Senate primary

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is endorsing former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel in the heated Republican primary for the open U.S. Senate seat in the Midwestern battleground.

In Ohio's GOP Senate race, there are Trump wannabees — but no Trump endorsement

The lack of a Trump endorsement hasn't stopped individual Republican candidates from selling themselves to voters as the most Trump-like in the primary.

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Campaigns weigh strategy options if Ohio primary is delayed

Ohio's primary election is scheduled for May 3, and it's just six weeks away.

The Trailer: How campaign rhetoric about child porn made it to the Supreme Court hearing

Why Republicans are talking about pedophilia this week, how contempt is shaping Ohio's U.S. Senate primary, and what's happening in the race to replace Don Young.

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Fight at Ohio GOP Senate debate elevates military issue

A near-physical altercation in Ohio's nasty Republican primary for U.S. Senate led some military veterans to demand that one candidate apologize.

Fight in Ohio GOP Senate debate leads to demand for apology

A near-physical altercation in the nasty Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Ohio led to a demand Monday from some military veterans that one candidate apologize for saying a rival who did two tours in Iraq never served in the private sector and didn't know anything about business. The heated argument came during a debate Friday with five candidates running for the GOP nomination to replace the retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman. The debate became intense almost as soon as it began as former state Treasurer Josh Mandel attacked investment banker Mike Gibbons' business dealings in his opening remarks.

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Pro-Trump Ohio candidates realize endorsement may never come

Ohio’s crowded Republican Senate race has been all about one man: Donald Trump.

Russia business deals muddy GOP US Senate primary in Ohio

Several Republicans competing for the party’s nomination to run for U.S. Senate in Ohio are facing scrutiny for their ties to Russia as the country intensifies its war against Ukraine.

The naked ambition of Trumpist Republicans

What news stories about the latest generation of GOP candidates leave out

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Ohio’s Sen. Portman backs former state GOP chair Jane Timken in race to succeed him

Timken has touted herself in TV ads as a “Trump conservative” and is one of several Republican candidates who have worked furiously to prove their fealty to the former president.

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Unfortunately for J.D. Vance, two of the GOP’s most powerful forces are facing off in Ohio: Trump and money

At the moment, Trump is winning.

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A Hard-Right Republican And A Progressive Debated. It Went As Well As You'd Expect.

Josh Mandel and Morgan Harper, running for Senate from opposite ends of the political spectrum, debated in Columbus. A moment for consensus it was not.

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Tim Ryan, not onstage, is early focus of Ohio Senate event

Democrat Tim Ryan wasn’t onstage when two of his competitors in Ohio’s U.S. Senate contest came together Thursday night for an unconventional debate, but his stature in the race featured prominently.

2 US Senate candidates in Ohio to jump primaries and debate

A Trump-aligned Republican and an underdog progressive Democrat are taking an unusually early step in their campaigns for the U.S. Senate: They’re holding a debate.

Republicans resist saying 3 simple words: 'Joe Biden won'

They are just three little words, but they have become nearly impossible for many Republicans to say: “Joe Biden won.”.

‘But he’s Jewish’: Opponent questions Mandel’s faith in Ohio Senate primary debate

The Republican Senate frontrunner was targeted earlier in an ad criticizing him for courting evangelical Christians.

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The Authentic Phoniness of Josh Mandel

The Ohio senate candidate makes little pretense of being anything other than a craven operator.

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The Second Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

King’s nightmare of racism is being presented as his dream.

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Marine Corps corporal receives lightning-fast dismissal over refusal to wear a mask

Marine Cpl. Whitney McHaffie is possibly the first service member forced out of the military for violating COVID-related rules.

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A waitress came in sick to work. An Ohio US Senate candidate tweeted about it. Then it got ugly.

His tweet came as the coronavirus delta variant takes hold across Ohio, leading to COVID-19 case and hospitalization numbers not seen since winter.

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Biden's 3rd trip to reddish Ohio pushes his economic agenda

President Joe Biden just can’t quit Ohio — even if it rejected him in last year’s election.

Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance announces Ohio Senate run

Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance announces Ohio Senate run

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'Hillbilly Elegy' author JD Vance joins US Senate campaign

The venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” has joined the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being left by Rob Portman.

GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandel's staffers quit over toxic workplace allegedly caused by finance director he's dating: report

The Columbus Dispatch reported Mandel's campaign finance director created a toxic environment that allegedly involved her berating staff.

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Top MAGA ally under fire for ‘squishiness’ on Trump

Former Ohio GOP chair Jane Timken briefly defended a home-state congressman who voted for impeachment. It could sink her Senate bid.

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Republicans vie for Trump's blessing in Ohio Senate primary

One Ohio U.S. Senate candidate has been circulating a who’s-done-more-for-Donald Trump scorecard.

Matt Gaetz equates sex trafficking investigation with earmarks in Ohio speech

At a Republican summit, the Florida congressman railed against the GOP establishment and briefly addressed accusations of "naughty favors."

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'Hillbilly' to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio

“Hillbilly Elegy” author J.

Rob Portman's Senate seat attracts two Trump-aligned candidates so far

In the 2022 race to fill Ohio GOP Senator Rob Portman's seat, there are so far two major entrants who are rushing to claim the Trump mantle. Mandel, who has run for Senate twice before, prominently featured Mr. Trump in his campaign announcement. "Watching this sham and unconstitutional impeachment has made my blood boil and motivated me to run for U.S. Senate," Mandel said in a statement announcing his candidacy. Gonzalez was one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach Mr. Trump. Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan, who is considering a run for the Senate seat, sent a fundraising email after Timken's announcement, attacking her as "Trump's hand-picked Ohio Republican Party Chair."

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GOP's Josh Mandel joins race for open Senate seat in Ohio

FILE In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel speaks at the Ohio Republican Party election night celebration in Columbus, Ohio. AdMandel abruptly abandoned his last Senate campaign in January 2018, citing unspecified health issues being experienced by his then-wife, Ilana. He personally backed her takeover of the state party four years ago from a state chair allied with then-Gov. But Mandel enters the race as a tested statewide candidate, having won two terms as state treasurer following a stint as a state legislator. He has about $4.3 million remaining in his Senate campaign account, and about $500,000 in a leadership PAC.

GOP's Rep. Jim Jordan won't seek Portman's US Senate seat

Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks to members of the media outside a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Portman said Monday, Jan. 25 that he won't seek reelection and plans to end a career in federal government spanning more than three decades. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)CINCINNATI – Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, a fiery Donald Trump supporter, won't run to succeed Ohio Sen. The former star college wrestler's style doesn't reflect that of Portman, a career establishment Republican with a reputation for bipartisanship. AdTrump rewarded Jordan, 56, for his steady support by giving him the Presidential Medal of Freedom before leaving office this month.

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