Shontel Brown Wins Contentious Ohio Democratic Primary
Brown’s victory over Nina Turner is a major disappointment for the activist left.
MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio ― Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County councilwoman, defeated Nina Turner in the special primary election for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, all but ensuring that she will represent the Cleveland-area seat in Congress.
Brown’s victory is a major win for leaders of the moderate Democratic establishment, who backed her, and a stinging defeat for a progressive movement that counted Turner, a former Ohio state senator-turned-Bernie Sanders lieutenant, as one of its most beloved stars.
Turner conceded the race on Tuesday night before all the results came in, but she was trailing Brown by a large enough margin that she and her team believed she did not have a path to victory.
Nina Turner Leans Into Establishment Criticism: âI Want Them To Be Uncomfortableâ
At the close of a heated congressional race where Turner has courted a wide range of Democrats, the Ohio progressive is embracing her reputation as a candid populist.
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio â After more than eight months of campaigning, former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) is tired of worrying about what her establishment detractors think.
Speaking to an audience of progressive clergy members on Monday, Turner imitated the politicians and pundits who keep telling her to tone it down.
ââSenator, donât say this. Senator, donât say that.â Dammit â Iâm over it!â she declared to applause at an interfaith breakfast.
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Dem opposition nixes GOP fix for redistricting glitch COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio’s Republican legislative leaders abandoned plans Wednesday for a fast-moving constitutional amendment that would have allowed deadlines for making state political maps to be extended due to pandemic-related delays in the 2020 census. Senate President Matt Huffman said his idea, which would have required a three-fifths majority of both legislative chambers by Wednesday, was unworkable because of a lack of support from Democrats. “I don’t think all hope is lost,” he told reporters, noting the time albeit truncated available to draw the map before a Sept. 15 deadline. “The real question is, if the data and the other things that need to be done can’t be done by Sept. 15, what happens?” Senate Democratic Leader Kenny Yuko and House Democratic Leader Emilia Sykes have said they preferred asking the Ohio Supreme Court to extend the deadlines a strategy pursued in some other states ove
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Ohio is asking federal authorities to bank nearly half-a-million vaccine doses as demand begins to slow. The state s doses will be held for new providers as the focus switches to vaccine clinics at doctors offices, businesses, and schools.
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Ohio stockpiling nearly 500K vaccine doses
Ohio is asking federal authorities to bank nearly half-a-million vaccine doses as demand begins to slow. The Columbus Dispatch reports the move follows a directive from President Joe Biden’s administration that states can choose to reduce their vaccine allocation and redistribute supplies to states and programs with more demand. Ohio’s doses will be held for new providers as th