08-09-2018, 02:25 PM
Ohio Congressional Special Election -- Results Pending
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The special election between Troy Balderson (incumbent Republican, left) and Danny O'Connor (Democrat, right) went down on Tuesday night. The two are competing for one of Ohio's 16 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Balderson secured an endorsement and in-person campaign appearance by President Donald Trump in attempt to keep his seat. As of Wednesday morning, he lead Democrat Danny O'Connor by 1,754 votes. Very close, especially for a district that's been red for decades.
However, there are still just over 5,000 absentee and provisional ballots to be counted so the election outcome remains unknown. The winner won't be officially called until at least August 18.
President Trump decided not to wait for the dust to settle, taking credit Tuesday night for Balderson's 'great victory' in the bellwether race even though it's still too close to call.
Trump wrote: 'When I decided to go to Ohio for Troy Balderson, he was down in early voting 64 to 36. That was not good. After my speech on Saturday night, there was a big turn for the better. Now Troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. He will win BIG in Nov,' Trump tweeted on Tuesday. 'Congratulations to Troy Balderson on a great win in Ohio. A very special and important race!' he added several minutes later.
The winner takes the seat previously held by Republican Pat Tiberi, who resigned in January to take a job with a statewide business group.
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The special election between Troy Balderson (incumbent Republican, left) and Danny O'Connor (Democrat, right) went down on Tuesday night. The two are competing for one of Ohio's 16 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Balderson secured an endorsement and in-person campaign appearance by President Donald Trump in attempt to keep his seat. As of Wednesday morning, he lead Democrat Danny O'Connor by 1,754 votes. Very close, especially for a district that's been red for decades.
However, there are still just over 5,000 absentee and provisional ballots to be counted so the election outcome remains unknown. The winner won't be officially called until at least August 18.
President Trump decided not to wait for the dust to settle, taking credit Tuesday night for Balderson's 'great victory' in the bellwether race even though it's still too close to call.
Trump wrote: 'When I decided to go to Ohio for Troy Balderson, he was down in early voting 64 to 36. That was not good. After my speech on Saturday night, there was a big turn for the better. Now Troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. He will win BIG in Nov,' Trump tweeted on Tuesday. 'Congratulations to Troy Balderson on a great win in Ohio. A very special and important race!' he added several minutes later.
The winner takes the seat previously held by Republican Pat Tiberi, who resigned in January to take a job with a statewide business group.
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