JOSH MANDEL

A surprising dynamic is taking shape in Ohio, where Republicans are hoping to ride a wave of national discontent with Democrats to take control of the Senate.

No question it was a good night for Trump candidates. Exactly how much he helped — and what it means for the GOP come November — is another question.

Vance won his tightly contested primary largely because of his opponents' weak spots.

J.D. Vance once decried Trump as “cultural heroin.” Now, he’s won the Republican nomination for Senate in Ohio by peddling Trumpism.

The primary election in Ohio stood as the first real test this midterm election season of former President Donald Trump's status as the Republican Party kingmaker — and he passed.

Author J.D. Vance emerged from a crowded Republican primary in Ohio, and now becomes the favorite in the general election in the GOP-leaning state.

Primary elections in Ohio have set the stage for a more competitive phase of the midterm primary season, with closely watched races in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia scheduled for later this month.

In the state's closely-watched Senate primary, Trump has endorsed his J.D. Vance.

In the state's closely-watched Senate primary, Trump has endorsed his J.D. Vance.

High-profile surrogates for Republicans running in Ohio’s hotly contested Senate primary are fanning out across the state ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Stutters and rhetorical flubs aren’t evidence of cognitive impairment, and Republican politicians making claims to the contrary surely know that.

This month's primaries and runoffs will serve as a test of the power of former President Trump's endorsements up and down the ballot.

This month's primaries and runoffs will serve as a test of the power of former President Donald Trump's endorsements up and down the ballot.

The former president forgot the name of someone he endorsed for the Senate, earning a jibe from the conservative attorney.

Voters across a dozen states are set to decide primary elections this month that will determine the people and priorities leading the GOP into the fall midterms and beyond.

The first multistate contest of the 2022 midterm election season takes place Tuesday.

The rise of aggressive, combative campaigning in a Republican Senate race illustrates a seismic shift in the Buckeye State.

Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their considerable personal wealth to try to win competitive Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

A group opposing Donald Trump’s endorsement of JD Vance in Ohio’s contentious Republican Senate primary is making the former president the target of a new ad campaign.

The Club for Growth, long seen as one of the most powerful groups in Republican politics, is sticking with its pick in Ohio’s messy GOP Senate primary despite attacks from top Trump allies backing a rival candidate.

Republicans hoping to emerge from crowded primaries this year have spent tens of thousands of dollars hiring operatives with ties to former President Donald Trump.

Former President Donald Trump’s late endorsements in hypercompetitive Republican Senate primaries in Ohio and Pennsylvania have unlocked a flood of support for his chosen candidates.

Ohio Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel makes no secret of his Jewish religion.

"Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance has received Donald Trump’s coveted endorsement in the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat.

Dozens of Republican leaders in Ohio are mounting a last-minute effort to urge former President Donald Trump not to endorse JD Vance in the crowded upcoming primary for an open Senate seat.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is endorsing former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel in the heated Republican primary for the open U.S. Senate seat in the Midwestern battleground.

The lack of a Trump endorsement hasn't stopped individual Republican candidates from selling themselves to voters as the most Trump-like in the primary.

Ohio's primary election is scheduled for May 3, and it's just six weeks away.

Why Republicans are talking about pedophilia this week, how contempt is shaping Ohio's U.S. Senate primary, and what's happening in the race to replace Don Young.

A near-physical altercation in Ohio's nasty Republican primary for U.S. Senate led some military veterans to demand that one candidate apologize.

A near-physical altercation in the nasty Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Ohio led to a demand Monday from some military veterans that one candidate apologize for saying a rival who did two tours in Iraq never served in the private sector and didn't know anything about business. The heated argument came during a debate Friday with five candidates running for the GOP nomination to replace the retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman. The debate became intense almost as soon as it began as former state Treasurer Josh Mandel attacked investment banker Mike Gibbons' business dealings in his opening remarks.

