JD Vance beat Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) for an open U.S. Senate seat representing Ohio.
Decision Desk and The Associated Press called Vance’s win based on vote totals, which have Vance with 53.6 percent of the vote with 92 percent of precincts reporting late Nov. 8.
Ryan had 46.4 percent, or 1.8 million votes.
Ryan reportedly called Vance to concede.
Ryan’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) speaks at the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, in Philadelphia, Pa. on July 28, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Calling himself a “conservative outsider,” Vance announced his candidacy at a steel tube factory in his hometown of Middletown, which is located between Cincinnati and Dayton in southwest Ohio….