Democrats Want a Stronger Edge in the Senate. Ohio Could Be Crucial.
The retirement of a Republican senator and recent conservative infighting have raised Democratic ambitions in the state, a longtime political bellwether that is increasingly tilting red.
Ohio served as a political bellwether and swing-state proving ground for years, but has recently been dominated by Republicans.Credit.Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times
Published March 6, 2021Updated March 8, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio For Democrats of late, winning in Ohio has been a bit like Lucy and the football.
First, Hillary Clinton made a late push there in 2016, returning to the state on the weekend before the election with no less a local celebrity than LeBron James, even though she had stayed away for much of the fall. Then, in the 2018 governor’s race, Democrats were optimistic about Richard Cordray, the wonky former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And in November, it was President Biden who made a
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