Republican state Senator Michael Rulli defeated Democrat Michael Kripchak to win the election held in eastern Ohio’s 6th district on Tuesday to fill a vacancy left by Bill Johnson, who resigned in January after 13 years in Congress to become president of Youngstown State University.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, political analyst Dave Wasserman attributed the close result to “abysmal” voter turnout.
Rulli and Kripchack will face off again in November’s elections to compete for the full two-year term that will begin in January.
Speaking to Newsweek, Todd Landman, a professor of political science at Nottingham University in the U.K., said the results showed “the November race might be tighter than expected.”
He said: "The Ohio special election was somewhat unusual since the seat has been vacant for some time and Rulli will have to run again in November, so will he be in the House for a short period during which he will need to campaign.
His election does increase the GOP hold on the House, but the advance of Democrats in Ohio means the November race may be tighter than expected in a strong Republican area."
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Republican state Senator Michael Rulli defeated Democrat Michael Kripchak to win the election held in eastern Ohio’s 6th district on Tuesday to fill a vacancy left by Bill Johnson, who resigned in January after 13 years in Congress to become president of Youngstown State University.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, political analyst Dave Wasserman attributed the close result to “abysmal” voter turnout.
Rulli and Kripchack will face off again in November’s elections to compete for the full two-year term that will begin in January.
Speaking to Newsweek, Todd Landman, a professor of political science at Nottingham University in the U.K., said the results showed “the November race might be tighter than expected.”
He said: "The Ohio special election was somewhat unusual since the seat has been vacant for some time and Rulli will have to run again in November, so will he be in the House for a short period during which he will need to campaign.
His election does increase the GOP hold on the House, but the advance of Democrats in Ohio means the November race may be tighter than expected in a strong Republican area."
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