Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

Vance Win Validates Trump as GOP Kingmaker

When Donald Trump talks, “America First” Republicans still listen. That is what J.D. Vance’s victory in the Ohio GOP U.S. Senate primary on May 3 showed in the first test of Trump’s influence in the 2022 midterm election cycle, Defending Democracy Together director Bill Kristol believes. “Anybody who dismisses Donald Trump as not a major…


Propelled By Trump, J.D. Vance Wins Ohio GOP Senate Primary

CINCINNATI, Ohio—J.D. Vance, the Hillbilly Elegy author and venture capitalist who secured the endorsement of Donald Trump, defeated Josh Mandel and five other opponents in the contentious Ohio GOP U.S. Senate primary on May 3. The Ohio GOP U.S. Senate primary represented the first test of Donald Trump’s influence in the 2022 midterm election cycle,…


DeWine to Face Democrat Nan Whaley for Ohio Governor in November

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) won the Republican primary on May 3 and will face Democrat Nan Whaley in the Nov. 8 general election. DeWine, 75, the incumbent in the race, and his lieutenant governor Jon Husted, received 49 percent of the votes, according to unofficial results released by the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office shortly…


Trump-Endorsed Max Miller Wins Ohio Republican US House Primary

Max Miller, a former aide to former President Donald Trump, won the Ohio Republican primary on May 3, according to multiple projections. Miller drew 71.5 percent of the vote as of 10:27 p.m. with 62 percent of the districts reporting. Trump had endorsed Miller when he was running against Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio), who was one…


Indiana Voters Heading to Polls With Inflation and Border Security Foremost in Their Minds

SEYMOUR, Ind.—On May 3 voters in a Republican stronghold in southern Indiana said they are more or less fine with local affairs, but when it comes to national matters they are deeply worried. The top two concerns they have are inflation and border security, according to The Epoch Times’ interviews with a dozen voters in…


New York Changes Election Rules, Allows Hochul to Replace Embattled Running Mate

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill clearing the path to remove embattled lieutenant governor candidate Brian Benjamin from the ballot. The new law, Senate Bill S8949, allows a person on the ballot to remove themselves if they have been arrested, charged with one or more state or federal misdemeanors or felonies,…


Embattled Dems Hope to Use SCOTUS Roe Decision to Galvanize Base in Midterms

After an unidentified source leaked a draft decision of a Supreme Court (SCOTUS) case that would overturn Roe v. Wade, several Democrats are hoping to use the issue to galvanize their base in the 2022 midterms. The draft decision was first reported on May 2 by Politico, and showed that SCOTUS had decided to overrule…


Northeast Ohio Residents Are Sure About Who They Are Voting For

Two distinctly different political areas in northeast Ohio are normally spirited and active come election time but on this polling day, they experienced a slow early voter turnout. When the voting numbers were posted at 11 a.m. at Westlake City Hall, just 41 of the precinct’s registered voters had cast their ballots during the steady…


Ohio Voters Head to Polls for 2022 Primary

WESTLAKE, Ohio—Just 41 of the precinct registered voters had cast their ballots during the steady rainfall in this west Cleveland suburb when the turnout numbers were posted at 11 a.m. on May 3 at Westlake City Hall. Republican balloting slightly led Democrats ballots cast, 15 to 13. Independents cast 13 ballots, according to the numbers…


Ohio Voters Heading to the Polls to Choose Republican Senate Candidate

On a rainy day with severe storms forecast across the state, Ohio voters are heading to the polls to determine who will prevail in the contentious U.S. Senate primary on May 3. The winners will advance to the November 8 general election to decide who will replace retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman. The Ohio GOP…