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But Trump’s victory on Nov. 6 was as much a triumph over the GOP establishment as it was the Democratic Party and Vice President Kamala Harris. He has now remade the party in his image and put his Republican opponents on their heels.
This has started a storm of speculation about who could replace him as senator. The chatter began as soon as Trump first announced that Vance would join him on the Republican presidential ticket. In the intervening years, Trump put his finger on the scale in several primaries, notably in 2022 when he endorsed Vance, a political newcomer and conservative populist, over a field full of longtime Republican politicians. Two years later, Trump endorsed the populist Moreno over Matt Dolan, the establishment’s preferred candidate, who had the endorsements of DeWine and former Sen. Rob Portman.
Sources in Ohio see Jane Timken, the former chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party, as the favorite to be tapped for the role. She first ran for Senate in 2022 and was beaten by Vance, but she earned only a meager 4% of the vote, even with the endorsement of the retiring Portman.Even if Timken ends up being DeWine’s choice, she will probably draw a more Trumpy primary challenger.
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