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All eyes on Trump as Timken gains momentum in Ohio (if Portman wants Timken, that means McConnell wants Timken)
thehill.com ^ | 2/20/22 | Julia Manchester

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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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: elections
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To: TonyInOhio

Thanks for your comments.


21 posted on 02/20/2022 7:53:40 AM PST by kristinn (Serving ten to life in paradise)
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To: TonyInOhio

This is good to know.


22 posted on 02/20/2022 7:55:22 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: cotton1706

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


23 posted on 02/20/2022 7:56:52 AM PST by gdc61 (LOL not.)
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To: cotton1706

Gibbons


24 posted on 02/20/2022 8:03:01 AM PST by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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My $10 dollar personal campaign fund is squarely on the fence.


25 posted on 02/20/2022 8:05:00 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: cotton1706

Who’s Kaisch endorsing?


26 posted on 02/20/2022 8:11:02 AM PST by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

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.


27 posted on 02/20/2022 8:16:31 AM PST by Gahanna Bob
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To: Starboard

*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.


28 posted on 02/20/2022 8:35:11 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: nbenyo

That is a fact.


29 posted on 02/20/2022 11:08:48 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: cotton1706

This is great. Since Timken was endorsed by Benedict Portmann, it has been proven that Timken is not a viable candidate.


30 posted on 02/20/2022 11:16:32 AM PST by ohioman
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To: bonehead4freedom

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.


31 posted on 02/20/2022 11:29:13 AM PST by Betty Jane
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“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.


32 posted on 02/20/2022 2:27:00 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: TonyInOhio
If Trump endorses, and I think he will, his pick wins. I think that will be Timken. <<<

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....

33 posted on 02/20/2022 7:01:41 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan
If Trump endorses Timken, I'll finally be convinced that he just cannot judge people, <<<

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

34 posted on 02/20/2022 7:18:46 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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