{"id":1451931,"date":"2022-04-24T08:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T12:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1451931"},"modified":"2022-04-24T08:30:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T12:30:24","slug":"house-seat-in-longtime-ohio-democrat-stronghold-shifting-to-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-seat-in-longtime-ohio-democrat-stronghold-shifting-to-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"House Seat in Longtime Ohio Democrat Stronghold Shifting to GOP"},"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%2Fhouse-seat-in-longtime-ohio-democrat-stronghold-shifting-to-gop%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=1451931&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--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">F<\/span>or decades, Northeast <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\">Ohio<\/a> has been politically synonymous with populist Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>But with Democratic Rep. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-ryan\">Tim Ryan<\/a> leaving the House for a Senate bid, and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/ohio-supreme-court-throws-out-fourth-set-of-state-maps\">redistricting<\/a> in Ohio that is seeing the state lose a seat due to low population growth, the newly configured 13th Congressional District has a good chance of flipping to the Republicans. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Starting Jan. 3, 2023, the district will include all of Summit County, northwestern Stark County, and a sliver of southwest Portage County. That&#8217;s a change from the 13th District&#8217;s current lines, which stretch from the Pennsylvania state line to take in a portion of the city of Akron, Ohio. <\/p>\n<p>Ryan, first elected to the House in 2002 from a different district, has held the seat for the past decade. Ryan has been a consistent critic of American trade policies, particularly with China. He has portrayed himself as a champion for manufacturing in a country that has been fractured by trade and outsourcing. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/proxy-voting-likely-finished-if-republicans-win-midterm-elections\">PROXY VOTING LIKELY FINISHED IF REPUBLICANS WIN MIDTERM ELECTIONS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Ryan\u2019s departure and the open seat weren\u2019t the only changes to the district: Ohio\u2019s redistricting process shifted the lines of the Youngstown-area district to make it friendlier to Republicans, although the state&#8217;s districts remain the subject of a legal challenge. The district was ranked as a solid Democratic one in 2020, but <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/redistricting-2022-maps\/ohio\/\">a <\/a><\/u><i><u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/redistricting-2022-maps\/ohio\/\">FiveThirtyEight<\/a><\/u><\/i><u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/redistricting-2022-maps\/ohio\/\"> analysis<\/a><\/u> found the new district has an R+2 lean, making it more likely to elect a Republican in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Candidates for the Republican nomination in the district include Madison Gesiotto Gilbert, a former campaign staffer for both of former President Donald Trump\u2019s campaigns; Shay Hawkins, the CEO of the Opportunity Funds Association and a former policy adviser to GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina; and Janet Folger Porter, the founder and president of Faith2Action, an anti-abortion rights group. <\/p>\n<p>Other lesser-known candidates in the field include Santana King, Dante Sabatucci, Gregory Wheeler, and Ryan Saylor. <\/p>\n<p>Data from the Federal Election Commission show that Gilbert has raised more funds than any of her rivals to date, and she has been <u><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/news-ux7qfutc8m1720\">endorsed<\/a><\/u> by Trump. The former president said in a March statement that Gilbert \u201chas been a vocal supporter of mine for many years, and now we have a chance to support Madison.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is a small business owner, attorney, and columnist, and will make our voices heard in Washington. In Congress, Madison will strongly fight for Border Security, to Protect Life, Election Integrity, Defend the Second Amendment, and Support our Military, Vets, and Law Enforcement,\u201d the statement read. \u201cShe will fight against the menace of human trafficking, and get drugs off our streets. Madison Gesiotto Gilbert is an America First patriot, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In the Democratic primary in the district, state Rep. Emilia Sykes of Akron, the former Democratic leader in that chamber, has emerged as her party\u2019s front-runner for the nomination and has raised more funds than her Democratic rivals. <\/p>\n<p>Sykes has billed herself as a bridge-builder, and her campaign website touts bipartisan legislation she worked on in the legislature. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, too many politicians in Ohio are uninterested in working together, and they\u2019re standing in the way of progress and opportunity for Northeast Ohio,\u201d her website reads. \u201cWe can\u2019t have a representative in Congress who only looks out for wealthy special interests and peddles wild conspiracy theories that are meant to divide us for political gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, Northeast Ohio has been politically synonymous with populist Democrats. 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