The Republicans won a special election in Ohio but with a slimmer margin than they had done previously.
A Republican district in Ohio has shifted 20 points to the Democrats in the state's latest special election.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.However, while he won by some 10 percentage points, with 54.
'Kripchak told the Associated Press that the results had 'not diminished our spirit.''Though historically a red district, our campaign outperformed expectations, proving the doubters wrong.'Despite the result showing a decline in GOP support, Rulli's election has increased the GOP's slim majority in the House of Representatives. The party will now hold 219 seats to the Democrat's 213.
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