Heads up Ohioans, Sherrod Brown challenge ahead!
Source: Daily Kos Morning Digest, Dec. 8 2016
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest
Leading Off:
● OH-Sen: As expected, Republican Josh Mandel, whose formal title is Ohio state treasurer but whose real job is running against Sherrod Brown every six years, has kicked off another bid for Senate. Mandel is a hyper-ambitious, mendacious piece of shit, but we aren't going to do a deep recap of his previous run since we know we'll have plenty of opportunities to discuss what a jagoff he is in the future. And here's one sign: He immediately earned the endorsement of the Senate Conservatives Fund, a nihilist group founded by former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint that supports the most radical candidates it can possibly find and has even earned the ire of fellow Republicans for supporting challenges to sitting senators.
But while Mandel had no serious intra-party opposition back in 2012, this time, he very well might. Rap. Pat Tiberi, who was reportedly weighing a bid of his own, has now confirmed on the record that he's "pretty serious" in considering the race. And he's not the only congressman hovering over the contest. Rep. Jim Renacci now says he's "looking at options" for a "potential statewide run," and when asked specifically if he was eyeing the open governor's race, he refused to specify. (Tiberi represents a seat in the Columbus suburbs, Renacci one in the Cleveland suburbs.)
That said, a three-way primary battle between three sitting office-holders seems unlikely, though it's certainly happened before. (Georgia's 2014 GOP Senate primary featured just that.) Brown would certainly love to see Republicans whale on Mandel, and so would we.
Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/8/1608481/-Morning-Digest-Our-least-favorite-Republican-from-2012-is-running-against-Sherrod-Brown-again
This Mandel is as slimey as they come and would be another hideous human on the growing list of lip-curling conservative Republicans for Democrats to mark as grossly treacherous.
The Cretin has opened Pandora's Box all across the Republican landscape and these future fights are going to wear us to the bone. But they have never been more important.
RESIST!
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