Speaking to the Democrats’ uphill struggle to retain control of Congress, one of their most experienced politicians in Ohio is facing stiff competition in a Senate race from a relative outsider in Republican terms.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the midwestern state voted solidly Republican in two consecutive presidential elections and this year’s race was not originally thought to be a close one.
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But the contest between serving congressman Tim Ryan and Donald Trump-backed JD Vance looks to be going down to the wire. Both men cast their ballots earlier.
Ryan, who has been a Democratic member of the House of Representatives since 2003, had an unsuccessful run for the presidency in 2020 and a failed challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s position in 2016.
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He is currently neck and neck with JD Vance – a venture capitalist and author of the 2016 best-selling memoir Hillbilly Elegy – who has been through a political journey from staunch opposition to enthusiastically courting the support of Donald Trump.
SOURCE: BBC
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