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.
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By Eric Bradner, CNN
In two Ohio congressional primaries Tuesday, Democratic voters embraced the party’s establishment, delivering President Joe Biden another ally and denying the left-wing “Squad” its latest member. Republicans, meanwhile, stuck with former President Donald Trump.
The two themes could preview what’s to come in next year’s midterm elections, with progressives set to square off against veteran Democrats in several primaries and Trump seeking to settle old scores and oust his intra-party critics.
In the heavily Democratic 11th District, which stretches from Cleveland to Akron, establishment-backed Cuyahoga County Democratic chairwoman and county council member Shontel Brown who was backed by Hillary Clinton, Rep. Jim Clyburn and the Congressional Black Caucus defeated former state senator Nina Turner, the long-time ally of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Turner remained critical of Clinton after the primary’s conclusion in 2016 and in 2020 once co
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Associated Press Aug 3, 2021
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A voter heads into the Michael Zone Recreation Center in Cleveland early Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Voting is taking place in parts of Cleveland and other areas of Ohio s 11th Congressional District to pick a replacement for Marcia Fudge who represented the district until she was appointed to be the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (David Petkiewicz /Cleveland.com via AP)
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) â A pair of special congressional primaries Tuesday in Ohio could serve as litmus tests for the moods of the Republican and Democratic parties heading into next yearâs midterm elections.
The Columbus Dispatch
Mike Carey will be the Republican nominee for the 15th District special election in November, the Associated Press determined just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Early, unofficial results showed Carey, the coal lobbyist endorsed by former President Donald Trump, leading a field of 11 Republicans vying for the spot in Tuesday’s primary election.
Carey will face state Rep. Allison Russo, an Upper Arlington Democrat, in the general election Nov. 2 to replace former U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers.
Carey, a coal lobbyist endorsed by former President Donald Trump, led with about 37% of the 23,000 votes counted, followed by state Sen. Bob Peterson with about 14% and former state Rep. Ron Hood with about 14%.