JD Vance, who was backed by ex-President Donald Trump, wins the Republican primary for the Ohio Senate. This is evident from exit polls from the media. Tuesday saw the first primary for the Nov. 8 midterm elections, which will give Republicans a chance to take the Senate back from the Democrats.
Vance won with more than 32 percent of the vote and easily beats his opponents Josh Mandel (23.9 percent) and Matt Dolan (23.3 percent). In November, he will face Democrat Tim Ryan, who once ran for the presidency.
Vance, who describes himself as a popular “Hillbilly” and also wrote a book about it, explicitly thanked Trump during his victory speech. “I absolutely have to thank the 45th president of the US, Donald Trump. To give us an example of how things could be done in this country,” he said, referring to 2019, when “wages were still going up and workers were still doing well.” had”.
He also lashed out at the “fake news media” in typical Trump style. “There are some good ones out there, but there are some bad ones too, let’s be clear. They wanted to write that this campaign would mark the end of Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda,” he said. In 2016, Vance spoke out against Trump, but now states that his first impression of him was wrong. According to insiders, Trump called Vance to congratulate him.
The media sees Vance’s victory as a sign that Trump still has significant influence over the Republican party. An ABC News analyst has even called it “perhaps the best day for Trump since he is no longer president” after a leaked document on Tuesday also revealed that the Supreme Court is against a repeal of the federal abortion law. Tightening the abortion law was one of Trump’s campaign promises, and he could also appoint three conservative judges during his presidency.
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