{"id":1131103,"date":"2021-12-18T17:43:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T22:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131103"},"modified":"2021-12-18T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T22:43:36","slug":"survey-josh-mandel-j-d-vance-lead-ohio-gop-senate-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-josh-mandel-j-d-vance-lead-ohio-gop-senate-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Josh Mandel, J.D. Vance Lead Ohio GOP Senate Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsurvey-josh-mandel-j-d-vance-lead-ohio-gop-senate-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel is still leading in the Ohio Republican Primary race for Senate, with J.D. Vance in second place \u2014 a sign that recent attacks have not moved the dial among voters \u2014 a Trafalgar Group survey released this week found.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/TRF-OH-22-GOP-Primary-1216-Poll-Report.pdf\">taken<\/a>&nbsp;December 12-15, among 1,053 likely 2022 GOP primary voters, found Mandel leading the pack of candidates, garnering 21.4 percent support, followed by J.D. Vance,&nbsp;author of&nbsp;<em>Hillbilly Elegy<\/em>, who garnered 14.9 percent:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.88\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OHSen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OHSen<\/a> \u201822 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOP<\/a> primary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trafalgar_group?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@trafalgar_group<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/poll?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#poll<\/a> of likely voters (12\/12-15) shows competitive race. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OHpol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OHpol<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>21.4% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshMandelOhio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoshMandelOhio<\/a><br \/>14.9% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance1<\/a><br \/>11.9% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeGibbonsOH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MikeGibbonsOH<\/a><br \/>10.4% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaneTimkenOH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JaneTimkenOH<\/a><br \/>5.3% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dolan4ohio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dolan4ohio<\/a><br \/>1.7% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/berniemoreno?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@berniemoreno<\/a><br \/>34.4% Und\/Other<\/p>\n<p>See report: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YeYyzyFNHY\">https:\/\/t.co\/YeYyzyFNHY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iSmFDJILUq\">pic.twitter.com\/iSmFDJILUq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertCahaly\/status\/1471897319746555912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Notably, the numbers did not veer too far from a Protect Ohio Values PAC&nbsp;survey released in October, showing Mandel leading with 19 percent support and Vance falling to second with 16 percent support:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p>While internal Mandel polling this summer showed the former state House member with a 28-percentage-point lead in the race, a poll commissioned by a pro-Vance super PAC put Mandel just 3 points ahead of Vance, at 19 percent and 16 percent, respectively. That survey, released Thursday, was done by Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This would suggest that the recent attacks on Vance, lodged by Club for Growth and USA Freedom Fund, both of which launched a \u201cnearly $1 million coordinated ad buy\u201d attacking Vance for his previous opposition to Trump, have not worked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As <em>Politico <\/em>reported in October:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>Club for Growth Action and USA Freedom Fund, both of which back former state Treasurer Josh Mandel, are each spending $470,000 to make Republican primary voters aware of Vance\u2019s harsh rhetoric toward the former president. Vance has publicly said he did not cast a vote for Trump in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Vance has since said he regrets his past critiques of Trump. His press secretary told <em>Politico<\/em> in a statement that Vance is a \u201cstrong supporter of President Trump, and his rapid rise in the polls is scaring the same pro-China, globalist D.C. establishment that spent millions of dollars attacking President Trump in 2016, because they\u2019re terrified of someone who stands with Trump and working-class Americans on tariffs and a pro-America trade policy getting elected to the U.S. Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17816738\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"41\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17816738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jd-vance-ohio-senate-campaign-july1-2021-ap.jpg\" alt=\"JD Vance, the venture capitalist and author of &quot;Hillbilly Elegy,&quot; addresses a rally Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Middletown, Ohio, where he announced he is joining the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being left by Rob Portman. (AP Photo\/Jeff Dean)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">JD Vance, the venture capitalist and author of \u201cHillbilly Elegy,\u201d addresses a rally Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Middletown, Ohio, where he announced he is joining the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being left by Rob Portman. (AP Photo\/Jeff Dean)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recently, former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/02\/trump-ohio-senate-primary-523628\">intervened<\/a> in the race, calling&nbsp;Club for Growth President David McIntosh \u201cto complain about a TV advertising campaign the conservative organization was running targeting Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance, and asked McIntosh to take the ads down,\u201d according to <em>Politico.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the&nbsp;report, Trump expressed concern that the negative&nbsp;ads could affect his own&nbsp;popularity in the Buckeye State:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">McIntosh, an informal Trump adviser who frequently talks with the former president about campaigns around the country, responded by saying he would look into the matter, according to one of the people familiar with the conversation. But the Club continued airing the $1 million TV buy \u2014 and on Wednesday, the organization escalated the offensive by plowing another $500,000 behind the effort.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last month, the Ohio Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/30\/republican-senate-candidate-j-d-vance-shut-down-the-government-until-vaccine-mandate-ends\/\">suggested<\/a> that lawmakers should \u201cshut down the government until the vaccine mandate ends.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel is still leading in the Ohio Republican Primary race for Senate, with J.D. 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