Posted on 02/16/2022 8:09:51 AM PST by RandFan
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) will back former Ohio Republican Party chairwoman Jane Timken as his chosen successor in an attempt to boost her through a crowded GOP field later this year.
In a statement released Wednesday, Portman said Timken would be the candidate best positioned to keep his seat in Republican hands in the midterm elections.
“I believe Jane Timken is the best candidate to advance conservative Republican policies to help Ohio workers and families. Jane is smart and hard working, and understand the needs of Ohioans,” Portman said. “I am confident in her ability to win both the primary and the general elections, ensuring that this Seante seat remains Republican with a 50-50 Senate, and so much at stake.”
Portman’s move will elevate Timken as she vies with better-known and better-funded contenders, some of whom have already spent millions on their own campaigns.
Recent polls have shown Timken trailing those other candidates. A survey conducted earlier this month by the Trafalgar Group, a Republican polling firm, found former state Treasurer Josh Mandel (R) leading the field with 21 percent of the vote. Businessman Mike Gibbons (R) took 16 percent, and author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance took 14 percent.
The poll showed state Sen. Matt Dolan (R) and Timken tied at about 10 percent apiece. A quarter of Republican voters surveyed had not yet made up their mind.
Gibbons and Dolan have contributed more than $10 million apiece to their respective campaigns. Vance is benefitting from support of Peter Thiel, the libertarian venture capitalist who has put $10 million into a super PAC supporting his race. The powerful Club for Growth backs Mandel, who ran for and lost a U.S. Senate race in 2012.
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Not me. Paul has been right about establishment hacks like Liz Cheney, but he’s also backed lunatic faux “constitutionalists” like Justin Amash. His endorsements have been a mixed bag.
Portman finally did something useful. We can now eliminate Timken from the list (alongside the already eliminated J.D. Vance)
I’m in for Gibbons. JD Vance keeps blowin up my phone.
“The powerful Club for Growth backs Mandel
“That’s a red flag, properly known as the Club for Importing Foreign Workers.”
Yup. Club for Growth support for a Republican in a primary means the candidate will be a reliable Chamber of Commerce, pro-illegal immigration candidate.
I wasn’t going to vote for Timkin if I could. Timkin killed Torrington’s economy when Timkin bought Torrington and shipped jobs overseas...
If Portman is endorsing her, no thanks.
Yeah, I was leaning Mandel, but the fact that he suddenly dropped out last time and Paul is endorsing Gibbons makes me lean heavily Gibbons.
Gibbons for me.
I already dismissed her.
But the biggest RINO pig is Dolan.
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