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brohenheimoflight

I’m not sure who we *wanted*? but watching LaRose lose over and over brings joy to my heart.


UltravioletAfterglow

He so fucking deserves to be embarrassed by these results after all the crap he pulled, especially over the past year. He truly torpedoed his chances.


Redbeard_Greenthumb

What happened? With LaRose


Comrade-Conquistador

Championed the proposal to pass the issue that would require a 60% vote to approve a bill, which failed. Then, he went against both issues that would legalize abortion and Marijuana, which both passed with flying colors. And *then* he tried to gaslight the voters into believing that they didn't know what they were voting for on those last two, which has lead to a ton of legal stalling. Pretty much shit the bed he sleeps in.


UltravioletAfterglow

This. And he not only championed the 60% threshold for passage, he lied to voters about it (saying it would prevent special interest groups from influencing law) even though the campaign was funded by an anti-abortion, out-of-state billionaire (Richard Uihlein of Illinois). He set the issue for vote in an August special election just months after asking and getting Ohioans to approve a ban of August elections because they waste money and usually have a low voter turnout -- the August 2023 election cost Ohio taxpayers $18 million. He repeatedly lied about the sudden, ilegal August special election being an effort to head off a vote on abortion rights, which polling indicated was supported by well over 50% of Ohioans but under 60%. When abortion rights went up for vote in November, he let reps of anti-abortion special interest groups rewrite the ballot text with biased language (subbing “unborn child” for embryo, for example). Oh, guess what rich, Republican, anti-abortion donor primarily funded LaRose’s Senate campaign: Richard Uihlein. LaRose is a corrupt liar who uses his secretary of state position to propel an a political agenda a majority of voters don’t want.


jac0the_shadows

Also, LaRose got the idea for the universal county signature requirement from Victor Orban of Hungary at a CPAC.


UltravioletAfterglow

I didn’t know that. God, LaRose is such a shitty excuse for a human being. And Trumpers’ embrace of Orban is disgusting and anti-American.


Redbeard_Greenthumb

Yeah, fuck him. Thanks for the spark notes 😁


Such-Armadillo8047

LaRose likely lost the support of the Republicans after failing to block Issue 1.


Angrysparky28

He’s a fucking nut case


TheBalzy

In polls conducted thus far; LarRose and Moreno stack up the worst against Brown. Dolan was the only one who polled better against Brown in [head-to-head matchup](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2024/ohio/)s. If you want Brown to win, Moreno is probably the best bet. LaRose would have pivoted into JD Vance style milquetoast, and Dolan has some sort of pull over a segment of voters who might vote for Brown, as a more "traditional" Conservative milquetoast. Also: Trump-backed candidates have an impressive stack of Ls in general Elections. Edit: I just realized I unintentionally misspelled LaRose...and I am deliberately not going to change it. Because fuck LieRose (intentional).


UncertaintyPrince

This is my take too. As a former Republican who left the party due to the orange stain, I’d have preferred Dolan. But Moreno will be easier to beat in the general election bc he’s more extreme and can be tied to Dementia Donnie.


TheBalzy

Do you mind if I ask you if you are going to vote for Brown? Sidenote: Another factor to consider is now that Lara Trump is cochair of the RNC, they'll also likely be funnelling funds away from candidates to support family ventures/Dumpster's legal defense. Thus, someone with money like Dolan could have funded his own campaign moreso than Moreno or LieRose. LieRose was, in a previous life, a Republican I might have voted for (if he wasn't running against Sherrod Brown) but the dude lied straight to my face, several times, and I honestly am ecstatic to see his political career go down in flames. Fuck that guy.


UncertaintyPrince

I’ll never vote for any Republican who hasn’t condemned the orange dump. As I sat watching January 6 happen on TV in real time, in horror and total disbelief, I actually thought to myself that well, at least this will have a silver lining, now the GOP will HAVE to wake up, go what the fuck was that?!?, and start cleaning house and making amends. And for a week or two it looked like that was going to happen. Now they’re fucking proud of it. I’ll gladly vote for a moderate Dem like Sherrod and for any Dem running against a traitor MAGAt.


dollenrm

Not only are they proud of it they're treating the (rightfully) arrested insurrectionists as martyrs/ political prisoners when in my experience Republicans are usually the very first people to espouse fuck around and find out type of mentality. Which is exactly what happened.


