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In Ohio's Senate race, a non-Trump Republican makes his case - CNN

In Ohio's Senate race, a non-Trump Republican makes his case - CNN

In Ohio's Senate race, a non-Trump Republican makes his case - CNN
Oct 10, 2021 1 min, 37 secs

A US Senate candidate in Ohio, Dolan has criticized former President Donald Trump directly for his lies about that election.

And, uniquely among the leading Republicans vying for the nomination in Ohio, he has refused to say President Joe Biden's victory was tainted by widespread voter fraud.

In a party currently dominated by an unquestioning devotion to Trump, Dolan is testing the premise that no one can get through a primary contest without embracing the former President.

Some Ohio Republicans say Dolan's rejection of Trump naturally limits his appeal to a GOP primary electorate -- particularly as some of the leading candidates are tying themselves to the former President as much as they can.

But people familiar with Dolan's campaign insist there is unmet demand among Republican primary voters for a candidate untethered to Trump.

In 2016, Portman won more votes in his reelection bid than Trump did in Ohio and represents a center-right tradition Dolan's team believes can still win in the state.

"He's in the McCain lane, the Romney lane, the Portman lane, the Voinovich lane, the DeWine lane," said one person familiar with the Dolan campaign's approach.

But the state's shift from perennial swing state to a Republican redoubt has many GOP operatives there skeptical that a non-Trumpian stand can win in Ohio.

Trump, after all, increased his share of the vote in Ohio in 2020.

"You can't win a primary just by trying to be Portman," said one Republican strategist familiar with Ohio politics.

Better to be more like Trump, the thinking goes.

Some in the party's establishment say Timken's accommodation of Trump gives her credibility with Republican voters but can present as palatable to a general electorate next November.

"I think there's a place in the primary for someone supportive of Trump who is not in crazyland," said an Ohio Republican operative.

If Dolan hopes to succeed in the primary, however, he'll need a divided pro-Trump elecorate without the former President's endorsement.

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