effect, jim. mike dewine did not have trump s endorsement, we should note that, won his primary as well. kristen holmes, thank you so much. i m joined by the political reporter for cleveland.com, covering ohio politics. jeremy, good to have you on this morning. here s the question, primaries different from the general election. we don t know yet, but is vance in ohio the stronger candidate for republicans in the general as well as in the primary? well, that s certainly the argument that donald trump made when he made the endorsement for vance. he argued that vance was the strongest candidate to beat tim ryan this fall. in ohio, you have to understand that ohio is a solidly trump state, he won here both in 2016 and in 2020 by more than eight points. so vance enters the general election campaign as the favorite. even though tim ryan is perhaps the best candidate that the democrats could field, given that he has sort of a
has to spot michigan a two-touchdown lead, it would favor one over the other. that s exactly what they ve done with their supposedly competitive districts. one of these cases in front of the state supreme court is adams versus dewine as in ohio governor mark dewine whose son patrick is one of the seven justices weighing the case. justice dewine, though, has not recused himself. joining me now is cnn contributor and republican election lawyer ben ginsberg. thank you so much for joining me. let s talk about this because the justice told cleveland.com that since his father is one of five republicans that approved the maps, he doesn t have an obligation to recuse himself. look, he could be the swing vote, right? he s one of four republican justices on the seven-member panel. do you see a conflict of interest? well, conflicts of interest