Josh Mandel

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(JTA) — J. D. Vance, the venture capitalist and “Hillbilly Elegy” author, defeated Josh Mandel, the former Ohio treasurer and a member of two prominent Cleveland Jewish families, to be the state’s Republican nominee for U.S. Senator, after a fierce race in which both men tried to outdo one another in their adulation for Donald Trump.

Listening to Josh Mandel talk to an audience of fired-up churchgoers in Columbus, Ohio, you wouldn’t know the 44-year-old Republican was running against Donald Trump’s favoured candidate. As he and his highest-profile national surrogate Ted Cruz held a captive audience over the crowd of roughly 100, the jabs towards so-called “RINOs” – Republicans In Name Only – seemed constant.That’s why Mr Mandel’s effort to come out on top of Tuesday’s GOP primary for his state’s open Senate seat is so important: for Republicans, it could be a blueprint for winning without the support of the former GOP president and...

(JTA) — J. D. Vance, the venture capitalist and “Hillbilly Elegy” author, defeated Josh Mandel, the former Ohio treasurer and a member of two prominent Cleveland Jewish families, to be the state’s Republican nominee for U.S. Senator, after a fierce race in which both men tried to outdo one another in their adulation for Donald Trump.

Josh Mandel, Ohio GOP candidate for U.S. Senate

Having been snubbed when former President Trump endorsed the U.S. Senate candidacy of a rival a week before, Josh Mandel presented himself Saturday to a northwest Toledo church as a Republican party outsider while railing against the separation of church and state, Democrats, and “establishment Republicans.”

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was in Lebanon Saturday evening along with Senate candidate Josh Mandel as the latest stop in their "Faith and Freedom" rally.  Cruz and Mandel were in Dayton on Friday and continued Saturday, appearing in Toledo and Columbus.  Vance on offensive: Senate race: J.D. Vance says Josh Mandel 'declared war' on Trump...

Tension over former President Donald Trump's endorsement in Ohio's U.S. Senate race boiled over Wednesday as an out-of-state group backing former state treasurer Josh Mandel blasted Trump's choice to support J.D. Vance. The Club for Growth, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that lobbies for conservative economic policies, released an ad highlighting Vance's negative comments about...

The retirement of U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, a staple of the Ohio Republican establishment in the 21st century, has led to an all-out brass knuckles intraparty brawl among those desperate to succeed him. Though Portman is a well-known and respected figure among Ohioans, GOP candidates have spent over a year soliciting the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, with J.D. Vance finally getting the nod.

Candidates in the highly competitive Ohio Senate Republican primary are campaigning in the valley. Thursday afternoon, former Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel brought along former U.S. National Security Advisor, General Michael Flynn to a campaign stop in Cortland. Josh Mandel's campaign calls it the "Faith and Freedom rally." Nearly a...

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (AP) — Before digging into his six-egg omelet at a bustling northeast Ohio diner, Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel stopped to bow his head. “Bless our food, our time, our conversation, in Jesus’ name,” said Pastor J.C. Church, who joined Mandel after a campaign event at a local church. ”Amen.”