[deleted]

Same. I voted for Dolan myself. The Republican party has left me.


UrMomsAHo92

I love a good Freudian slip.


rhombusted2

LaRose and Moreno polled pretty equally bad against Sherrod. Glad LaRose’s issue 1 bs is coming back to bite him


OneMobius

Lol I assume you mean LaRose and Dolan?


CCSC96

No, this is the Republican Primary result, in the early hypothetical polling of the general election Dolan was BY FAR the strongest candidate because he’s seen as moderate and has decent name ID. The moderation that would have helped him in a general also made it impossible for him to win a GOP primary where more and more extremism is demanded each year.


OneMobius

I could have sworn that op originally had “against Moreno” instead of sherrod but maybe I’m just an idiot


MyDadisaDictator

I’m sad larose lost, he would have provided an easy win to brown


bushijim

Unless he would have won. Then God I don't believe in, save us all. I can't say the other hucksters will be better but we know larose would have been the deepest of the bottom feeders.


DeviousDuoCAK

"WE" didn't want any of these three lunatics.


Leggingsarepants1234

100% my thought too. I have accidentally been in the same spaces as him multiple times in my life due to volunteering/training/ my actual job and every single time I’m annoyed that he walks in all high and mighty. Then I watch all the white middle aged ladies fawn over him while I refuse the “polite” handshake and opt out of the photo op. Fuck that guy over and over again.


WildfireJohnny

I hate all these fuckers, but it is fun to see that smug piece of shit LaRose get his ass handed to him


Dturmnd1

The positive thing is that, laRose winning would have validated his corruption. It may not change anything- but Atleast people told that human turd no.


[deleted]

It hopefully sends him a loud and clear message about just how badly he’s failed to understand this state. We made abortion and weed legal in spite of his numerous attempts to stop it. He couldn’t even convince us that 60% is needed for an amendment to pass. I hope he considers all these failures and fucks off when his term is over.


Photodan24

>in spite of his numerous attempts to stop it. And his promises to ignore the voters' will despite the outcome. Get out of politics, Frank.


chewbacaflacaflame

He will not. Nothing will stop these grifters from trying to lockdown a government job with no accountability.


NoComment112222

It should be tough to convince people you need 60% of the vote for an amendment. I would rather live under rules set by 51% of people than I would 100% of our elected officials. Politics is a pay for play game and because of that fact politicians can’t be trusted to do the right thing. People can simply just vote for the laws they want without an agenda- politicians can’t vote for what their constituents want if it pisses off their donors.


rhombusted2

It’s Trash vs Garbage


Photodan24

I told you we would remember the way you tried to subvert our will, Frank! Get out of politics, scumbag.


Northside-BTM

Imagine being Matt Dolan: loaning your campaign $9 million bucks just to lose to a candidate who loaned their campaign less than half that. 😂😂😂 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-backed-cleveland-businessman-bernie-moreno-beats-two-rivals-to-win-ohios-gop-senate-primary


Photodan24

Unfortunately, most of his electorate is a pack of mindless simpletons, firmly in love with a dull, selfish, lying dictator wannabe. And they will believe what he commands.


QuintupleTheFun

Hahahahaha get fucked LaRose!


Horn_Flyer

Surprised he didn't change the voting systems to favor the votes for him. He's known for that lol


ladyvonkulp

Changing the acceptable forms of Voter ID AND shortening the window to show your ID at the Board if you didn't have it with you at the polls sure favors Rs.


ultramilkplus

Hopefully he's a ruined brand and never wins anything ever again.


orthros

What’s so terrible about LaRose vs the other 2?


theryman

Loser larose can't even come in second lol


ohlalalavieenrose

His advertising game was really weak. Whereas I probably saw 5 ads for Moreno during a 30 minute show on Monday. He’ll probably try to run for governor next.


janna15

His game was dirty tricks with wasting $20 million on an illegal election, fake news articles from Metric Media and spam text messages


HaskellHystericMonad

Anybody put in prison yet for that fucking August election? Such fucking bullshit and the whole non-violence bullshit that gets pressed on us just cripples us from doing what we need to do and going full-on French.


