Donald Trump s candidate won in Ohio s 15th congressional district
Coal lobbyist Mike Carey beat 11 other candidates for GOP nomination
Carey was a little known contender until he earned Trump s endorsement
Other Republicans in that race had big name GOP backers
In Ohio s 11th Congressional district, Democrats went war
Shontel Brown, backed by Hillary Clinton and Rep. Jim Clyburn, beat a progressive favorite to win a crowded Dem primary in an Ohio House race
Nina Turner was liberal favorite of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Mike Carey Wins Ohio Election in Test of Trump s Power in GOP Primaries
On 8/3/21 at 9:52 PM EDT
Former President Donald Trump s pick to represent Ohio in the House of Representatives won in a Republican primary on Tuesday, signaling that the self-proclaimed leader of the GOP still has influence over voters.
Despite suffering his own election loss in November, Trump s remained the head of the Republican Party and has vowed to primary Republicans who aren t backers of his America First agenda. With a winning track record of endorsements, the former president has wielded considerable influence in past elections and Tuesday s election shows a recent loss in Texas may have been a fluke.
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Mike Carey, former President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, won the Republican nomination in the primary for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District special election on Tuesday.
The result is a win for the former president, who had the power of his endorsement questioned after backing a losing candidate in a Texas special election last week.
Incumbent Republican Rep. Steve Stivers, elected to the seat in 2010, resigned earlier this year to run the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. The rural district south of Columbus is reliably Republican, with Trump winning voters there in 2020 by 14%, according to
Daily Kos Elections. Carey is likely to win the Nov. 2 general election.
Trump pick wins U.S. House special Republican primary election in Ohio
By Susan Cornwell
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mike Carey, a coal lobbyist endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won a crowded primary contest on Tuesday for the Republican nomination to a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio s 15th district.
With 92.8% of precincts reporting, Carey was ahead of his closest contender, former Ohio state representative Ron Hood, by 37.1% to 13.2%, results from the Ohio secretary of state s office showed.
The outcome in Ohio s traditionally Republican 15th District south of Columbus was being closely watched as a measure of Trump s clout in the Republican Party, coming just a week after a Trump-backed candidate for the U.S. Congress suffered a surprise loss to a fellow Republican in north Texas.
Mike Carey, an energy lobbyist supported by former President Trump, won the crowded GOP primary race in a special House election in a deep-red Ohio district Tuesday.
The Associated Press called the race shortly after 9 p.m. ET. Carey led the pack with more than 37 percent of the vote, or just shy of 9,300 ballots cast in his name.
State Sen. Bob Peterson, former state Rep. Ron Hood and state Rep. Jeff LaRe rounded out the top four.
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Carey was a virtual unknown before winning Trump’s support and campaigned largely on the former president’s backing. He bested a crowd of roughly a dozen other primary contenders to run for the seat that was vacated by former Rep. Steve Stivers