{"id":1461788,"date":"2022-05-03T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1461788"},"modified":"2022-05-03T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:29:45","slug":"trump-looms-over-ohio-senate-primary-as-voters-go-to-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-looms-over-ohio-senate-primary-as-voters-go-to-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Looms Over Ohio Senate Primary As Voters Go To Polls"},"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\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-looms-over-ohio-senate-primary-as-voters-go-to-polls%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=1461788&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>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump<\/a> may as well be on the ballot in Tuesday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ohio\">Ohio<\/a> Senate primary, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/jd-vance\">J.D. Vance<\/a>, the candidate he backs, holds a razor-thin lead over his closest challenger in a crowded field.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, a venture capitalist, author of \u201cHillbilly Elegy,\u201d a memoir on his Appalachian roots, and one-time never-Trumper, took the lead in polls over Josh Mandel last month, shortly after Trump endorsed him. Vance also won the backing \u2013 and a $10 million super PAC donation \u2013 of billionaire Peter Thiel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a guy who said some bad [expletive] about me,\u201d Trump said of Vance at an Ohio rally last month. \u201cBut you know what? All the others did, also. In fact, if I went by that standard, I don\u2019t think I would have ever endorsed anybody in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Being spurned by Trump was a blow to Mandel, a former state treasurer and an ardent supporter of the 45th president and avowed \u201cAmerica First\u201d candidate. A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/emersonpolling.reportablenews.com\/pr\/ohio-2022-poll-trump-endorsement-boosts-jd-vance-in-four-way-ohio-senate-race-governor-dewine-holds-lead-for-republican-nomination\">Emerson College poll<\/a> showed Vance holding a lead as small as 26%-24% in a field that includes former Ohio GOP Chair Jane Timken, investment banker Mike Gibbons, and state Sen. Matt Dolan, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates are fighting to replace Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who is retiring after two terms. The race is considered one of the most competitive of the November midterms. Rep. Tim Ryan leads in the Democratic Party primary race, also being decided today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_376607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-376607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former state treasurer Josh Mandel failed to win Trump\u2019s endorsement, but is backed by Sen. Ted Cruz, among others. (Gaelen Morse\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vance and Mandel, who is backed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, agree on most issues, including a return to Trump\u2019s vision for border security, but Vance has separated himself from the pack with a full-throated call for staying out of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tragic. It\u2019s terrible,\u201d he said at a March debate. \u201cWhat Vladimir Putin did was wrong in invading a sovereign country, but we have our own problems in the United States to focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polls have been fluid.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/OH-topline_Sen-Gov-Primaries_R_conducted-April-20-24_release-April-26-....pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fox News poll<\/a> released last week had Vance leading Mandel 23% to 18%, but with 25% of voters said \u00a0still undecided. That poll also found that 42% of Republican primary voters said Trump\u2019s endorsement made them more likely to support Vance, while 23% said the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>A Trafalgar Group poll taken April 29-May 1 found Vance leading with 26.2% of likely Republican primary voters, but Dolan in second place with 22% and Mandel third, with 20.8%. Dolan is the only top candidate in the field who has disputed Trump\u2019s claims the 2020 election was stolen from him.<\/p>\n<p>At rally on\u00a0Sunday, Trump seemed to mix up the two leading candidates, exhorting voters to support \u201cJ.D. Mandel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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