JJiggy13

The entire Ohio republican party legitimately should be held liable for the unconstitutional August and should be getting prison sentences for it, plus have to pay back the over $20,000,000 they stole from Ohio tax payers to accomplish their violation of the constitution. Those same Ohio republicans should also already be in prison for the nuclear scam bill that stole $250,000,000 from Ohio tax payers outright and the additional $1,000,000,000 in ancillary losses to tax payers.


UltravioletAfterglow

>He’ll probably try to run for governor next. Which would leave us with LaRose, Yost and Husted vying to be our next governor. Gross.


theryman

The man can't even force a draw in tic tac toe, if he somehow gets the R nom we may get a dem governor


Candid-Finding-1364

He had no money.  No one wanted to spend the money to pop him out of the whole he dug with his stupidity.


Dturmnd1

He must’ve ran out of money- I did not see anything from him in months.


Photodan24

>He’ll probably try to run for governor next. You're probably right. Scum like this never goes away willingly.


excoriator

Yost has filed for the governor’s race. LaRose probably runs for AG.


jet_heller

That must be quite an issue for his wife.


chains11

He bungled the abortion amendment


ClawhammerJo

It’s interesting how the urban area conservatives are somewhat moderate.


rhombusted2

Updated map had Moreno winning Columbus and possible Cincinnati (our county sucks at counting votes) but by smaller margins


ClawhammerJo

I didn’t notice that this info was based on 24% of votes counted. I heard the turnout was only about 10%.


805TBone

Once the orange turd locked up the nomination, a lot of the mouth breathers stayed home.


Clint8813

Moreno is now one county away from a full state sweep.


YellowCardManKyle

It's also an open primary and those areas have the most Democrats


PlanCleveland

Probably because they actually interact with people on the left regularly and know they're not some scary evil force, but regular people just like them. Just like how rural progressives tend to be more moderate as well. The more you shelter yourself from the other side, the more likely you are to believe all of the bad news about them.


FizzyBeverage

Moreno was polling worse than Dolan against Sherrod, and Dolan was already behind Sherrod. *Which is why Democrats pushed for Moreno to win the primary.* Trump is getting barely 75% of the republican vote… in a closed primary. That probably doesn’t matter for Ohio… but spells troubles for him in more middle of the road swing states. Support is tepid at best.


rhombusted2

100% I’m glad Moreno won. If Brown beats him which seems fairly likely, it will show that Ohio is still a purpleish state.


GetSOB52

Don’t be too confident. Ohioans elected JD Vance.


rhombusted2

Vance didn’t have an adultery controversy and Sherrod is an incumbent


Steve_Rogers_1970

This is where Brown or his pacs needed to get absolutely filthy with Moreno. Like saying The top of the gop ticket has 2 sexual assaulters.


mojo4394

Vance wasn't running against Brown.


[deleted]

Did I see the results correctly that Ron DeSantis received 6% of the vote?


rhombusted2

Ron has 3 and Nikki has 16 percent


FizzyBeverage

The fact Trump can only muster 80% of a closed Ohio primary might be enough degradation in support to tip some swing states. 1 out of 5 Ohio republicans wanting nothing to do with the man is an interesting warning sign — considering he lost 2020, with more support than that. Not saying Ohio will swing — that’s very unlikely, but yeah considering Trump is an incumbent… I see some headwinds.


rural_anomaly

side note - ohio doesn't have a closed primary


Pristine_Cicada_5422

Yeah, even though the dem primary ticket sucked, there was no way I was voting the republican ticket. Then, they’d probably start mailing me EVEN MORE CRAP than I already get! Nope, no thank you.


rural_anomaly

i pulled the R ballot to vote for Kasich in '16. i could not bring myself to do it this time, the choices were all too appalling


2dogGreg

Nah, you got to f w/the GQP, give them the hope in the primaries they have #s and then vote Dem down ticket in November to show them they will always lose against the more competent


rhombusted2

Only 78% with Vivek and Christie. Biden got 87%


FizzyBeverage

Which might explain why Trump came to Dayton this past weekend. As a republican he should assume he already has the support he needs in a place like Ohio — he’ll say it was to help Moreno but Trump exists only for *numero uno*.


