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About Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) served Ohio’s 1st Congressional District the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995–2023, with a two-year hiatus from 2008–10. Prior to running for Congress, he served on the Cincinnati City Council for five years and as a commissioner of Hamilton County for another five years. Although Chabot had Trump’s endorsement in the 2022 … Read more
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Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) was first sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives in June 2016 and has represented Ohio’s 8th Congressional District ever since. He is a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus—aka Trump’s avid congressional “defense team,”
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About On several occasions after the 2020 presidential election, Trump allies breached equipment used at polling locations around the country in search of evidence to support voting fraud conspiracy theories. The breaches have included unauthorized people stealing voting system passwords and posting them online, taking and distributing confidential voting software, and inspecting ballot-counting machines. These … Read more
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Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) served Ohio’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 2011–23 and helped spread the Big Lie but chose not to run for reelection when Trump backed a different candidate in his newly redrawn district.
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J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has served as Ohio’s junior senator since 2023—his first experience in public office—and as of July 2024 joined Trump’s ticket as his candidate of choice for vice president.
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About Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) has represented Ohio’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011. He ran reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won in his solidly Republican district. Johnson served in the Air Force from 1973–99, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. After his military service, he cofounded two tech … Read more
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About Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006, representing Ohio’s 4th Congressional District. As one of the most conservative members of Congress, he is a founding member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus who served as its first chair from 2015–17 and is now deputy chair. When the … Read more
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About On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump demonstrators protested at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. The protest descended into violence when right-wing protesters fought with BLM members and other progressive groups. Ohio Highway Patrol troopers and Columbus Police officers were called in to break up the skirmishes. The right-wing activists held their rally under the banner … Read more