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Ohio Election Shock as Republican District Shifts 20 Points to Democrats [View all]
https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-special-election-congress-results-1911576A Republican district in Ohio has shifted 20 points to the Democrats in the state's latest special election.
Republican state Senator Michael Rulli defeated Democrat Michael Kripchak to win the election held in eastern Ohio's 6th District on Tuesday to fill a vacancy left by Bill Johnson, who resigned in January after 13 years in Congress to become president of Youngstown State University.
While Rulli was able to win by nearly 10 percentage points, with 54.7 percent of the vote to Kripchak's 45.3 percent, the results mark a notable decline in GOP support the Ohio district compared to previous elections. Johnson won his last four elections by more than 30 percentage points.
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for November's presidential election, won the former battleground state by 8 points in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Newsweek contacted the Ohio Republican Party by email outside of normal business hours to comment on this story.
Republican state Senator Michael Rulli defeated Democrat Michael Kripchak to win the election held in eastern Ohio's 6th District on Tuesday to fill a vacancy left by Bill Johnson, who resigned in January after 13 years in Congress to become president of Youngstown State University.
While Rulli was able to win by nearly 10 percentage points, with 54.7 percent of the vote to Kripchak's 45.3 percent, the results mark a notable decline in GOP support the Ohio district compared to previous elections. Johnson won his last four elections by more than 30 percentage points.
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for November's presidential election, won the former battleground state by 8 points in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Newsweek contacted the Ohio Republican Party by email outside of normal business hours to comment on this story.
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