Ohio’s crowded Republican Senate race has been all about one man: Donald Trump.

Several Republicans competing for the party’s nomination to run for U.S. Senate in Ohio are facing scrutiny for their ties to Russia as the country intensifies its war against Ukraine.

What news stories about the latest generation of GOP candidates leave out

Timken has touted herself in TV ads as a “Trump conservative” and is one of several Republican candidates who have worked furiously to prove their fealty to the former president.

At the moment, Trump is winning.

Josh Mandel and Morgan Harper, running for Senate from opposite ends of the political spectrum, debated in Columbus. A moment for consensus it was not.

Democrat Tim Ryan wasn’t onstage when two of his competitors in Ohio’s U.S. Senate contest came together Thursday night for an unconventional debate, but his stature in the race featured prominently.

A Trump-aligned Republican and an underdog progressive Democrat are taking an unusually early step in their campaigns for the U.S. Senate: They’re holding a debate.

They are just three little words, but they have become nearly impossible for many Republicans to say: “Joe Biden won.”.

The Republican Senate frontrunner was targeted earlier in an ad criticizing him for courting evangelical Christians.

The Ohio senate candidate makes little pretense of being anything other than a craven operator.

King’s nightmare of racism is being presented as his dream.

Marine Cpl. Whitney McHaffie is possibly the first service member forced out of the military for violating COVID-related rules.

His tweet came as the coronavirus delta variant takes hold across Ohio, leading to COVID-19 case and hospitalization numbers not seen since winter.

President Joe Biden just can’t quit Ohio — even if it rejected him in last year’s election.

Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance announces Ohio Senate run

The venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” has joined the crowded Republican race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being left by Rob Portman.

The Columbus Dispatch reported Mandel's campaign finance director created a toxic environment that allegedly involved her berating staff.

Former Ohio GOP chair Jane Timken briefly defended a home-state congressman who voted for impeachment. It could sink her Senate bid.

One Ohio U.S. Senate candidate has been circulating a who’s-done-more-for-Donald Trump scorecard.

At a Republican summit, the Florida congressman railed against the GOP establishment and briefly addressed accusations of "naughty favors."

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In the 2022 race to fill Ohio GOP Senator Rob Portman's seat, there are so far two major entrants who are rushing to claim the Trump mantle. Mandel, who has run for Senate twice before, prominently featured Mr. Trump in his campaign announcement. "Watching this sham and unconstitutional impeachment has made my blood boil and motivated me to run for U.S. Senate," Mandel said in a statement announcing his candidacy. Gonzalez was one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach Mr. Trump. Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan, who is considering a run for the Senate seat, sent a fundraising email after Timken's announcement, attacking her as "Trump's hand-picked Ohio Republican Party Chair."

FILEIn this file photo from Oct. 6, 2020, Jane Timken, the Chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party, speaks at the Hamilton County Board of Elections during early voting in Norwood, Ohio. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File)COLUMBUS, Ohio – Republican Josh Mandel, a Marine veteran and former state treasurer, says he will make a third run for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, taking a pro-Trump message in a bid for the seat being vacated by the GOP’s Rob Portman. AdMandel abruptly abandoned his last Senate campaign in January 2018, citing unspecified health issues being experienced by his then-wife, Ilana. He personally backed her takeover of the state party four years ago from a state chair allied with then-Gov. He has about $4.3 million remaining in his Senate campaign account, and about $500,000 in a leadership PAC.

Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks to members of the media outside a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Portman said Monday, Jan. 25 that he won't seek reelection and plans to end a career in federal government spanning more than three decades. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)CINCINNATI – Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, a fiery Donald Trump supporter, won't run to succeed Ohio Sen. The former star college wrestler's style doesn't reflect that of Portman, a career establishment Republican with a reputation for bipartisanship. AdTrump rewarded Jordan, 56, for his steady support by giving him the Presidential Medal of Freedom before leaving office this month.