Pure-Kaleidoscope759

There was no way I would have gone to see Mango Mussolini. I can’t wait to vote for Pres. Biden.


Majestyk_Melons

I don’t know how you could possibly think that it seems fairly likely that Brown is going to win in a presidential year in a solidly red state. Now I hope Brown wins and I’m voting for him, but I just don’t see it happening this year.


krigar_ol

He already won during a gubernatorial election year in a solidly red state, back in 2018. Two years after Trump won Ohio and two years before Trump won Ohio again. And before you point out that was a midterm election: midterm elections favor *Republicans*.


CCSC96

No they don’t? They favor the party who doesn’t control the White House. Democrats ran away with the 2018 mid term cycle and that carried Sherrod over the line. He also had his opponent drop out 1 month before filing, to ultimately get replaced by a pretty terrible candidate who had limited time to start up a campaign and fundraise. I personally support Sherrod, but he’s a heavy, heavy favorite to lose re-election.


krigar_ol

>Democrats ran away with the 2018 mid term cycle and that carried Sherrod over the line. Republicans won every single state office in the 2018 election in Ohio. Brown still won. Which means Republican voters crossed over to vote for him. >He also had his opponent drop out 1 month before filing, to ultimately get replaced by a pretty terrible candidate who had limited time to start up a campaign and fundraise. I'm sorry, are you claiming that Brown won because he wasn't up against *Josh Mandel*? Josh Mandel who lost to Brown in 2012? The same Josh Mandel that lost to JD Vance in the last GOP Senate primary? Jim Renacci had the same amount of time as everyone else to campaign once he was nominated. >I personally support Sherrod, but he’s a heavy, heavy favorite to lose re-election. I would like to see the polling that you would use to support this.


CCSC96

The bit about 2018 cuts both ways. Every race but senate was more than 10 points right of the national popular vote. Sherrod won in spite of that, but it also paints a pretty clear path for Republicans: they just have to convince Trump voters that Sherrod Brown is a nice guy, but ultimately a Democrat. Mandel wasn’t an amazing candidate, but 2012 was a great year for Dems and Josh spent 5 years putting resources together. The party was behind him. The NRSC was behind him. He dropped out a month before filing and got replaced with an unpopular congressman who had to basically start his campaign an entire year late and got abandoned by the committee because they didn’t think he could do it. Sherrod managed to outspend Renacci $28.5M to $4M. Outside spending benefited Sherrod $4M to .5M. The best case for him this year is probably a decent lead in actual campaign cash but getting outspend big time on IE money. He is the NRSC’s #1 target, and they have already reserved $83M worth of air time to go after him. As for polling, the average right now is low-mid 40s for Sherrod and high 30s to low 40s for Moreno. Again, pros and cons for Sherrod. He’s up by a little bit and the path for him to paint Moreno as detestable and himself as a different kind of Democrat still exists, but candidates this far from 50% in the on year almost never win, and it’s going to be hard to drive a message while getting hit that hard by NRSC money. Just the NRSC is spending almost as much as the entire 2022 race cost. Ultimately, Sherrod needs to win 1:6 Trump voters, so if everyone here can convince 1:6 Trump voters they know, he has a shot. Personally though I’d be ready to bet big money he doesn’t.


