October 28, 2022
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Ohio Senate race is tighter than expected

Ruth and Boyd Boone, long-time supporters of the Grand Old Party, are eager to reelect their Republican governor. But when it comes to the Senate, they’re not so sure…reports Asian Lite News

The Republican wave in the US Senate race will be tested in the State of Ohio with GOP voters sceptical about their Republican candidate JD Vance, who won the nomination with former President Donald Trump’s backing.

Less than two weeks before Election Day, the race is more competitive than initially expected, the Associated Press reported.

Ruth and Boyd Boone, long-time supporters of the Grand Old Party, are eager to reelect their Republican governor. But when it comes to the Senate, they’re not so sure.

 “I don’t like him at all,” Boyd, 80, who owns a farm outside of Ashville, told AP.

“I don’t think he gives a blank about Ohio. I think he just thinks he’s going to be the senator.”

Both he and Ruth, 77, also said they like what they hear from Democrat Tim Ryan, the 10-term congressman running against Vance as a moderate — though they also have their reservations, including about his support for abortion rights.

This uncertainty prevailing in the State underscores a surprising dynamic in Ohio, where Vance is hoping to ride to Washington on a wave of national discontent with Democrats, the AP reported.

While Vance may still win in a state that Trump carried by 8 points twice, most polls show Vance and Ryan roughly tied, even as incumbent Republican Gov. Mike DeWine leads his Democratic rival by double digits, it was reported.

Campaigning recently in a red and white windbreaker and sneakers, Ryan stressed his working class roots and cast Vance as an outsider and “extremist” more interested in notching a title than serving Ohioans.

But the Democrat’s blue collar campaign sometimes sounds like a broadside against his own party, it was reported.

Meanwhile, JD Vance, the venture capitalist, has an Indian connection. Indian origin, Usha Chilukuri Vance, is the wife of JD Vance. Currently, Chilukuri is a litigator in the San Francisco and Washington DC offices of Munger, Tolles & Olson, a law firm.

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