False 2020 election conspiracies and is close to other trump loyalists like marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz. what ultimately made you decide j.d. vance? donald trump. reporter: vance said if trump enters the white house again, he should push the envelope of executive power. fire every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people reporter: and part of his america first foreign policy - i got to be honest with you, i don t really care what happens to ukraine one way or another. reporter: democrat tim ryan will face vance in the red trending state. people in ohio look at the candidates and they say who s most ohio? who s fighting for us? reporter: on the republican side, voters said that person for them is vance. his victory a win for trump, rattling democrats this was just the first of several critical tests for trump s influence in primaries over the next three weeks. next up, nebraska and west virginia. lester thanks. up next, as c