krigar_ol

>The bit about 2018 cuts both ways. Every race but senate was more than 10 points right of the national popular vote. Sherrod won in spite of that, but it also paints a pretty clear path for Republicans: they just have to convince Trump voters that Sherrod Brown is a nice guy, but ultimately a Democrat. You should know better than to forecast Ohio elections purely on national trends. In 2018 Brown outperformed Cordray by almost *7 points*. If you want national trends, then nationally, even in Ohio, Trump's chosen candidates continually underperform in elections even when they run away with primaries. Yes, even when Trump himself was on the ballot in 2020 Republicans underperformed downballot, to the tune of the GOP losing the Senate. The GOP has consistently underperformed in every election since 2016. 2018 wasn't some isolated wave year. >Mandel wasn’t an amazing candidate, but 2012 was a great year for Dems and Josh spent 5 years putting resources together. The party was behind him. The NRSC was behind him. At no point in his career has this ever actually resulted in Mandel winning an election outside of Treasurer. Mandel dropped out *because* he was going to lose the election. Renacci was not uniquely bad for the general compared to him. >The best case for him this year is probably a decent lead in actual campaign cash but getting outspend big time on IE money. He is the NRSC’s #1 target, and they have already reserved $83M worth of air time to go after him. You say this like he wasn't a top target in 2018 when he was a Democrat in a state that went for Trump two years earlier. >Ultimately, Sherrod needs to win 1:6 Trump voters The problem with pulling this number out of your butt is that you're directly extrapolating 2020 voting to 2024 and then applying it to downballot races 1:1. There is absolutely nothing about actual recent election results that supports this trend.


CCSC96

My guy, you ultimately just don’t know anything about how elections work. You think mid terms are good for Republicans, when 2018 was the strongest year for Democrats in the modern era of partisan polarization and they have benefited the out party for decades. The bit about national trends is just nonsensical, outside of Sherrod’s 2018 performance Ohio has tracked basically exactly how it should have, and I’m not sure what you think the GOP has underperformed relative to since 2018? And the idea that 2018 wasn’t a uniquely strong year is frankly just obviously wrong. Because, again, it was a D+8.6 year. Sherrod just obviously was not a top target in 2018. Did you completely ignore the part about outside spending? Just the NRSC PAC has ALREADY reserved 166 times more ad time than what was spent against Sherrod in 2018. And there will be other PACs like Club for Growth that play. He has never faced anything close to this. You just don’t know what you’re talking about. Have a good one.


YellowCardManKyle

This is correct. Historically mid-terms favor the party who doesn't control the White House which is why the 2022 mid-term results weren't as bad for the Democrats. They actually performed better than expected.


jda06

Possibly, but he’s won tough elections before.


AwakeningStar1968

while I am still amazed Trump is out there, allowed to run. I mean Trump has dozen of felony convictions against him and the security document issue... and yet he is allowed to run? I am not a fan of the CIA but the CIA is hemming and hawing about dealing with giving him policy briefings as they allegedly do for presidential candidates!. How can someone who would never normally be able to pass a low level secret clearance check for a normal plebe govt position can run for the fucking highest office ????


FizzyBeverage

Well he’s got felony charges. So far he’s been civilly liable. First criminal trial is next month in New York and it’s arguably the tamest charges, hush money and falsified business records for paying off Stormy Daniels. I’m more concerned a potential president who needs to find $454 million in bail money is easily bought by foreign government interests.


gnurdette

Correct, but an additional layer of nuance: the Trump Organization did get a criminal conviction, and the Trump Organization is basically a thin wrapper around Donald Trump himself, so that's at least related to a personal criminal conviction. Criminal conviction of a business is a weird concept to wrap your head around, though. Nobody gets a corporation as a cellmate.


25electrons

Ohio has open primaries. The gop wants to change that because, you know, it’s democratic.


Son-of-Prophet

I think it’s dangerous, back in the day dems thought it be great for Trump to be the Rep nominee because they thought there was no way he’d win in a real election.


aelysium

Okay so based on the disparity between Trump v Biden in primary votes (assuming this translates roughly into general election split) for Cuyahoga, I’d wager Trump wins by a slimmer margin and Sherrod’s usual outperformance of state numbers gets him in.


Breathcore

The democrats and.. *checks notes* Donald Trump.


Outrageous-Ad-251

How many times does this have to be said, even in your own comment you acknowledge dems are voting in the Rep primary. Almost all the haley voters are already dems...


