An early test of Trump’s clout in Ohio special election
An early test of Trump’s clout in Ohio special election
Trump-backed coal lobbyist Mike Carey leads the GOP field, but in a crowded, off-year primary, will results be more than just statistical noise?
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In some ways, the special election next Tuesday in Ohio’s deep-red 15th Congressional District has come to be viewed as an early test of former President Donald Trump’s prevailing influence within the GOP.
The crowded Republican primary in the suburbs of southern Columbus is pitting a Trump-backed former energy lobbyist, Mike Carey, against Jeff LaRe, a state legislator endorsed by the moderate former incumbent, Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH), who vacated his seat in mid-May to lead the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
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And the Republican to beat in next year’s GOP primary race for Arizona governor is … Kari Lake.
Let me be the first to acknowledge just how wrong I was about the longtime newscaster-turned-politician.
When Lake entered the race for governor on June 1, I greatly underestimated her chances. I just couldn’t envision how a lifetime of reading a news script equips one with the right stuff to run a state of more 7 million people.
But Lake’s got the only qualification that apparently matters:
A bellyful of anger and that plays well with the far right that has taken over the Republican Party.