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.