Posted on 02/20/2022 6:40:18 AM PST by cotton1706
hio Sen. Rob Portman’s (R ) endorsement of Republican Senate candidate Jane Timken could alter the dynamics of the state’s crowded GOP primary and give Timken a needed boost.
Portman, who is retiring next year, on Wednesday offered Timken the race’s most high-profile endorsement to date. Timken will likely get access to the senator’s vast donor network and campaign apparatus in the state, where Portman is popular. Timken’s campaign said it raised $250,000 in the 24 hours after Portman endorsed her.
“This is the most significant thing that has happened in the Senate race. Period. End of discussion,” said one Republican operative involved in Ohio politics.
Some strategists are also asking if Portman’s endorsement could foreshadow a potential endorsement from former President Trump.
“That is the hottest rumor in Ohio right now,” state Sen. Michael Rulli (R ), who has endorsed Timken, said. “If that happens, in my humble opinion, Jane would lock it up.”
While Trump has yet to give any indicator of who he will endorse in the primary, many of the candidates have heavily vied for the former president’s nod in the state he carried in 2016 and 2020.
“The 800-pound gorilla in this thing is going to be the Trump endorsement,” said one Ohio-based GOP strategist. “That will change dramatically whatever this race is currently. There are some folks that absolutely need that endorsement, there are other folks that may not think they need it.”
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This is good to know.
Springtime at FR and out come the “Box Turtle Republicans” with their “ if my primary pick doesn’t win I’m not voting” and their hinged shells
Gibbons
My $10 dollar personal campaign fund is squarely on the fence.
Who’s Kaisch endorsing?
I don’t disagree with you on a Trump endorsement of Timken. I want him to pick Gibbons. Gibbons is closer to Trump on pretty much every issue.
*Who’s Kasich endorsing?*
O’rourke liked him. So did I when he looked like Dennis the Menace-long ago.
*If Trump endorses Timken, I’ll finally be convinced that he just cannot judge people, which is the most important factor in making a effective leader.*
Buckley rule-he was smarter than we ever will be. We need 55+ seats.
In summation Trump won Ohio easy the 2nd time. Let him lead and we should follow.
That is a fact.
This is great. Since Timken was endorsed by Benedict Portmann, it has been proven that Timken is not a viable candidate.
I’m not familiar enough with any of the ins and outs of any of them. I would try to get them all to publicly state that Illegal Immigrants deserve no money from us and must go back, no men in women’s sports, we need election security after what we saw in 2020, school choice where the money goes with the student whether public or private and anything else that puts them at odds with the MSM. Make them stand for it and see who can withstand the criticism.
“That’s where WE come in. Since when does one 6 year term guarantee another?”
I typed reelected. Meant to type elected.
I’m so used to writing about incumbents.
I think we need to go with WHOEVER Trump endorses......the ones on here that think they are smarter then Trump are really NOT ON OUR TEAM!!....let the leader LEAD ...let the ones that disagree vote for a Democrat....
lol..Trump should hire you to “judge” people...Right??
Where would Trump be without you?.... you must influence millions of people with you great insight.../s
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