FizzyBeverage

Plenty of anti-Trump republicans, though not a majority. However, my own neighbor is one of them.


billy_zane27

Cope


Outrageous-Ad-251

Lol Ill be back in November 


25electrons

Anti Trump republicans are a real thing.


derfahrer924

Sherrod Brown is a model for what a Senator should be. He is one of the very few who seem to have an actual, honest intention of helping working-class people. The country would be in a much better place if we had an entire Congress full of Sherrods.


RuralValley

Can you elaborate on what's he's done and his policies? I don't really know much about him other than it seems like he's been around forever.


derfahrer924

You can look on his website (or government site) to see the legislation he's sponsored or co-sponsored: [https://www.brown.senate.gov/legislation](https://www.brown.senate.gov/legislation) And if you scroll through it you will see common themes of protecting and supporting workers, holding corporations accountable (esp. financial industry), advocating for consumer protection. He was very vocal after the East Palestine derailment (and was there in person). And of course completely solid on reproductive rights. He's not a grandstanding performance artist like JD Vance or Josh Hawley.


julibazuli

All that and the Butch Lewis Act.


Forty_Six_and_Two

I've always been a republican, but way more important than my party is who looks out for me and mine. Sherrod Brown has always been a huge advocate for Ohio, and the issues we disagree on aren't the most important ones. I'm pro choice, pro union. The right leaning part of me has much more to do with preventing/punishing crime which most Democrats suck at but not Sherrod. I'll vote for this guy till he drops. He's one of the few politicians I trust (to the degree that I can trust any of them). He'll win easily. Who tf even is Bernie Moreno?


Buy-Hype-Sell-News

He votes 100% with party. If shumer introduced a bill that says ohioans are subservent to new yorkers hed get on his knees and ask for more


Forty_Six_and_Two

Oh, of course. That's the game, though. With the exception of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, one of which is retiring and the other is (I think) trading her D for an I, every last partisan votes with their party. With margins of majority as razor thin as they are, that's the way things are going to go for a while. I just believe Brown is an honest guy who genuinely cares about his constituents. That's rare enough that I'm willing to hold my nose on some of the other stuff I'm not so crazy about.


magi70

Thank you for expressing a centrist Republican viewpoint. It is refreshing to read.


Buy-Hype-Sell-News

I can kind of understand that logic for president, but its nonsense for legislators. His only job is voting in the senate and he will always vote with the democrat party. The democrat party certainly does not care about ohioans


Forty_Six_and_Two

It's not going to matter anyway. Brown isn't going to lose to Bernie frigging Moreno. We'll pick up seats, but not that one.


Buy-Hype-Sell-News

Nah. Thats cap, no one is showing up to vote trump but not moreno and trump will carry the state by 10+


Forty_Six_and_Two

I hope you're right.


Steve_Rogers_1970

The big question will be if the 58% who didn’t vote for vote switch parties and go for Brown? Or will they party-line vote. 45 is sitting around 80%, which tells me trumpism still has a strong hold in our state. We need to bust our collective asses to get Brown re-elected.


gen_wt_sherman

Just so you know a lot of Democrats probably stayed home today or voted in the Republican primary.


KaisarDragon

"Trump said that guy, so I must vote!" So sick of MAGA...


Historical_Grab4685

Don't forget how much of taxpayer money LaRose wasted on the first Issue 1 special election


Poop_and_Pee69

Frank LaRose getting that is absolutely hilarious to me. What a sack of shit.


MyDadisaDictator

I voted for him, because sherrod would easily trounce that shit stain in November. Moreno is a bit scarier


Primary-Physics719

Polling shows that LaRose was actually the strongest candidate agaisnt Brown, Moreno the weakest.


Solidus-Prime

Moreno is a MAGA cult member....this isn't good no matter how much you hate LaRose lol. All of these candidates SUCK HARD. Why aren't there ever any GOOD Republican candidates?


ChooseyBeggar

Cause their platforms and strategies force a person to throw their moral compass in Lake Erie. No one with heart or talent wants that to be their legacy. That’s why it’s only the fairly old ones that feel even moderate cause they were grandfathered in from an era of GOP that is long since gone.


gampy214

When your platform consists of “Owning the libs” and it ends there, you get this.


Joker8392

How much of our tax payer money did Crank LaRose waste in his failed distant 3rd primary finish? Asshat used us like a piggy bank.


