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Sen. JD Vance introduces former President Donald Trump during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, in St Cloud, Minnesota. | Stephen Maturen/Getty Images via CNN Newsource

Trump will win second term, CNN projects, in historic comeback after losing four years ago

Stephen Collinson, CNN November 6, 2024

(CNN) — Donald Trump will be America’s 47th president, CNN projected Wednesday, after mounting the most momentous comeback in political history that will hand him massive, disruptive power at home...

Jim Tasker, a semi-retired Anglican priest, has called Ohio home for more than 40 years. When he watched Sen. J.D. Vance receive the Republican nomination for vice president, he said he felt a "sense of pride."

Ohio Republicans find neighbor in J.D. Vance

Alton Northup, Editor-in-chief July 20, 2024

In the Portage County Republican Headquarters, there aren’t any signs with Sen. J.D. Vance’s name on it yet. But voters there cannot hide their enthusiasm for Ohio’s junior senator joining former...

Trump picks Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate

Trump picks Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate

Alton Northup, Editor-in-chief July 15, 2024

Former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate Monday in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform: "After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering...

Democrats aspire to flip US Senate seat in solid red Ohio

Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press November 8, 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coveted open seat in the U.S. Senate has sparked a closer-than-expected faceoff to be decided Tuesday between Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican "Hillbilly Elegy" author...

Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, left, and Republican J.D. Vance debated Monday night in Ohio.

Five takeaways from Ohio’s US Senate debate

Dan Merica, CNN October 13, 2022

(CNN) -- The debate between Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance in Ohio's closer-than-expected Senate contest began with a testy exchange on the economy and quickly devolved from there into a contentious...