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Boo1

(142 posts)
4. I agree
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 07:32 PM
Dec 14

There is also some thought that most good candidates on the GOP bench might decide it's best to sit out this cycle, given the headwinds they expect to face. That'll lead to candidates like VR being on tickets and losing races that you wouldn't expect.

fujiyamasan

(1,219 posts)
6. I think VR is a bad candidate, but I thought JD was too but they voted for him anyways
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 07:50 PM
Dec 14

I also think Tim Ryan was a good fit for the state.

But VR is brown, and this will likely be a worse election cycle for the GOP than 2022. This is also a state election and not federal, so it may be more palatable for Ohioans to elect a democrat.

VR may have shot his chances with his series of dumb tweets not only defending H1 visas but calling Americans dumb. Make it his Mitt Romney video moment.

rsdsharp

(11,788 posts)
8. Vance has the personality like wallpaper paste; boring, but tolerable.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:11 PM
Dec 14

VR has a personality like fingernails on a chalkboard. The more people see him, and hear him, the more they’re going to move away from him.

Cha

(316,703 posts)
12. Plus imv... R voters have had
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 04:34 AM
Dec 15

almost a year of what the gop is doing to them. because of Traitor and Putin's Agenda.

They're paying more attention.

Xavier Breath

(6,470 posts)
9. The Rethugs here haven't cranked up the lie machine yet.
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:15 PM
Dec 14

They'll have her a baby-eating, trans woman vaccinating children against parents' wishes by Spring.

msongs

(73,074 posts)
10. remember high school lunch table with friends and you thought JD Vance was gonna join you? nt
Sun Dec 14, 2025, 08:36 PM
Dec 14

lowdowninOHIO

(1 post)
13. Vivek called Americans Dumb, Lazy, and Mediocre
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 09:10 AM
Dec 15

He also made his wealth through a pump and dump pharmaceutical scheme.

Amy Acton however is a " come from nothing " success story. She made her way on her own to what she is today.
She has a great chance of winning. I'm seeing and hearing lots of support.

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