Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli faces Democrat Michael Kripchak in Tuesday’s special election for the U.S. House seat in Ohio's 6th District. The seat has been vacant since longtime U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson resigned in January to become a university president.
FILE - Michael Rulli, center, Ohio Senate Republican from the 33rd District, speaks with colleagues at the Ohio State House Senate Chambers in Columbus, Ohio , Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Voters in Ohio ’s sprawling 6th District along the Ohio River will decide Tuesday who will fill a U.S. House seat that’s been vacant since January.
That’s when longtime Republican Rep. Bill Johnson left to become president of Youngstown State University.for the remainder of Johnson’s unexpired term, which runs through the end of the year. The two candidates will match up again in November’s general election for the two-year term beginning in January.
Rulli, 55, is a second-term state senator from Salem in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley, where he directs operations for his family’s 100-year-old chain of grocery stores. Kripchak, 42, of Youngstown, is a local restaurant worker and former U.S. Air Force research science and acquisitions officer, actor and start-up operator.
Rulli significantly outraised and outspent Kripchak, in part with help from House conservatives like Reps. Jim Jordan and Bob Latta of Ohio.that the Ohio Supreme Court previously ruled unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans.
— securing five of Ohio’s 15 U.S. House seats, compared to the four of 16 they had held previously. OhioThe Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848.The 6th District, which runs through all or part of 11 counties ranging from urban to rural, leans nearly 59% Republican, according to Dave’s Redistricting App, a political mapmaking website.
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