Since Jan. 25, when U.S. Sen. Rob Portman announced he wouldn’t seek re-election next year, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has focused on succeeding him.
In mid-November, shortly after winning his 10th two-year House term, Ryan, D-Howland, told me he had no intention of leaving that position unless redrawing of congressional lines for 2022 gave him an unfavorable district or forced him to run against a Republican incumbent.
He and I both knew Ohio would lose a congressional seat. Hours after Ryan’s Senate announcement Monday, it became official that, in all likelihood, it would be his district or at least the redrawing would make his current district a lot less favorable for a Democrat as the Mahoning Valley and surrounding areas have become more Republican.
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U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan stands in front of the Trumbull County Courthouse to take questions from the media Monday about his Senate bid.
WARREN U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan said the focus of his Senate bid will be on helping the working class and the issues that are important to them.
“When you look at what’s happening in the Senate, when you look at what’s happened pre-Joe Biden and where we’re moving toward now, I think we’re at a crossroads,” Ryan said Monday at a news conference outside the Trumbull County Courthouse after releasing a video announcing his candidacy. “We’re either going to double down on winning the future or double down on an economy that was broken for working-class people.”
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Apr 20, 2021
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley announced she will run for governor in next year’s Democratic primary because “the people of Ohio deserve better.”
Whaley said Monday: “For the past three decades we’ve had the same corrupt politicians in Columbus who care more about extreme interests and lining their personal and political pockets than those who are actually trying to provide for their families. It’s time for a change.”
Whaley’s decision has been expected, particularly when she announced in January that she wouldn’t seek a third four-year term as Dayton mayor.
Democrat John Cranley, who cannot run this year for re-election as Cincinnati mayor because of the city’s term-limits law, also is expected to declare his candidacy for governor. That will set up a showdown between the two political allies.