For Ohio Democrats, the Hard Part Starts Now |
For much of the last century, Ohio was the bellwether that loomed largest over presidential elections. From 1960 until Joe Biden ran, no candidate from either political party had won the White House without winning the Midwestern state and its many blue-collar voters.
So it’s understandable why Democrats, desperate for a win after Ohio’s steady march toward Republicans in the first part of this century, have been eager to celebrate flipping seats up and down the ballot on Tuesday. As Kathleen Clyde, the chair of the state’s Democratic Party, proclaimed at a boisterous election night party: “We made Ohio competitive!”
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Indeed, Sherrod Brown, a Democrat with a long history on Capitol Hill, will rejoin the Senate after beating Republican Jon Husted. In an ugly race for governor, Ohio’s former public health director, Amy Acton, beat Trump ally Vivek Ramaswamy to become the state’s first Democratic governor in 20 years. Another Trump ally, Max Miller, also lost reelection to Democrat Brian Poindexter. (Miller, you may recall, was accused of abusing his ex-wife and child.) Other endangered Democrats won reelection as........