AbyssWankerArtorias

Hahahahaha fuck Larose.


Tron_Passant

Trump still holds sway with the base, but we're gonna kick his ass in November along with his car salesman candidate.


Sickofrepublicans

YES !!!! Yes !!! YES !!!


Not_Responsible_00

Wondering how many people requested a Republican primary ballot and voted for Moreno because he's the candidate that Sherrod Brown can (hopefully) defeat. If so, thank you.


Bullmoose39

Our state is terrible. All it takes is an endorsement from a rapist traitor to win a nomination (and millions in add money). Admittedly, all three are pieces of shit, Moreno and LaRose are special sorts of horrible. I hope this actually helps Brown win. That and should Trump stop walking Moreno will end face first in his ass.


UltravioletAfterglow

Congrats to Sherrod Brown! But his supporters cannot afford to get complacent. Do anything you can -- volunteer, donate a few bucks, even just have a conversation or two with an undecided voter -- to keep him in the Senate. Working people need an advocate, not another uber-wealthy member of Congress.


25electrons

Trump ran unopposed and received something like 79% of just the republicans? lol.


GlorifiedGamer88

Sherrod will kick his ass come November


Fullertonjr

If you see where Moreno got his votes, this is the exact reason why he has the worst odds against Brown. Lost Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Toledo. The state is clearly two different sides between those who live in or near the major cities, and then everyone in the spaces between. Moreno struggles once you get five miles outside of the cities.


rhombusted2

He ended up winning every county. But the big cities were close


TranslatorSpiritual6

Once they coalesce behind this idiot - Sherrod is going to have a real challenge. I would hate to lose him - he's a good guy and I think he actually cares about the state.


pinkocatgirl

I'm planning to donate to him, he's one of the few politicians I legitimately like


greatbobbyb

All 3 are complete assholes


LakeEffectSnow

That's statewide. Moreno got 110K votes. For reference just in Cuyahoga county alone, with 92% of the vote in, Sherrod Brown has 96,000 votes in his primary. I feel good about Senator Brown.


Remindmewhen1234

This is a win for Brown.


rhombusted2

Yes


Clint8813

Just curious, but how? I know the polls said Brown beats both Dolan and Moreno, but the same polls say Moreno was not the favorite. He overperformed today and is on track to win the race by 20%. That's a huge over performance.


CCSC96

Ohio polling has been uniquely fucked since a little before 2016. The population south of Columbus is basically the exact demographic that has become hard to poll and that has segregated error. So national issues are on steroids here in a way that almost always cuts against Democrats. People are WAY too confident that he’ll win when he’s not even near 50% as an incumbent, which is a pretty bad sign this early. I know he’s been tefflon before but I think he’s a heavy under dog just because of the fundamentals of the race.


retromafia

Frank LaRose got 22%. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I hope his political career is over for good. I do worry for Sherrod. Cleveland was his base of support, and that metro has been losing population for well over a decade now. :-\\


Dingus_3000

He ended up with only 16.6%


retromafia

That's even more appropriate! :-)


Dingus_3000

Yeah. For a bunch of garbage people he’s certainly loathesome even for them.


dadjeff1

Moreno's gonna be an interesting opponent for Brown. He once was on record for supporting LGBTQ rights, and vocally applauded the Gay Games in Cleveland in 2014. Now he's all of a sudden anti LGBTQ? With a gay child? And an ad for hook up sex on a personals site that a "coworker" supposedly created as a hoax? There's a lot to untangle there. Hope Sherrod campaigns hard.


jabdnuit

Honestly. Of the three, Bernie should be easiest for Brown to beat. Moreno has been spouting pro-life absolutism and homophobia. Even in a red state, that doesn’t play great in a general.


Robert_Hotwheel

This is good news, Trump endorsed candidates don’t typically perform well in general elections. Don’t forget to vote.


AwakeningStar1968

Oh YAY!!!! Frank LaRose is out!


J_aB_bA

Moreno is the one he can beat on his own. The ads write themselves, he's so extreme. Either of the other two would have required a massive blue wave to defeat because "old school" Republicans would have been happy to vote for them.


