He is not an Ohio insider, but rather a eGOP insider. My point about Kasich is that he acted all Tea Party until his second term and then we saw the real Kasich who has remained since.
The Ohio Party is corrupt. If you like that bunch, Timken is your gal. But, Vance isn’t any more real than Kasich, and worse, he is a cipher who can claim he is anything but in the real world, you (or anyone else) don’t have a clue who he is.
the rule is vote for the most conservative who is least like a standard politician. thats JD.