Ohio Republican Party
On to November!

Greetings!

Last night was a very good night for Republicans in Ohio. Ohio voters overwhelmingly supported candidates who embraced the principles of the Republican Party that bring us together - less government, lower taxes, creating jobs, defending constitutional rights, and fighting Obamacare.

Congressman Dave Joyce comfortably won a race that the entire nation was watching. Speaker Boehner won by an overwhelming margin, despite the media's best efforts to create a competitive race. State Senator Frank LaRose won by nearly 25 points and Senator Shannon Jones won by nearly 40 points. State Representatives Barbara Sears and Stephanie Kunze both won by nearly 20 points each. The lesson is that Republican voters are united in supporting our candidates and our common-sense conservative principles.

Our statewide candidates also displayed impressive results. Every single Republican statewide officeholder received well over 100,000 more votes than their Democratic opponent. Governor Kasich received 192,000 more votes than Democrat Ed FitzGerald. When you combine both Democrat candidates together, the Governor out-polled them by 119,000 votes or 21.5%. 1974 was the last time there was a similar percentage margin of a gubernatorial candidate against the opposition party.

There is still a lot of work left to do between now and November, but if we work hard and continue working together our message and our candidates will prevail.

On to November!

Matt Borges

Chairman, Ohio Republican Party