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The J.D. Vance I Knew

May 10, 2022 at 5:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ohio U.S. candidate J.D. Vance (R) once wrote for a website run by David Frum, who now offers a personal reflection on the Vance he knew in The Atlantic.

“Vance wrote for FrumForum under a pseudonym. So, even as my former contributor’s career has lurched in disturbing directions, I’ve felt honor-bound to maintain confidentiality about the pieces.”

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Tim Ryan Stays Away from Biden’s Visit to Ohio

May 6, 2022 at 4:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Biden will tout expanded U.S. manufacturing in Ohio on Friday, but U.S. Senate nominee Tim Ryan (D) won’t be joining him, Bloomberg reports.

“His absence suggests Democrats running in the most competitive congressional races regard Biden and his low public approval ratings as a drag on their chances.”

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The Book J.D. Vance Doesn’t Want You to Read

May 5, 2022 at 7:04 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Playbook found a Dropbox folder with dozens of campaign strategy documents from a super PAC supporting Ohio U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance, including PDFs of two versions of a “JD Vance vulnerability analysis.”

It is essentially a “how to” guide for attacking Vance.

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Ohio Senate Primary Tests Trump’s Sway

May 3, 2022 at 9:12 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Former president Donald Trump’s sway over Republicans in this year’s midterms will be tested on Tuesday in a crowded primary for the U.S. Senate in Ohio — one of two states where voters are heading to the polls,” the Washington Post reports.

“Republican primary voters will select their nominee to fill an open Senate seat from a group that includes a candidate backed by Trump, three others who have touted ties to him and one who has rejected the former president’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.”

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‘Unprecedented’ Spending In Ohio’s Senate Primary

May 2, 2022 at 10:54 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Columbus Dispatch: “Candidates and interest groups had spent or reserved around $66.2 million on television, cable and radio advertising in the GOP primary as of Monday.”

“That number shattered previous Ohio campaign spending records, underscoring the high stakes and competitive nature of the race for an open U.S. Senate seat even in its final days.”

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J.D. Vance Has Small Lead Heading Into Primary

May 2, 2022 at 9:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Trafalgar Group poll in Ohio finds J.D. Vance leading the Republican U.S. Senate primary with 26%, followed by Matt Dolan at 22%, Josh Mandel at 21%, Mike Gibbons at 13% and Jane Timken at 6%.

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Trump Slams Ohio Senate Candidate

April 27, 2022 at 7:31 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump attacked Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Matt Dolan (R) for his family’s ownership of Cleveland’s baseball team:

“Anybody who changes the name of the ‘storied’ Cleveland Indians (from 1916), an original baseball franchise, to the Cleveland Guardians, is not fit to serve in the United States Senate.”

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J.D. Vance Leads GOP Senate Race In Ohio

April 26, 2022 at 6:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Fox News poll finds support for J.D. Vance (R) has doubled in the Ohio Republican senate primary race, catapulting him ahead of earlier frontrunners Josh Mandel (R) and Mike Gibbons (R) — although many voters remain undecided or uncertain about their vote. 

Vance leads with 23% of primary voters, followed by Mandel at 18%, Gibbons at 13%, Matt Dolan at 11% and Jane Timken at 6%.

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Trump Has a Message for the Club for Growth

April 22, 2022 at 2:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump told Club for Growth President David McIntosh to “go fuck yourself” in a text message after McIntosh refused to switch his organization’s endorsement in the Ohio Senate race from Josh Mandel (R) to J.D. Vance (R), who Trump endorsed last week, the New York Times reports.

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Trump’s Endorsement Upends Ohio Senate Race

April 22, 2022 at 2:13 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“He was lagging in the polls. His cash was running low. With the state’s primary fast approaching, J.D. Vance’s chances of winning the Ohio GOP Senate nomination didn’t look promising,” Politico reports.

“But his fortunes have changed dramatically in just the last week since Donald Trump delivered his endorsement, an intervention that has upended one of the most contentious Republican primaries in the nation.”

Yahoo News: Ohio Republicans pick sides as primary battle for U.S. Senate race enters final stretch.

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Peter Thiel Convinced Trump to Endorse J.D. Vance

April 20, 2022 at 6:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Puck: “Vance suddenly received a jolt of momentum thanks to a somewhat surprising Good Friday endorsement from Trump… Thiel lobbied Trump directly for the nod of approval… The two have spoken several times in recent weeks, including at an in-person meeting a month or two ago.”

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J.D. Vance Said GOP Strategy Was to Antagonize Blacks

April 15, 2022 at 1:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Campaigning for the Senate in Ohio in recent weeks, J.D. Vance (R) has ridiculed claims that advocates of a border-wall were ‘racist,'” CNN reports.

“But in multiple appearances in 2016, he made a similar argument to the one he is currently ridiculing — including saying that Republican electoral strategy had been to antagonize Black voters and minorities for three decades.”

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Josh Mandel Leads In Ohio Primary

April 15, 2022 at 10:18 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Trafalgar Group poll in Ohio finds Josh Mandel (R) leading the Republican U.S. Senate primary with 28%, followed by J.D. Vance (R) at 23%, Mike Gibbons (R) at 14%, Matt Dolan (R) at 12% and Jane Timkin (R) at 8%.

However, an endorsement by Donald Trump would make 55% of Republican voters either “more likely” or “much more likely” to vote for that candidate.

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Ohio Republicans Try to Stop J.D. Vance Endorsement

April 15, 2022 at 6:52 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Republican rivals to J.D. Vance have embarked on a last-ditch effort to stave off an endorsement from Donald Trump in Ohio’s Senate primary, a response prompted by swirling speculation that the former president is close to backing Vance in the contentious race,” Politico reports.

“Trump has so far stayed out of the primary, even as early voting has already begun ahead of the May 3 election. But his endorsement could dramatically shift the margins in the crowded field of candidates, where no one in the five-way race has taken a commanding lead.”

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Trump to Endorse J.D. Vance In Ohio Senate Race

April 14, 2022 at 1:35 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sources tell NBC News that former President Trump is planning to endorse J.D. Vance (R) in Ohio’s crowded Republican U.S. Senate primary.

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Ted Cruz Endorses Josh Mandel In Ohio

April 4, 2022 at 8:42 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) endorsed Josh Mandel (R) in the highly competitive Ohio Senate Republican primary, the Washington Examiner reports.

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Ohio Republican Spoke Offensively About Asians

March 16, 2022 at 9:10 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The leading Republican candidate in the Ohio Senate primary employed offensive stereotypes about Asian people in a 2013 podcast, citing a widely discredited book, The Bell Curve, that has drawn allegations of racism and sloppy research,” the New York Times reports.

“The Senate candidate, Mike Gibbons, a financier who has poured millions of dollars of his own money into his campaign, made the comments during a discussion of how to do business in China. The remarks, published here for the first time, come as Republican candidates grapple with how to address a topic that has inflamed their voters, many of whom blame Beijing for a coronavirus pandemic that Donald Trump has referred to as the “Chinese virus.””

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Timken Picks Up Three Senate Endorsements

February 22, 2022 at 8:27 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Jane Timken (R) received three Senate endorsements for her bid to replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), The Hill reports.

Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) all backed Timken, citing what they said were her conservative credentials.

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