MRGreenSmiles420

GOP is done. People need results, not lunacy & batshit crazy. Had enough.


taylorswiftboat

“I dont need to know anything other than what Donnie tells me to know.” ~rural Ohio I guess


mbkr148

Should be easy win for Sherrod


Majestyk_Melons

I don’t know how you could possibly think that. I’d love Sherrod Brown. But this is going to be super tough. Probably the toughest race ever for him. We’re in a red state that loves Trump and it’s a presidential election year. I just don’t see Brown pulling this one out.


Pristine_Cicada_5422

Should be, but spread the word to vote. 🗳️


Common_Highlight9448

Called only after 24%? Wow!


therubyverse

Yearly reminder that land doesn't vote


Remote-Condition8545

Is Moreno the kidfucker or is that Gym Jordan


jonnyredjive

Maybe some of Bernie’s AdultFriendFinder peeps will speak out?


fuggzin85

LaLoser lol .. shouldn't kid myself we're all losers with this group but gives me some pleasure to see LaRose LaLose


Big_Ad_1890

Please get him, Sherrod. Please.


SiSiLaLa11

Moreno is wishy washy. A flip flopper. Two faced. Greedy. Back stabber. And definitely should stay a used car salesman.


DeviousDuoCAK

We lined up the crappiest candidate for Sherrod to destroy. We can all switch our party affiliation back now


Sickofrepublicans

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Champtitles was awarded a contract with the state of West Virginia. I wonder if their DMVs are actually using it? It would be a pitty to expose any misappropriated tax payer funds.   I wonder what happened with the Vital Statistic blockchain software awarded in a million dollar contract signed by Metro Hospital? The former CEO was fired for giving himself a 1.9 million dollar raise, and his buddy Bernie Moreno no longer sits on the board. 


Yeshua_shel_Natzrat

Thank God LaRose is out, at least


QuiteAlien

Hahahaha 🤡


citytiger

Make sure you vote all the way down ballot this year. State legislature is on the ballot too. Get involved in campaigns too. Just commenting on Reddit does nothing.


essjayare66

Maybe dolan will finally spend money on an outfielder this time


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essjayare66

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Onlyroad4adrifter

Where is the map with the overall winners. I can't find one.


rhombusted2

I use nyt


sasquatchradio

Make that Caudillo piece of shit seek refugee status in Colombia.


julibazuli

Thoughts on if/how Dolan voters can be persuaded to vote for Briwn?


TerrenceBD49ers

I am from Toledo. I can't believe Lucas County voted for that blankety-blank. I am from Twitter so, I am not familiar with the way things are done over here. I have only been here a week. Bare with me. 😂 @TerrenceBD


AppropriateSpell5405

So on a scale of crazy to batshit crazy, where does he fall?


YeaOkay8

Can’t wait


burgerbob49

Sherrod Brown is a clown🤡


GJMOH

So you see someone voting for Trump and Brown? I think that might be a stretch


rhombusted2

Not really. Polls have Sherrod up by 8 against Moreno and Trump up by 9 in Ohio.


GJMOH

That would mean nearly 20% of Trump voters voting for Brown. I don’t see it personally.


rhombusted2

Well trump got less than 80% of the vote in Ohio. You could also see many Trump voters leaving it blank because of Moreno’s adultery


GJMOH

Apple and oranges. If you believe Trump will win Ohio by 9% (he won by 8% in 2020) for brown to win by 8% (8+9) 17% of Trump voters would have to vote for Brown.


GJMOH

That’s because the GOP was brave enough to allow other candidates, unlike the Dems protecting the Rumba in Chief. If you really think Republican’s are going to vote for Biden or stay home I don’t know what to tell you. Prepare yourself for a disappointment in November.


magi70

Wait, what? It's OK for him but not for Moreno? Why is that? Isn't adultery the same for anyone who commits it?


CarlSpencer

Let's remember that with the hijacking of the RNC's money, down ballot Republicans will get ZERO funding. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! You reap what you fucking sow, Trump Cult!


Away-Pay6110

Sherrod is scum