Posted on 05/03/2022 6:50:30 PM PDT by Morgana
Voters in Indiana and Ohio will decide who will represent them in November’s general elections in the primaries in both states on Tuesday, setting the tone in particular for the future of the Republican party and testing former President Donald Trump’s endorsement strength in a big way.
Trump has 22 endorsements on the line across both states on Tuesday, some in competitive races and others in not-so-competitive primaries. The biggest banner race of the night is the five-way GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Ohio, where Trump has endorsed author J.D. Vance–a hardcore nationalist populist–against four other candidates, three of whom sought Trump’s backing and one of whom did not. Those other candidates–Mike Gibbons, Josh Mandel, Jane Timken, and Matt Dolan–all represent different views on the future of the GOP than Trump in varying degrees, but Dolan in particular represents a major departure from Trump’s view for the party. That’s why it was particularly interesting on Tuesday morning to see Dolan’s wife and some top national leftists like Daily Kos urging Ohio Democrats to pull GOP ballots and vote for Dolan in the primary on Tuesday.
Success for Vance would spell good news for Trump-endorsed candidates in other upcoming primaries, such as those in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and elsewhere, where some have struggled and some have prospered. That’s because Vance shot to the front of the pack in the final weeks of the race in polling after Trump backed him, despite an all-out effort against him from some in the donor class and establishment. Whoever wins the GOP nomination for Senate in Ohio will likely face Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) in the general election, a tougher-than-it-looks race given Ryan’s push to portray himself as tough on China.
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J.D. Vance – hardcore - mission accomplished.
J. D. Vance declared the winner. Amen.
Vance is an unknown quantity to me but it would be hard to be more rino than Portman.
✔️JD Vance 31.3%
Josh Mandel 24.4%
Matt Dolan 22%
if trump can pull out a good night elitist heads will be ‘splodin lol
Libs having a really bad day BOO HOO.
It just got worse..see my latest post about Oklahoma and abortion
Yeah its hilarious watching these commies scream how they will be forced to give birth to their babies. So I say, hey if they dont want to have a baby I have a simple solution, tell the dude to put a rubber on and if all else fails, keep them legs closed, if it works lets me know :-)
What a shame.
LOL
You got that right. I see him out and about socially. I think he takes a poll of likely voters when he picks out his neckties. Super wealthy father, social climbing wife, If the Bushes were still relevant he’d be President.
You folks in Ohio see that he is elected in November, then do not let him go back on his MAGA pledges. We have to hold this crop of Congresscritters to there word, no matter if they have a Trump endorsement or not.
Congrats to Vance.
All his life he has bucked the odds.
His Ma and Grandma are happily smiling down from Heaven.
He has given them a great Mother’s Day gift!
Give ‘em the ole One-Two.
They are down and out this week!
Vance against Ryan...Ohio FReepers, will it be a Vance win?
There is immaculate conception, but I think you have to be a virgin.
They’ll go all in on November. The Dem candidate will get money from Hollyweirdos and woke corporations nobody’s even heard of.
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