Tim Ryan wins Democratic nomination in Senate race to succeed Rob Portman
Source: The Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Tim Ryan, a Niles-area congressman, easily won Tuesday’s Democratic primary in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman, the Associated Press projects.
Ryan was the odds-on favorite heading into Tuesday’s election with nearly universal support of the Democratic establishment in the state. He was easily able to fend off upstart challengers Morgan Harper, a former attorney at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Traci “T.J.” Johnson, a Columbus tech executive and activist.
Democrats are pinning their hopes that Ryan can become just the third Democrat to win a statewide partisan election in the past 12 years. The other two are former President Barack Obama and Sen. Sherrod Brown. Ryan’s uphill battle in the general election likely will be even steeper amid a national political climate that’s expected to favor Republicans as part of a backlash against Democratic President Joe Biden.
Addressing supporters in Columbus, Ryan offered a preview of his general election message, casting himself as an adult in the room who will advocate for workers and manufacturing. He also alluded to likely needing support from across the political spectrum if he’s going to have a chance at winning.
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JD Vance.... the tRumpster endorsement......
endorsement. damn
That release of what is expected to be the Majority Opinion from the SCOTUS to repeal Roe v Wade, may have changed the dynamic and narrative and it may become a "backlash" against the entire GOP machine that hypocritically pranced around spouting "my body my choice" when it came to masks and vaccines but insist on the opposite when it comes to a woman's right to choose.
There are analysts right now combing through the citations, etc., looking at what the sense was and so far from the blips published, the views underscore the extreme right perspective of the activist Justices that now populate the court.
This is an opportunity because as we know in 2020, they were "measuring the drapes" (and in modern times with term limits, only 2 prior Presidents had failed to win re-election if they chose to run again, until 2020).