Author Vance signals US Senate campaign
By Dan Sewell - Associated Press
JD Vance
The venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” appears poised to join the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman.
JD Vance, whose book was widely seen in 2016 as helping explain Republican Donald Trump’s appeal to struggling white, working-class voters, planned a “special announcement” and rally at the steel fabricator Middletown Tube Works in his Ohio hometown on Thursday.
If he enters the race, Vance would face former state GOP chair Jane Timken, former state Treasurer Josh Mandel, and two Cleveland businesspeople, Mike Gibbons and Bernie Moreno, in next year’s GOP primary. Portman, a Republican, decided earlier this year not to seek a third term, citing dismay at partisan gridlock.
Dan Sewell
FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, author J.D. Vance poses after a luncheon with teachers ahead of his talk and book signing at the school s student center in Oxford, Ohio. Vance, the venture capitalist and author of âHillbilly Elegyâ appears poised to join the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being left by Rob Portman. (AP Photo/Dan Sewell) July 01, 2021 - 4:50 PM
The venture capitalist and author of âHillbilly Elegyâ officially joined the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman.
JD Vance, whose book was widely seen in 2016 as helping explain Republican Donald Trump s appeal to struggling white, working-class voters, made the announcement Thursday night at the steel fabricator Middletown Tube Works in his Ohio hometown.whose book was widely seen in 2016
FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, author J.D. Vance poses after a luncheon with teachers ahead of his talk and book signing at the school s student center in Oxford, Ohio. Vance, the venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy†appears poised to join the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being left by Rob Portman. (AP Photo/Dan Sewell)
The venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” officially joined the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman.
JD Vance, whose book was widely seen in 2016 as helping explain Republican Donald Trump’s appeal to struggling white, working-class voters, made the announcement Thursday night at the steel fabricator Middletown Tube Works in his Ohio hometown.
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