{"id":2202099,"date":"2024-03-19T17:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-house-candidate-says-to-disregard-mass-email-conceding-defeat\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:40:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:40:54","slug":"gop-house-candidate-says-to-disregard-mass-email-conceding-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-house-candidate-says-to-disregard-mass-email-conceding-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP House nominee dismisses mass email admitting loss as irrelevant"},"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%2Fgop-house-candidate-says-to-disregard-mass-email-conceding-defeat%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=2202099&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--><h2>An Electrifying Twist in Ohio&#8217;s Congressional Race<\/h2>\n<p>In a turn of events that sent ripples through the Buckeye State&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-dangerous-new-democrat-bills-that-you-probably-havent-heard-of\/\" title=\"Four Dangerous New Democrat Bills That You Probably Haven\u2019t Heard Of\">political landscape<\/a>, a <strong>Republican vying for a seat in Congress<\/strong> jumped the gun with a premature concession via email, only to \u200dretract it moments later in a dramatic mix-up that had the \u2063campaign urging recipients \u2062to &#8220;disregard the\u2063 email.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Tonight did \u200cnot unfold as anticipated, but we should remember, the\u2062 heart of this race beats in \u2062the primary. My congratulations extend to the Congressman-Elect.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Email Heard &#8216;Round Ohio<\/h3>\n<p>As the clock \u200cticked down with just four hours until the polls closed, Derek Myers&#8217;s camp broadcasted an email containing what\u2064 appeared \u200cto \u200bbe an early\u200b surrender, mistakenly concluding his own electoral journey. The message brimmed with \u2063anticipatory support \u200cfor &#8220;uniting behind [the congressman-elect]&#8221; with sights set on <strong>&#8220;evicting Joe \u2062Biden.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A private gathering in Chillicothe, buzzing with over a \u200chundred friends and supporters, \u200dserved as the backdrop for what seemed to be Myers&#8217;s capitulation.<\/p>\n<h3>A Swift\u2063 Correction<\/h3>\n<p>But the\u200c narrative took a swift turn. Myers&#8217;s \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-gov-declares-state-of-emergency-after-train-derailment-chemical-spill\/\" title=\"KY Gov. declares emergency after train derails, spills chemicals\">official social \u2063media<\/a> \u2064was alight, \u2063aiming to clarify the \u200dconfusion:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Attention Press: My campaign comms team has sent out an email in error as we prepare for \u2063both possible\u2064 outcomes tonight. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-day-in-virginia-democrats-blue-streak-on-the-line-as-mcauliffe-and-youngkin-face-off-in-toss-up-race\/\" title=\"Election Day in Virginia: Democrats' Blue Streak on the Line as McAuliffe and Youngkin Face Off in Toss-Up Race\">polls remain open<\/a> until 7:30 p.m. Please disregard the email. Thank you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His campaign gave insights to\u2064 the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> about the \u200cerroneous concession alert.<\/p>\n<h3>The Honest Mistake<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Two emails lay in\u2062 wait: one\u200c heralding victory, the other conceding defeat. In haste, the wrong missive was dispatched,&#8221;\u200d the campaign \u200cdivulged.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasizing it \u2063was merely a matter of pressing &#8216;send now&#8217; as opposed to marking it as a &#8216;draft,&#8217; they added a sprinkle of reassurance: &#8220;<strong>Anyone in comms knows that preparing for each\u2063 scenario is just common \u2064sense \u2013 it&#8217;s strategic.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Further, \u2064they stated, &#8220;Regardless of\u200d tonight&#8217;s verdict, our gratitude for this incredible journey is undiminished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Click the link to <a href=\"#\">dive deeper into the story<\/a> at the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Navigating Ohio&#8217;s Political Waters<\/h3>\n<p>Myers, branding himself \u200bas the undeniable &#8220;America First&#8221;\u2062 contender, was amidst\u200d an intense 11-person\u200d slugfest for the Republican \u200cnod\u2062 in Ohio&#8217;s 2nd Congressional\u2062 District \u2013 \u200ba territory with a staunchly <strong>Republican lean of \u200dR+25<\/strong>,\u200d as assessed by the Cook Political Report.<\/p>\n<p>With Rep. Brad Wenstrup stepping away from the political stage after representing Ohio since 2013, this district&#8217;s race was wide open &#8211; and as the night&#8217;s drama proved, anything but predictable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio GOP congressional candidate&#8217;s premature concession email quickly retracted; campaign urges to ignore it, noting real race outcome is in primary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2670,"featured_media":2202100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24072641610701-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24072641610701-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}