COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A slew of Republican candidates on Ohio’s primary ballot are running in solidly red congressional seats, but next week’s elections still promise plenty of drama — especially as the GOP seeks a champion to flip the district of Democratic Rep. M...
Lead Art: Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno during a watch party on election night, Nov. 5, in Westlake, Ohio, with his wife Bridget. | Sue Ogrocki/AP Nov 2024 Ted Cruz wins reelection in Texas The GOP incumbent and former presidenti...
She nabbed endorsements from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus; Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies on Capitol Hill; Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.), a Freedom Caucus member and former pastor who rescinded hi...
The Ohio Republican Party did not remain neutral in these primaries. They kept their thumb on the scales. In doing so, their endorsed candidates were relieved of the pressure to articulate why their nominations would be of value to the voters, for they could just go along for the ride ...
In September, Representative Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, another Republican who voted to impeach Trump, dropped out of his re-election race, citing "the toxic dynamics inside our own party." Representative Liz Cheney, who also cast a vote for impeachment, was ousted fr...
Former Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona and formerRep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvaniaare among those throwing their support behind the Democratic presidential nominee through “Republicans for Biden,” and the endorsements come on the morning of the first day of theRepublican Nation...
Despite being the sort of candidate who should have appeal to “party elites,” Rubio hasn’t received any endorsements from current governors or members of Congress since Sen. Jim Inhofe endorsed him on Jan. 9. Ordinarily, it wouldn’t be worth sweating a few points here and there. But ...
“The Republican Party will always keep our oath to the Constitution, even when it would be politically expedient to do otherwise,” he said. “There’s almost no idea more un-American that any one person can choose the American president. The presidency belongs to ...
Pat Brady, the former chair of the Illinois Republican Party, saidTrump’s endorsements of poor candidates, including Bailey, had skewered the Republican Party’s chances in many close races. “Candidates matter and when you’ve got a guy like Donald Trump . . . recruiting just horri...
But the fact that the first 15 minutes were spent entirely on “process” questions is another indication of the split between the political “professional class,” including the media, and the activists and interest groups who give a party its ideological moorings and are more interested in the...