Ohio & Trump: Split Decision Likely

On Tuesday night, Fox News released the first public non-partisan poll of the Ohio Senate GOP primary in nearly two months, and it revealed what has seemed likely since Donald Trump endorsed candidate J. D. Vance on April 15: Vance is the favorite to win the GOP nomination.

The new Fox poll showed Vance, the best-selling author and venture capitalist, in first place at 23 percent, former state treasurer Josh Mandel at 18 percent, businessman Mike Gibbons at 13 percent, and state senator Matt Dolan at 11 percent. With a plurality of voters (25 percent) still undecided, a wide range of outcomes are still possible — from a decisive double-digit victory for Vance to a victory for one of the other three GOP contenders.

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John McCormack

John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.

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On Tuesday night, Fox News released the first public non-partisan poll of the Ohio Senate GOP primary in nearly two months, and it revealed what has seemed likely since Donald Trump endorsed candidate J. D. Vance on April 15: Vance is the favorite to win the GOP nomination.

The new Fox poll showed Vance, the best-selling author and venture capitalist, in first place at 23 percent, former state treasurer Josh Mandel at 18 percent, businessman Mike Gibbons at 13 percent, and state senator Matt Dolan at 11 percent. With a plurality of voters (25 percent) still undecided, a wide range of outcomes are still possible — from a decisive double-digit victory for Vance to a victory for one of the other three GOP contenders.