Democrats Should Do More to Help Tim Ryan in Ohio
Ryan is running a model campaign for US Senate that deserves more support from the national party.
Democrats could not have asked for a better candidate.
Photographer: Drew Angerer/Getty Images North AmericaWith less than a week to go before Election Day, a lot of Democrats in the Buckeye State are asking a question that may haunt their party well after Nov. 8: Why did the national party say no to Ohio?
They are referring to the race for US Senate, where the Democratic leadership has declined to spend much money even though it couldn’t have asked for a better candidate than Representative Tim Ryan. The 10-term member, from the White, working-class Mahoning Valley, has positioned himself as the type of independent politician that Ohioans have historically sent to Washington. He has consistently polled within the margin of error against his Republican opponent, venture-capitalist-turned-author J.D. Vance.