What Went Down During Ohio’s And Indiana’s Primary Elections
I know some election-watchers have felt that Vance’s positions during the Ohio Senate race were a change from his persona as the “Hillbilly Elegy” author, but I always thought the book contained a lot of anti-government sentiment, especially against government programs, and a lot of the rural resentment that Katherine J. Cramer studied. It never seemed a turn to me, just a predictable evolution.
In Ohio’s Republican Senate primary, ABC News has projected that J.D. Vance will win, putting him on a collision course with Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in the general election. Vance leads his race with 31 percent, about 7 points ahead of Josh Mandel. Vance earned Trump’s endorsement during the primary, and he will be favored to win in November in a GOP-leaning state.
Where things stand in Ohio’s GOP primary for Senate
Results of the Ohio Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, as of 9:42 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| J.D. Vance | 222,023 | 31.3 |
| Josh Mandel | 172,391 | 24.3 |
| Matt Dolan | 154,774 | 21.9 |
| Mike Gibbons | 84,789 | 12.0 |
| Jane Timken | 46,391 | 6.5 |
| Mark Pukita | 18,257 | 2.6 |
| Neil Patel | 9,671 | 1.4 |