J.D. Vance Runs Phony Ohio Republican Senate Campaign, Dodging Trump
Axios. Pro tip: lay off the shrooms before punditizing. [J.D.] Vance, 36, last week joined a crowded GOP primary field to succeed retiring Sen. Rob Portman. If Vance won the primary (no sure thing), he'd be the favorite to win the seat — and instantly would be talked about as a presidential possibility. At the moment, J.D. Vance (R-Thiel) is running behind Josh Mandel, a former Ohio state treasurer, in the race for the Republican nomination to replace retiring weathervane Rob Portman as a senator from Ohio. Mandel is way out there on what used to be the fringe of the Republican Party, and h...